Julian
Bailey

Julian Bailey was born in Woolwich on 9 October 1961 and grew up on Menorca in Spain. In Britain he raced in Formula Ford 1600 and won the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch. In 1987 he moved up to Formula 3000 with a GA Motorsport Lola and won only his third race in the series, making him the first British driver to win a Formula 3000 race.

That result led to a Formula One seat with Tyrrell in 1988. The car was uncompetitive and Bailey scored no points, while his team-mate Jonathan Palmer collected five. Of his 16 entries that year only six led to a start, as he often failed to qualify in the oversubscribed fields. In 1989 he drove for the Nissan factory sports car team, and in 1991 he tried to return to Formula One with Lotus. He finished sixth in the San Marino Grand Prix, the only championship point of his career, which left him 18th in the drivers' standings. He lost his drive after the Monaco Grand Prix. Overall he was entered in 20 races and started seven.

In 1992 Bailey joined Toyota in the British Touring Car Championship and finished fifth overall in 1993. That year he took his only BTCC win, at Knockhill. In 1996 he raced for Minolta Toyota in the South African Touring Car Championship. After that he competed mainly in sports cars: he joined Lister in 1997, won the British GT Championship in 1999 and the FIA GT Championship in 2000 in a Lister Storm. In 2008 he worked as a guest commentator for ESPN STAR Sports at several Formula One races.

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