John Riseley-Prichard

Former F1 driver
Name = John Riseley-Prichard
Nationality = flagicon|UK British
Years = F1|1954
Team(s) = Rob Walker Racing Team
Races = 1
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race = 1954 British Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race = 1954 British Grand Prix

John Henry Augustin Prichard, later Riseley-Prichard, (17 January 1924, Hereford - 8 July 1993, Thailand 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] ) was a British insurance broker and sometime racing driver.

After getting a taste for motorsport in a road-going Riley, he bought a second-hand Connaught Type A from the Rob Walker Racing Team. Using this vehicle he participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix: the British Grand Prix on July 17, 1954. He spun out of the race, scoring no championship points. In addition to this he competed in a number of non-Championship F1 and Formula Libre races, including a victory in the 1954 I Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race.

Riseley-Prichard shared an Aston Martin in the infamous 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans race with a young Tony Brooks, but after the trauma of this event retired from race driving. Later in the same year he let Brooks take the wheel of his Connaught, giving the future Vanwall and Ferrari star his first big break.

Later in life John Riseley-Prichard became the centre of a child pornography scandal, and he emigrated to Thailand. After a lengthy illness he died in Baan Kai Thuan, a remote village approximately 200km inland of Bangkok.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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References

*cite web|title= DRIVER: Riseley-Pichard, John |url= http://www.autocoursegpa.com/driver~driver_id~12013.htm |work= Autocourse Grand Prix Archive |accessdate= 2007-04-05
*cite web|title= Where are they now? |url= http://www.oldracingcars.com/bydriver/watn-linker.asp?lastname=Riseley-Prichard&firstname=John |work= OldRacingCars.com |accessdate= 2007-08-16
*cite web|title= John Riseley-Prichard |url= http://www.historicracing.com/drivers.cfm?driverID=2109&AlphaIndex=R |work= HistoricRacing.com |accessdate= 2007-04-05