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Man of the Century

Without bravado and with a lot of hard work, Trevor Carlin has made Carlin Motorsport one of the most successful teams in open-wheel racing, and himself among the most popular team owners in the business. Celebrating his 100th race win last weekend, Carlin is now attempting to make it into Formula One, with the blessing of FIA president Max Mosley. Jonathan Noble talked to Carlin at length and brings the inspiring tale of a self-made motorsport icon

Jonathan Noble Apr 12, 2006, 12:56 PM

It's been a heck of a week for Trevor Carlin. On Sunday, his eponymous team celebrated their 100th victory in motor racing with wins in the opening British Formula BMW Championship round at Brands Hatch.

Then, just 48 hours later, Carlin finally decided to go public and confirm that his outfit was one of the 22 teams who have put their names forward for the 2008 Formula One World Championship.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.