| Richard Longman | |
| Nationality: |  British |
| Birth Date: | 18 March 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Calcutta, India |
| Last Series: | British Saloon Car Championship |
| Years Active: | 12 |
| Teams: | Downton Engineering Ltd Longman Racing Patrick MotorSport |
| Starts: | 106 |
| Wins: | 1 (48 in class) |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 48 |
| Best Finish: | 1st |
| Year: | 1978, 1979 |
| Titles: | BSCC - Class A BSCC - Class C BSCC - Class B |
| Title Years: | 1978, 1979 1978, 1979, 1982 1984 1986 |
Richard Arthur Longman is a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert.[1] He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship (then known as the British Saloon Car Championship) in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT for Patrick Motorsport, which ran the works British Leyland supported team.[2] The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta. In 1984 he was class C champion in his Ford Escort Mk3 RS1600i.
He also has a house in the Bahamas as well as property in the New Forest, Hampshire.
(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 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Pts | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Downton Engineering Ltd | BMC Mini Cooper S | BRH 12 | SNE 12 | THR 11 | SIL DNQ | CRY DNS | SIL | SIL | CRO | BRH | OUL | BRH | BRH | 13th | 20 | 3rd | ||
| 1976 | Richard Longman | BMC Mini Cooper S | BRH | SIL | OUL | THR | THR ? | SIL | BRH | MAL | SNE | BRH | 30th | 6 | 8th | ||||
| 1977 | Patrick Motor Group | Mini 1275 GT | SIL | BRH | OUL | THR | SIL ? | THR ? | DON 3† | SIL 16 | DON 1† | BRH ? | THR ? | BRH 11 | 5th | 28 | 2nd | ||
| 1978 | Patrick MotorSport | Mini 1275 GT | SIL 10 | OUL 3† | THR ? | BRH 3† | SIL 3† | DON 4† | MAL Ret | BRH ? | DON 3† | BRH ? | THR ? | OUL 4† | 1st | 100 | 1st | ||
| 1979 | Patrick MotorSport | Mini 1275 GT | SIL 14 | OUL 2† | THR 20 | SIL 18 | DON ? | SIL ? | MAL 3† | DON ? | BRH ? | THR ? | SNE 15 | OUL 5† | 1st | 97 | 1st | ||
| 1980 | Datapost Racing | Ford Fiesta | MAL 2† | OUL 4† | THR 12 | SIL Ret | SIL Ret | BRH ? | MAL 4† | BRH 14 | 14th | 24 | 5th | ||||||
| THR ? | SIL Ret | 7th | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso | Austin Metro 1300 HLS | MAL Ret† | SIL 15 | OUL 13† | THR ? | BRH 7† | SIL ? | SIL 18 | DON 6† | BRH 14 | THR ? | SIL 11 | 5th | 58 | 2nd | |||
| 1982 | Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso | Austin Metro 1300 HLS | SIL 10 | MAL 9† | OUL 4† | THR 13 | THR 13 | SIL 15 | DON Ret | BRH 16 | DON 10 | BRH 7 | SIL ? | 2nd | 72 | 1st | |||
| 1983 | Royal Mail Datapost | Ford Escort RS1600i | SIL 14 | OUL 9 | THR 16 | BRH 13 | THR 10 | SIL Ret | DON Ret | SIL 11 | DON 11 | BRH 11 | SIL 12 | 7th | 35 | 4th | |||
| 1984 | Royal Mail Datapost | Ford Escort RS1600i | DON 16 | SIL 10 | OUL 10 | THR 12 | THR Ret | SIL ? | SNE 12 | BRH 13 | BRH 13 | DON 13 | SIL 12 | 2nd | 74 | 1st | |||
| 1985 | Royal Mail Datapost | Ford Escort RS Turbo | SIL | OUL | THR | DON | THR | SIL 6 | DON 8 | SIL 5 | SNE 4 | BRH 7 | BRH 18 | SIL Ret | 7th | 45 | 4th | ||
| 1986 | Royal Mail Datapost | Ford Escort RS Turbo | SIL 5 | THR 7 | SIL 3 | DON 3 | BRH 8 | SNE 3 | BRH 7 | DON Ret | SIL 3 | 2nd | 64 | 1st | |||||
† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.