Martin Donnelly

Martin Donnelly (born 26 March 1964 in Belfast) is a British retired racing driver who formerly took part in Formula One.

He won the Formula 3000 title in 1988 driving for Middlebridge Racing and after finishing third overall in 1989 for CoBRa Motorsports, he was signed by Tyrrell for the 1990 Formula One season as the replacement for outgoing Japanese driver Satoru Nakajima. However, the team struggled and Donnelly did not score points that year - his teammate Jean Alesi could only muster a single point from Spa.

After moving to Jordan in 1991, Donnelly endured a much better season and brought home the team's first ever podium finish at the French Grand Prix. Consistently good results throughout the season meant that Donnelly would finish in ninth place overall. However, Jordan ended up overpaying on their first F1 car and suffered from financial issues which saw them use Yamaha engines in 1992 alongside car company Venturi buying a stake at the team and naming rights for that year - Donnelly thus suffered through the whole season without scoring any points and his best finish being an 8th place at the season-opening South African Grand Prix. The Ulsterman still signed a new 2-year deal in August, however he had an option to leave after one year if results didn't improve.

Racing History

Complete International Formula 3000 results

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Pts
1988	Middlebridge Racing	March 88-B	Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8	JER Ret	IMO Ret	PAU Ret	SIL 1	MNZ Ret	PER Ret	BHA Ret	BIR 1	BUG 1	ZOL 1	DIJ Ret	1st	36
1989	CoBRa Motorsports	Lola T89/50	Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8	SIL 4	IMO Ret	PAU Ret	JER Ret	ASS 2							3rd	23
		Reynard 89D	Ford Cosworth DFY 3.0 V8						PER Ret	BHA 1	BIR 4	SPA Ret	LEM 5	DIJ Ret

Complete Formula One World Championship 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
1990	Rothmans Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Tyrrell 019	Ford DFR 3.5 V8	USA 8	BRA Ret	PAC DNQ	SMR DNQ	MON DNQ	CAN Ret	MEX 15	FRA 10	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 10	ITA 13	POR 11	JPN 15	AUS 18		NC	0
1991	Team 7Up Jordan	Jordan 191	Ford HBA4 3.5 V8	USA 11	BRA 9	PAC 6	SMR 5	MON Ret	CAN 6	MEX 6	FRA 3	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN 7†	BEL 9	ITA Ret	POR Ret	ESP 4	JPN Ret	AUS‡ 12	9th	12
1992	Sasol Venturi Jordan Yamaha	Venturi 192	Yamaha OX99 3.5 V12	RSA 8	MEX Ret	BRA 16	PAC 16†	ESP Ret	SMR 14	MON 13	CAN Ret	FRA 12	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 15	ITA Ret	POR 15†	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	NC	0