Tim Parnell

{{Short description|British racing driver (1932{{ndash}}2017)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}

{{Infobox F1 driver

|name = Tim Parnell

|nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British

|birth_name = Reginald Harold Haslam Parnell Jr.

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|6|25|df=y}}

|birth_place = Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK

|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|4|5|1932|6|25|df=y}}

|death_place = Littleover, Derbyshire, England, UK

|Years = {{F1|1959}}, {{F1|1961}}, {{F1|1963}}

|Team(s) = privateer Cooper and Lotus

|Races = 4 (2 starts)

|Championships = 0

|Wins = 0

|Podiums = 0

|Points = 0

|Poles = 0

|Fastest laps = 0

|First race = 1959 British Grand Prix

|First win =

|Last win =

|Last race = 1963 German Grand Prix

}}

Reginald Harold Haslam "Tim" Parnell Jr. (25 June 1932 – 5 April 2017){{cite web |url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Tim_Parnell |title= The World Championship drivers - Where are they now? |accessdate=2007-07-29 |last=Jenkins |first=Richard |publisher=OldRacingCars.com}}{{Cite web |title=Motorsport Memorial - Tim Parnell |url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/LWFWIW/focusLWFWIW.php?db2=LWF&db=ms&n=2689 |access-date=22 March 2023 |website=Motorsport Memorial}} was a British racing driver from England. He was the son of Reg Parnell, another racing driver.

He participated in four Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 July 1959, and qualified for two of them. He scored no championship points. His only finish was tenth place in the 1961 Italian Grand Prix at Monza.{{cite book|last =Small|first =Steve|title =The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|publisher =Guinness|date =1994|page =279|ISBN =0851127029}}

After his father's death in 1964, he took on the running of Reg Parnell Racing and on occasion managed his own team with entries for Mike Spence and Pedro Rodriguez. He went on to manage the BRM Formula One team from 1970–74.

Parnell died on 5 April 2017 at the age of 84.{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/128808|title=Tim Parnell obituary: 1932-2017|work=Autosport|publisher=Motorsport Network|last=Pye|first=Marcus|date=5 April 2017|accessdate=5 April 2017}}

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