Bobby Verdon-Roe is a British racing driver who has raced in various formats of motor sport throughout his career.

Racing Career

Starting in single seaters, Verdon-Roe came 3rd in the Formula First championship in 1988 and 3rd in Formula Ford a year later. The next two years were spent driving in Formula Renault, a big step up to race in this category. In his first year he managed to consistently score points and went on to win the championship in 1991.

In 1992, Verdon-Roe switched to touring cars with a drive in a Vauxhall Cavalier for the Ecurie Ecosse team in the British Touring Car Championship

British Touring Car Championship

The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom. The Championship was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and has run to various rules over the years – "production cars", then FIA Group 1 or 2 in the late 1960s...

. His season only lasted half a championship. For 1993 he drove in a semi works Toyota Carina E for the Park Lane Toyota Carina

Park Lane Racing

Park Lane Racing was a British auto racing team formed in 1991 by racing driver and principal of the Park Lane Leasing vehicle company, Roland Dane, in partnership with Formula One driver Derek Warwick....

 team. His best result that year was a 6th place at Snetterton

Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit

Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. Owned by MotorSport Vision, it is situated on the A11 road some 20 km north-east of the town of Thetford and 30 km south-west of the city of Norwich...

 and finished the championship down in 19th.

After a quiet spell which included a one off race in Formula 3 in 1994, Verdon-Roe returned to motorsport in the TVR Tuscan Challenge. In his first full season in 1997 he won the championship overall and finished in 2nd place the year after. He stayed in GT cars for the rest of his career, switching between the FIA GT Championship

FIA GT Championship

The FIA GT Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation at the behest of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The championship was mostly concentrated in Europe, but throughout the years has visited other continents including Asia and South...

 and the British GT Championship

British GT Championship

The Avon Tyres British GT Championship is a sports car racing series currently based in the United Kingdom, although they have had select races outside of Britain in the past few years. The series was created by the British Racing Drivers' Club in 1993 and for its first two seasons was called the...

. The highest final championship positions he has held in this time were two 6th places in the British GTs in 2000 and 2001, with a TVR Cerbera. Verdon-Roe has also driven one off races in the European Le Mans Series

European Le Mans Series

The European Le Mans Series was a sports car endurance series based around the 24 Hours of Le Mans that was created in 2000 and ran its only season in 2001 before being cancelled. It was created by Don Panoz as an expansion on his successful American Le Mans Series run by IMSA...

 in 2001 and the Rolex 24 in 2002. He won the 2009 FIA Historic Formula One Championship

Historic Formula One Championship

The Historic Formula One Championship, previously known as the Thoroughbred Grand Prix Championship, is a championship for Formula One cars from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s which is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, motor sport's world governing body...

 driving a McLaren M26

McLaren M26

The McLaren M26 was a Formula One racing car designed by Gordon Coppuck for the McLaren team, to replace the aging McLaren M23 model. The car was designed to be a lighter and lower car than its predecessor, with a smaller frontal area and narrower monocoque...

.