- Ivor Bueb
Former F1 driver
Name = Ivor Bueb
Nationality = flagicon|UK British
Years = F1|1957 - F1|1959
Team(s) = Connaught,Gilby , non-works Lotus andBritish Racing Partnership
Races = 6 (5 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1957 Monaco Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =1959 British Grand Prix Ivor Léon John Bueb (born
June 6 1923 ,East Ham ,London - diedAugust 1 1959 ,Clermont-Ferrand ,France ) was asports car racing andFormula One driver fromEngland .Bueb started racing seriously in a
Formula 3 500cc Cooper in 1953, graduating to the Cooper works team in 1955 when he finished second in the British championship. He made occasional starts in Grands Prix in 1957 with a Connaught and aMaserati run by Gilby Engineering. The following year he racedBernie Ecclestone 's Connaught at Monaco, and drove aFormula Two Lotus at the German Grand Prix. In 1959 he had two outings for BRP, firstly a non-qualification at Monaco, then another Formula Two entry at the British Grand Prix. He participated in 6 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix in all, but scored no championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races.He is best known for sharing the winning works
Jaguar D-type withMike Hawthorn in the1955 24 Hours of Le Mans ; a success he repeated with Ron Flockhart in the ex-worksEcurie Ecosse car in 1957.Bueb died from injuries sustained when he crashed his BRP Cooper-
Borgward Formula Two car atCharade Circuit nearClermont-Ferrand ,France .Complete World Championship Formula One results
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Formula 2 entry.External links
* [http://www.500race.org/Men/men.htm List of 500cc Formula 3 Drivers]
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