Henry Morris

Henry William Morris (born 17 April 1951 in Braintree, Essex) is a retired British racing driver with a famous F1 career, known as the 'Wacky F1 driver of the '70's', due to his obsession with the female drivers, and is obsessed with the beer brand Budweiser.

He has dated Lella Lombardi, gotten drunk in the local pub and crashed the Shadow F1 car in testing.

F1
Morris began his Formula One career in 1976, signing up for the Shadow team alongside talented Welshman Tom Pryce. His first race, at Interlagos, began on a high, with Morris shooting in second place on his debut. Before the race, Morris was love-struck, and wooed the Italian female driver Lella Lombardi of the March team. Morris' race ended with his first podium on his debut, finishing behind the winner Niki Lauda.

Results were mixed for the next seven races, until his biggest result came on home soil at Silverstone. He pipped Austrian Lauda right at the death to finish second, but after the original winner James Hunt was disqualified, this became his first ever win, and he was the most ecstatic F1 driver of all times. He celebrated at his local pub, with his friends chanting his initials HWM (after the 1950's manufacturer HWM-Alta) and throwing him into the air.

He reached the top spot again in Italy and Canada, and was, at one point, third in the standings, he eventually finished fifth, as Hunt beat Lauda to the title by one point.

Morris went out on a date to Rome with Lombardi, and was about to pop the question, when her team-mate Vittorio Brambilla broke his heart and dated her instead. This led to Morris turning his back on F1 after only one season. His only season ended with him scoring 36 points.

Morris was even more upset when Lombardi died in March 1992, but was relaxed by the appearance of Giovanna Amati in the first few races of the 1992 F1 season.