Rodney Banting

Rodney Banting
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Full nameRodney Frederick Banting
BornMay 1941
Died1996(1996-00-00) (aged 54–55)
Solihull, United Kingdom
Swedish Formula 3 Championship
Years active1965
TeamsStockbridge Racing
Starts1
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Previous series
1965
1964-1965
1964
1962-1963		European Formula 3
European Formula 2
British Formula 3
British Formula Junior
Championship titles
1964BRSCC British Formula 3 Championship

Rodney Frederick Banting (May 1941 – 1996) was a British racecar driver who won the 1964 BRSCC British Formula 3 Championship.[1]

Career

Banting started out racing in British Formula Junior, driving a privately entered Lotus 20. He advertised the Lotus 20 for sale in Autosport Magazine in March 1962 as he progressed into the Lotus 22 and later a Lotus 31.[2][3] For 1963, he entered a Brabham BT6 and secured his best result at the 1963 British Formula Junior race at Mallory Park with 3rd place.[4][5]

In 1964 he moved into British Formula 3, and won the BRSCC British F3 Championship. By 1965, Banting had joined Stockbridge Racing and began competing in Europe driving in Formula 3 and Formula 2. He secured two podium finishes with a race win at the Grande Prémio de Portugal in July, driving a Cooper T76 and 3rd in the Grand Prix de la Chatre driving a Lotus 22.[6][7][8][9] The T76 he used to win the race was auctioned at the Bonhams Goodwood Revival auction in 2018.[10]

His final competitive championship race came in Swedish Formula 3 for Stockbridge, where he was a guest driver at Gelleråsen. He finished the race in 3rd place.[11]

In 1972, Banting started the Banting Earle Racing Team alongside Mike Earle. The team fielded Pygmee Ford's in the 1972 European Formula Two Championship with drivers Patrick dal Bo, Derek Bell and Carlos Pace.[12][13][14]

References

  1. ^ "1964 BRSCC British F3 Championship". Motorsport Magazine. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Autosport 1962" (PDF). Autosport. UK: Keliher Hudson & Kearns Ltd. 9 March 1962. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Lotus". Classic F3 Association. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  4. ^ "1963 British Formula Junior Mallory Park 3". racingyears.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Brabham BT6 car-by-car histories". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  6. ^ "XI Grande Prémio de Portugal". racingyears.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  7. ^ "IX Grand Prix de la Chatre". racingyears.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  8. ^ "the-junior-racing-that-kept-portugal-entertained-between-grands-prix". formulascout.com. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  9. ^ Watson, Paul (28 January 1966). "Formula 3 racing" (PDF). Autosport. United Kingdom: Autosport. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  10. ^ "LOT 214 1965 Cooper-Cosworth Ford T76 Formula 3 Racing Single-Seater". Bonhams. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  11. ^ "1965 Swedish Formula 3 Gellerasbanan 2". racingyears.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Thruxton 1972". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  13. ^ "At home in a racing Arena". Motorsport Magazine. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  14. ^ "I John Player Formula 2 Championship Race 1972". the-fastlane.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.