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  1. Derek Bell in the Walk of fame at Le Mans. Derek Reginald Bell MBE (born 31 October 1941) is a British racing driver. In sportscar racing, he won the Le Mans 24 hours five times, the Daytona 24 three times and the World Sportscar Championship twice. He also raced in Formula One for the Ferrari, Wheatcroft, McLaren, Surtees and Tecno teams.

  2. Powered by Chameleon Web Services. Derek Bell MBE has enjoyed one of the most successful, diverse and wide-ranging racing careers of any British racing drivers which spans over 40 years.

  3. Oct 31, 2021 · This former Ferrari F1 driver, double World Sportscar Champion and five times winner of Le Mans. But what is really implausible is that today, Derek Bell hits 80. Still racing, he looks ludicrously fit and well, the last 20 years of ageing being something he appears able to have opted out of entirely.

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  4. Derek Bell MBE has enjoyed one of the most successful, diverse and wide-ranging racing careers of any International racing drivers which spans over 40 years. Bell is best-known as the consummate endurance sports car driver who won the Le Mans 24 Hours five times, the Daytona 24 Hours three times and the World Sports Car Champion twice! He is ...

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  5. Sep 27, 2022 · He was always a purist racing driver, more interested in winning races than developing cars. “At times during my time at Porsche I’d get tweaked up about something, developing the PDK gearbox or ABS brakes,” he recalls. The most successful driver of the Group C era, Bell remains synonymous with Porsche 956/962s.

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  6. Oct 3, 2016 · Derek Bell drives the #5 Gulf Oil Racing Kremer CK8 Spyder Porsche 935/76 during the FIA World Sportscar Championship 24 Hours of Le Mans race on June 20, 1994, at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le ...

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  8. Jun 3, 2023 · Derek Bell is the most successful British driver ever at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Although his feat of five triumphs was equalled in 2007 by Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro, only his former accomplice Jacky Ickx and Tom Kristensen, with six and nine respectively, have more wins to their name. He is also a member of the very select group of just ...