Chris Dagnall is a racing driver, famous for his Formula One career that extended from 1984 to 1999. He drove for Osella, Arrows, Benetton, McLaren, Lotus and Pacific, and is the 1991 World Champion. He uses a red helmet with his name written on its sides, inspired by fellow driver Tiff Needell. He is also the father of multiple F1RWRS winner Mark Dagnall.

1984

He debuted for the feeble Osella team, powered by a customer Alfa Romeo turbocharged V8 engine. He had a troublesome career beginning, being involved in accidents and suffering from poor reliability. His first finish of the season came with a fine drive to 8th in Monaco. He scored his first point in Detroit (6th place). Other notable results were a 4th place at Dallas in a race of heavy attrition and a 5th in Monza. Dagnall ended the season 17th, with 6 points.

1985

He's snaffled by Arrows to compete in 1985. The team, using BMW turbocharged engines, proves to be very fast. However, Dagnall's season was a troublesome one. He got involved in many accidents and his team-mate Thierry Boutsen ran very impressively. He managed to save his job with some fine results though (5th at Monaco despite some incidents, and a sensational run to 2nd in Brands Hatch). He finished 15th in the championship, with 8 points.

1986

Dagnall continued with Arrows. He started the season with a podium in Brazil, finishing 3rd in a race which had only four finishers. After that Dagnall was able to finish only two more races. In his home race at Brands Hatch, he had front row grid position, but after a spin, electrical problem and running out of fuel he finished 5th. He finished also in the first Hungarian Grand Prix, but didn't score points. At the Italian Grand Prix he had an altercation with Thierry Boutsen, after being pushed off the track by the Belgian, Dagnall punched him during the team meeting after the race. Because of that both drivers were told to leave the team at the end of the year. After beating Boutsen in qualifying for the last races of the season, he´s signed by the Benetton team.

Complete Formula One Grand Prix results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1984	Osella Squadra Course	Osella FA1F	Alfa Romeo 890T	BRA Ret	RSA Ret	BEL Ret	SME Ret	FRA Ret	MON 8	CAN Ret	DET 6	DAL 4	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT 14	NED Ret	ITA 5	EUR Ret	POR DNQ		17th	6
1985	Barclay Arrows BMW	Arrows A8	BMW M12/13	BRA Ret	POR Ret	SME Ret	MON 5	CAN Ret	DET Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT Ret	NED Ret	ITA 9	BEL Ret	EUR 2	RSA Ret	AUS Ret		15th	8
1986	Barclay Arrows BMW	Arrows A8	BMW M12/13	BRA 3	ESP Ret	SME Ret	MON Ret	BEL Ret	CAN Ret	USA Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 5	GER Ret	HUN 10	AUT Ret	ITA Ret	POR Ret	MEX Ret	AUS Ret		15th	6
1987	Benetton Formula Ltd	Benetton B187	Ford Cosworth GBA	BRA Ret	SME Ret	BEL Ret	MON Ret	USA Ret	FRA 2	GBR Ret	GER 5	HUN 5	AUT Ret	ITA Ret	POR Ret	ESP Ret	MEX Ret	JPN 4	AUS Ret		7th	13
1988	Benetton Formula Ltd	Benetton B188	Ford Cosworth DFR	BRA 1	SME 9	MON Ret	MEX Ret	CAN 6	USA 6	FRA 7	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN 6	BEL 2	ITA 4	POR Ret	ESP Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret		7th	21
1989	Benetton Formula Ltd	Benetton B188	Ford Cosworth DFR	BRA Ret	SME 7	MON 3	MEX 1	USA 4	CAN 7												4th	30
		Benetton B189	Ford HBA							FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN 6	BEL Ret	ITA 2	POR 2	ESP Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 6
1990	Honda Marlboro McLaren	McLaren MP4/5B	Honda RA109E	USA Ret	BRA Ret	SME 1	MON 1	CAN 1	MEX Ret	FRA 2	GBR 1	GER Ret	HUN 6	BEL 1	ITA 1	POR 1	ESP Ret	JPN 1	AUS Ret		2nd	79
1991	Honda Marlboro McLaren	McLaren MP4/6	Honda RA121E	USA Ret	BRA 3	SME 8	MON 2	CAN 2	MEX 1	FRA Ret	GBR 1	GER 15*	HUN 1	BEL 1	ITA 1	POR 1	ESP Ret	JPN 3	AUS 4		1st	87
1992	Honda Marlboro McLaren	McLaren MP4/6B	Honda RA121E	MEX 3	RSA 5																3rd	56
		McLaren MP4/7A	Honda RA122-E			BRA Ret	ESP Ret	SME 4	MON 6*	CAN Ret	FRA 2	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN 1	BEL 1	ITA 1	POR 1	JPN Ret	AUS Ret
1993	Team Lotus	Lotus 107B	Ford HBD6	BRA 6	RSA Ret	EUR Ret	SME 2	ESP 4	MON 4	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 11*	GER Ret	HUN 3	BEL 3	ITA 5	POR 2	JPN 4	AUS DNQ		6th	32
1994	Team Lotus	Lotus 107C	Mugen Honda MF-351 HC	BRA 3	PAC Ret	SME 6	MON 4														7th	25
		Lotus 109	Mugen Honda MF-351 HD					ESP 3	CAN Ret	FRA 9	GBR 4	GER 16	HUN Ret	BEL 1	ITA 16*	POR Ret	EUR Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret
1995	Pacific Grand Prix Ltd	Pacfic PR02	Ford EDC	BRA Ret	ARG 16*	SME Ret	ESP 4	MON Ret	CAN 13	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	PAC	JPN	AUS	12th*	3*