- Hector Rebaque
Former F1 driver
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Name = Hector Rebaque
Nationality = flagicon|Mexico Mexican
Years = F1|1977 - F1|1981
Team(s) = Hesketh,Rebaque ,Brabham
Races = 58 (41 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 13
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1977 Belgian Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =1981 Las Vegas Grand Prix Héctor Alonso Rebaque (born
February 5 ,1956 inMexico City cite web |url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/bydriver/watn.asp?letter=R |title= The World Championship drivers - Where are they now? |accessdate=2007-07-29 |last=Jenkins |first=Richard |publisher=OldRacingCars.com] ) is a formerracing driver fromMexico . He participated in 58Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting onJune 5 ,1977 . He scored a total of 13 championship points. He also ran his own unsuccessful F1 team,Rebaque , in 1978 and 1979; usually he raced Lotuses but for the last three races in 1979 he fielded his own car designed by Penske which he called the HR100.In the middle of F1|1980, he substituted for
Ricardo Zunino as team mate toNelson Piquet atBrabham , where he stayed throughout the 1981 season achieving his best F1 results, finishing 10th in the Championship. He also drove in the 1982 CART IndyCar season forForsythe Racing including the1982 Indianapolis 500 where he finished 13th after a pit fire on lap 151. He won his final CART race, which was the first one held atRoad America . However, he was injured a week later in a testing crash at theMilwaukee Mile and decided to return to road racing as he felt oval racing was too dangerous. [Arrambide, Jose. [http://www.autoracing1.com/JoseA/2004/0427ForgottenHeroes.asp Mexico's forgotten racing heroes] , "AutoRacing1.com", April 27, 2004]Complete Formula One World Championship results
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