From Grand Prix grid to Le Mans podium before Top Gear TV beckoned. Now found doing sideways passenger rides at Thruxton and on YouTube with DriveTribe .
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Tiff Needell 🏁 retweeted
Happy 75th Birthday to British racing driver Tiff Needell.
Needell qualified an Ensign for the 1980 Belgian GP, retiring with engine trouble. He was a frontrunner in British F3, & in 1979 had some good results in British F1. Needell finished 3rd at the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans.
ALT Tiff Needell (Ensign-Ford-N180), 1980 Belgian Grand Prix, Zolder. Needell also entered the Monaco Grand Prix but failed to qualify.
ALT Tiff Needell, 1980 Belgian Grand Prix, Zolder © Getty Images
Tiff Needell 🏁 retweeted
Happy Birthday to Tiff Needell, 75.
1979 Aurora AFX British F1 in the unique Chevron B41. 1980 Belgian Grand Prix with Team Ensign. 3rd at the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans, and BTCC entrant.
Tiff Needell 🏁 retweeted
Happy 75th @tiff_tv 🎂 nitter.cf/zdravkost/status/15592…
Tiff Needell in Ensign N180 made his #F1 debut with Unipart in the 1980 #BelgianGP at Zolder (Photo: Alain Simmonel)
Thank you for all your generous Happy Birthday wishes.
The body might be 75 but the brain still thinks it's 25.
Cheers!
Not surprised tweeters are taking this way to seriously!
Simple choice for that Ferrari seat. Who would you prefer to see in it next year ...
Interested to learn depth of Hamilton support!
You see I think Bearman is as good as Antonelli and would love to find out. I know who is going to win this but the question is by how much!
So, who would you prefer to see in the Ferrari seat next year?
69%Hamilton
31%Bearman
2,254 votes • Final results Tiff Needell 🏁 retweeted
.. The first seven laps of what could be the last @MotoGP race round the dramatic Phillip Island were breathtaking but Jorge Martin’s 130mph tumble may have handed yet another title to Mark Marquez - but there are four rounds to go and hopefully Jorge’s injuries aren't too bad ..
Tiff Needell 🏁 retweeted
.. Kimi’s performance at COTA was simply masterful, qualifying on pole 0.441 seconds faster than his teammate and then launching into a lead no one was ever going challenge. He just gets better and better!
Tiff Needell 🏁 retweeted
League 1 Minus 10: West Ham 2 Southampton 3. RPs appreciated.
Massive win for #saintsfc. Featuring JWP masterclass, Peretz versus mutants, Breezy thunderbastard, Dobbin Arrives, Matsuki again Allez Allez and Spotlight on Nuno.
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Tiff Needell 🏁 retweeted
.. @NASCAR at Talladega brought everything that looked more like Ricky Bobby, Hollywood fiction. Several big shunts, a car sliding upside down at 170mph and a first superspeedway win for Kyle Larson as he threaded through the pack from 12th to the front in the final two turns! ..
Tiff Needell 🏁 retweeted
So, what motorsport did you miss last weekend? Well, there was a faultless performance by the next @F1 World Champion, a dramatic win for the new @MotoGP title favourite, an incredible last lap win for the @NASCAR points leader and titles won both @f1academy and @BRCrally ..
So, what motorsport did you miss last weekend? Well, there was a faultless performance by the next @F1 World Champion, a dramatic win for the new @MotoGP title favourite, an incredible last lap win for the @NASCAR points leader and titles won both @f1academy and @BRCrally ..
.. there was a thrilling 55th Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch where Jason Smyth held off a snarling pack of five covered by just 0.697 seconds to take his second win in a row - I finished 7th in the very first Festival back in 1972! ..