Driver History

2005 - Britcar (BMW M3 Supertouring), Britsports (Caterham R400)
1995 - Formula Renault 1700 and Formula Ford 1600
1992 - One off Classic FF1600 race at FF Festival
1986 - Test programme in FF2000 with Madgwick Motorsport, some races
1983 - FF1600 races
1982 - FF1600 races, one with a new factory Reynard FF82
1981 - Numerous selected National level FF1600 races
1980 - Built a FF1600 Royale from spares and ran it in several tests
1979 - One FF1600 Race at National Level; test programme with RF Racing
1978 - Formula Ford 1600 Races (Jim Russell Racing Club - won first ever racee)
1977 - Jim Russell International Racing Driver's School (Silverstone - full course)
1977 - Jim Russell International Racing Driver's School (Snetterton - full course)
1977 - Jim Russell International Racing Driver's School (Snetterton - skid cours)

An Appraisal By A Team Owner:

Testing with Madgwick Motorsport - Brands Hatch, 1986

"In 1986 Tim Arnold completed a series of tests with my team, Madgwick Motorsport, with our Formula Ford 2000 Reynard. In agreement with my Chief Engineer I felt Tim had more than average natural talent and more promise than the Brazilian driver, Mauricio Sandro Sala, who we had run earlier in that season. In one test he was posting times equal to Mark Blundell (who won the FF2000 Championship that year) and Bertrand Gachot, both of whom went on to drive in Formula one. On that basis I was pleased to offer Tim the opportunity to join our Fornula 3 team, subject to him bringing a minimal budget to top up our team budget... unfortunately he was unable to raise the budget, which was a great shame!"

Robert Synge, Madgwick Motorsport

Quoted with the kind permission of Robert Synge in November 2005 - Robert was the Managing Director of Madgwick Motorsport and went on to be Team Manager of BAR F1 in 1999 and 2000.