David Alexander Brodie (15 May 1943 – 17 December 2024) was a British motor racing driver. He is best known for his time competing in the British Touring Car Championship. His best season in the BTCC was in 1985, finishing fourth overall on points.http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=28 Official 1985 BTCC standings
Career Brodie started motor racing in 1963 winning his first race at Silverstone in an Austin A35. Since then, he has completed in over 700 races and driven saloons, sports cars, and Formula Three single seaters. Brodie was seriously injured in a crash during the British Saloon Car Championship support race for the 1973 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Brodie is credited with being the seventh most successful driver ever at Brands Hatch and has held lap records on all UK circuits. The record he set at Thruxton in 1989 for saloons remained unbroken until 1995.Having raced at virtually all the European circuits, Brodie also competed in a number of 500km and 24-hour races. The last of these was Le Mans in 1994 when he qualified as fastest team driver and then led LM2 until the car was withdrawn in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Interesting fuel consumption statistics from this event showed that during 1.5 hour driving stints, Brodie used 13 litres less than one driver and 8 litres less than the other.
In later years, Brodie raced successfully in the Volkswagen Vento VR6 Challenge series, winning races and establishing new lap records.
Brodie was an active director of the BRDC and was a director of the Springfield boys club with Jackie Stewart, a post he held for 27 years. He was also a director of BBR GTi, a company Brodie developed following a successful racing career beginning in the 1970s.
Personal life and death Brodie had two sons from his first marriage to Kathy Brodie, and was later married to Peggy Brodie for 40 years.
Brodie died on 17 December 2024, at the age of 81.
Racing record
Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1973–1990 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Pts Class 1971 David Brodie Ford Escort RS1600 BRH SNE THR SIL CRY SIL CRO SILovr:16cls:8 OUL BRH MAL BRH NC 0 NC 1972 Norman Reeves / Stirling Cooper Ford Escort RS1600 BRHRet OULovr:7cls:3 THRRet SILovr:5cls:2 CRYovr:6†cls:3† BRHovr:2cls:1 OULDNS SILRet MALDNS BRHovr:4cls:2 8th 29 2nd 1973 Norman Reeves Ltd Ford Escort RS1600 BRHovr:2cls:1 SILovr:4cls:2 THRovr:3cls:1 THRovr:4cls:1 SILRet ING BRH SIL BRH 9th 33 2nd 1976 Mazda Dealer Team Mazda Savannah RX-3 BRHovr:6cls:3 SILovr:21cls:5 OUL THRRet THRovr:?cls:3 SILovr:3cls:1 BRHRet MALovr:8†cls:3† SNEovr:11†cls:?† BRHovr:4cls:3 9th 29 4th 1977 David Brodie Ford Capri II 3.0S SIL BRH OUL THR SIL THR DON SILRet DON BRH THR BRHovr:?cls:? NC 0 NC 1978 David Brodie Ford Capri II 3.0S SIL OUL THR BRHRet† SILRet† DON MAL BRHRet DON BRHovr:4cls:4 THRDNS OULovr:6†cls:6† 33rd 5 10th 1979 David Brodie Ford Capri II 3.0S SIL OUL THR SIL DON SIL MAL DON BRHovr:5cls:5 THR SNE OULovr:3†cls:3† 29th 6 9th 1980 David Brodie Ford Capri III 3.0S MAL OUL THR SIL SIL BRHRet MAL BRHovr:9cls:7 THR SILovr:5cls:5 37th 2 11th 1981 Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota Corolla GT MAL SIL OUL THR BRH SIL SIL DON BRH THRovr:?cls:? SILRet NC 0 NC 1983 Team Colt Cars Mid-West Mitsubishi Starion Turbo SIL OUL THR BRH THR SILRet DONovr:16cls:7 SILovr:16cls:10 DONRet BRHRet SILovr:3cls:3 24th 4 7th 1984 Colt Cars Dealer Racing Team Mitsubishi Starion Turbo DONRet SIL OULDNS THRovr:9cls:7 THRRet SILovr:7cls:7 SNEovr:16cls:7 BRHovr:3cls:3 BRHovr:3cls:3 DONovr:4cls:4 SILDSQ 17th 11 5th 1985 Mitsubishi Colt Racing Mitsubishi Starion Turbo SIL OULovr:13cls:4 THRovr:1cls:1 DONovr:2cls:2 THRovr:3cls:3 SILRet DONovr:2cls:2 SILovr:2cls:2 SNERet BRHovr:3cls:3 BRHovr:3cls:3 SILovr:2cls:2 4th 54 2nd 1986 BBW Motorsport Mitsubishi Starion Turbo SIL THR SIL DON BRHRet SNE BRH DON SILovr:1cls:1 15th 10 5th 1987 BBW Turbosport Mitsubishi Starion Turbo SIL OUL THR THR SIL SILovr:2cls:2 BRH SNE DON OUL DON SIL 26th 6 12th 1988 Brodie Brittain Racing Ford Sierra RS500 SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL SIL BRH SNE BRH BIR DONDNS SILovr:6cls:6 54th 1 21st 1989 Brodie Brittain Racing Ford Sierra RS500 OUL SILovr:5cls:5 THRDSQ DONovr:10cls:6 THRDSQ SILovr:8cls:8 SIL BRHDNS SNEovr:8cls:8 BRHovr:11cls:8 BIR DONNC SILRet NC -37 NC 1990 Listerine Racing Team Ford Sierra RS500 OUL DON THR SIL OUL SIL BRHRet‡ 28th 8 11th Brodie Brittain Racing SNEDNS BRH BIR DONRet THRovr:9cls:5SIL 1991 Brodie Brittain Racing Ford Sierra Sapphire 4x4 SIL SNE DON THR SIL BRH SIL DON1 DON2 OUL BRH1Ret BRH2DNS DONDNS THRRet SIL15 NC 0 † Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.
‡ Endurance driver.
Complete European Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 1971 David Wood Engineering Ford Escort RS1600 MNZ SAL BRN NUR SPA ZAN LECRet JAR NC 0 1972 Sony Racing Team Ford Escort RS1600 MNZ SAL BRN NUR SPARet NC 0 Fabergé Racing ZANovr:11*cls:1* Norman Reeves / Stirling Cooper SILRet JAR VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT LECRet 1973 Norman Reeves Ltd Ford Escort RS1600 MNZRet SAL MANRet NUR SPA ZAN LEC SIL NC 0 1976 Mazda Dealer Team Mazda Savannah RX-3 MNZ SAL MUG BRN NUR SPA VAL SILovr:10*cls:4* JAR NC 0 1978 David Brodie Ford Capri II 3.0S BRA MNZ MUG SAL JAR EST ZEL BRN NUR ZAN SILovr:10*cls:6* ZOL NC 0 1979 David Brodie Ford Capri II 3.0S MNZ VAL MUG BRA JAR ZEL BRN NUR ZAN SAL PER SILRet ZOL NC 0 1980 Patrick MotorSport Rover 3500 SD1 MNZ VAL BRA SAL BRN PER NUR SILovr:10*cls:2* ZOL NC 0 1985 Mitsubishi Colt Racing Mitsubishi Starion Turbo MNZ VAL DON AND BRN ZEL SAL NUR SPA SILovr:5*cls:5* NOG ZOL EST JAR NC 0 1986 BBW Turbosport Mitsubishi Starion Turbo MNZ DON HOC MIS AND BRN ZEL NUR SPA SILRet NOG ZOL EST JAR NC 0 Ineligible to score points.
Complete World Sportscar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts 1978 David Brodie Div. 2 Ford Capri II 3.0S Ford Essex 3.0 V6 DAY MUG DIJ SIL13 NUR MIS WGL VAL NC 0 1986 P.C. Automotive with Texas Homecare C2 Royale RP40 Mitsubishi Turbo 2.0 Turbo I4 MNZ SILDNQ LMS NOR BRH JER NÜR SPA FUJ NC 0
Complete British GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos Points 1997 Orion Motorsport Harrier LR9C GT2 SIL BRA DON OUL SIL DON BRARet CRO SIL NC 0
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1994 Chamberlain Engineering Rob Wilson William Hewland Harrier LR9C GT2 45 DNF DNF
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