Hamish Edward Thomson Irvine (born 1 October 1946) is a British auto racing driver from Scotland. He is best known for his time competing in the British Touring Car Championship. In his debut season in 1983, he finished fifth overall in the championship with his Class B Mazda RX-7. Official 1983 BTCC standings He returned to the series in 1994 with a privately entered BMW 318iS with little success. In 1995, he finished fourth in the Independents Cup with a Peugeot 405 entered by his own SCB Motorsport Team. He is not related to former Formula One driver Eddie Irvine.
Racing record
Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results (key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1982–1984 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded - 1982-1984 only in class)
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Class 1982 Hamish Irvine Triumph Dolomite Sprint SILovr:?cls:3 MALovr:8†cls:2† OULovr:7†cls:1† THRovr:16cls:2 THRovr:15cls:1 SILRet DONovr:17cls:3 BRHovr:11cls:2 DONovr:8cls:2 BRHovr:12cls:1 SILovr:12cls:3 6th 59 1st 1983 Hamish Irvine Mazda RX-7 SILovr:8cls:1 OULovr:6cls:2 THRovr:5cls:2 BRHovr:5cls:2 THRovr:7cls:3 SIL DONovr:6cls:3 SILovr:20cls:2 DONRet BRHovr:9cls:2 SILRet 5th 42 2nd 1984 Hamish Irvine Mazda RX-7 DON SIL OUL THR THR SIL SNE BRHovr:10cls:3 BRH DON SIL 21st 4 7th 1994 Hamish Irvine BMW 318is THR BRH1 BRH2 SNE SIL123 SIL220 OULRet DON123 DON2Ret BRH121 BRH2Ret SIL14 KNO113 KNO2Ret OUL16 BRH121 BRH2DNS SIL123 SIL2DNS DON121 DON223 31st 0 1995 SCB Vehicle Dismantlers Peugeot 405 Mi16 DON1Ret DON218 BRH1Ret BRH218 THR1Ret THR2DNS SIL115 SIL2Ret OUL116 OUL2Ret BRH114 BRH216 DON118 DON215 SIL18 KNO114 KNO217 BRH120 BRH2Ret SNE1Ret SNE2DNS OUL117 OUL216 SIL114 SIL2Ret 27th 0 † Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.
24 Hours of Silverstone results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Ref 2007 GP Motorsport John Irvine Ed Lovett Guy Povey BMW M3 E46 49 1 189 DNF DNF 2008 GP Motorsport Guy Povey Mike Simpson Clint Bardwell BMW M3 E46 42 3 548 12th2nd
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