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1958 Caen Grand Prix ...
The 1958 Caen Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 20 July 1958 at the Circuit de la Prairie, Caen. The race was run over 86 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss who lapped the field in a Cooper T45. Classification References * Results at www.silhouet.co {{F1 NC race report , Name_of_race = Caen Grand Prix , Year_of_race = 1958 , Previous_race_in_season = 1958 BRDC International Trophy , Next_race_in_season = 1959 Glover Trophy , Previous_year's_race = 1957 Caen Grand Prix , Next_year's_race = — Caen Grand Prix Caen Grand Prix Caen Grand Prix The Grand Prix de Caen was an auto racing event, held in ''la Prairie'' park in Caen. Only six races were held between 1952 and 1958, the 1955 race being cancelled after that year's Le Mans disaster. The first race was run under Formula Two rules ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Comparateur de territoire INSEE, retrieved 20 June 2022. making Caen the second largest urban area in and the 19th largest in France. It is also the third largest commune in all of Normandy after and Rouen. It is located inland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Racing Partnership
British Racing Partnership (BRP) was a racing team, and latterly constructor, from the United Kingdom. It was established by Alfred Moss and Ken Gregory – Stirling Moss's father and former manager, respectively – in 1957 to run cars for Stirling, when not under contract with other firms, along with other up-and-coming drivers. History BRP ran a Cooper- Borgward Formula Two car and occasionally a BRM Formula One car in 1959, the latter being demolished in a spectacular crash at the Avus street circuit. BRP was the first Formula One team to sell the entire identity of the team in return for sponsorship income; they were sponsored by the Yeoman Credit Ltd. hire-purchase company from August 1959 and became Yeoman Credit Racing for the season. BRP was given a sum of £40,000 just to buy their equipment plus £20,000/year to operate the team. The team ran Coopers in both Formula One and Formula Two during 1960, with mixed success. During this time four of the team's drivers were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Caen Grand Prix
The 1957 Caen Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 28 July 1957 at the Circuit de la Prairie, Caen. The race was run over 86 laps of the circuit, and was won by a lap by French driver Jean Behra in a BRM P25, the first Grand Prix win for the P25. Behra also set pole and fastest lap. Classification 1 Schell raced the spare BRM after his Maserati 250F broke a piston during practice. References * * * {{F1 NC race report , Name_of_race = Caen Grand Prix , Year_of_race = 1957 , Previous_race_in_season = 1957 Reims Grand Prix , Next_race_in_season = 1957 BRDC International Trophy , Previous_year's_race = 1956 Caen Grand Prix , Next_year's_race = 1958 Caen Grand Prix Caen Grand Prix Caen Grand Prix Caen Grand Prix The Grand Prix de Caen was an auto racing event, held in ''la Prairie'' park in Caen. Only six races were held between 1952 and 1958, the 1955 race being cancelled after that year's Le Mans disaste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Glover Trophy
The 1959 Glover Trophy was a motor race, held on 30 March 1959 at Goodwood Circuit, England. To avoid competing with the Lavant Cup race the Glover Trophy was decreed to be strictly for Formula One cars only and as such, ran to Formula One rules. The race was watched by The 40,000 people, ran for 42 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Cooper T51. Results References * "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. * Results at www.silhouet.co {{F1 NC race report , Name_of_race = Glover Trophy , Year_of_race = 1959 , Previous_race_in_season = 1958 Caen Grand Prix , Next_race_in_season = 1959 BARC Aintree 200 , Previous_year's_race = 1958 Glover Trophy , Next_year's_race = 1960 Glover Trophy Glover Trophy Glover Trophy 20th century in West Sussex Glover Glover Trophy The Glover Trophy, also known as the Richmond Trophy, was a non-championship Formula One motor race held in the spring at Goodwood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 BRDC International Trophy
The 10th BRDC International Trophy was a auto racing, motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 3 May 1958 at the Silverstone Circuit, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the Grand Prix circuit, and was won by British driver Peter Collins (racing driver), Peter Collins in a Ferrari Dino 246. The field also included several Formula Two cars, highest finisher being Cliff Allison in a Lotus 12, finishing in sixth place overall. Results ''Note: a blue background indicates a car running under Formula 2 regulations.'' References * * {{BRDC International Trophy BRDC International Trophy 1958 Formula One races, BRDC International Trophy 1958 in British motorsport, BRDC International Trophy May 1958 sports events in the United Kingdom, BRDC International Trophy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caen Grand Prix
The Grand Prix de Caen was an auto racing event, held in ''la Prairie'' park in Caen. Only six races were held between 1952 and 1958, the 1955 race being cancelled after that year's Le Mans disaster. The first race was run under Formula Two rules. In 1953 the event was run for sports cars, and all subsequent events were run under Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ... rules. Winners References {{reflist External linksHorsepower on the Prairie Sports car races Caen Auto races in France Sport in Caen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotus 12
The Lotus 12 was a Formula Two and Formula One racing car. Design Colin Chapman's first foray into single-seater racing, the 12 appeared in 1957. It featured a number of important innovations Chapman would use on later models. To better use the power of the Coventry Climax engine, it was designed, as usual, for low weight and low drag, relying on a space frame. It placed the driver as low as possible, reducing the height of transmission tunnel by way of a "conceptually brilliant" five-speed sequential-shift transaxle located in the back. This transaxle was designed by Richard Ansdale and Harry Mundy. The gearbox had a (long-undiagnosed) oil starvation problem, thus earned the nickname "Queerbox" for its unreliability. Although the first two examples of Lotus 12 had De Dion rear suspension, it also introduced a new suspension configuration with what came to be called "Chapman struts" in the rear, essentially a MacPherson strut with a fixed length halfshaft with universal joints ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Leston
Alfred Lazarus Fingleston (16 December 1920 – 13 May 2012), better known as Les Leston, or in full Leslie Leston, was a British racing driver, born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. Early life In his early life Leston was a successful drummer for the jazz band The Clay Pigeons. He also served in WW2 as a mid-upper gunner in an Avro Lancaster. In 1939 before the outbreak of war he was the shopkeeper for fancy and toilet goods as part of the family business, and soon after the war finished he and his father "Monty" (otherwise Henry or Harry General Registrar's Office registers of births and marriages; 1939 Register for Willesden, where his occupation is "general dealer") set up a successful aeronautical accessories business, Aero Spares, a company involved in a variety of technical appliances made for war planes. He was the younger brother of the entomologist Dennis Leston. Racing career He started racing in a Jaguar SS100 before acquiring a 500cc Cooper and his own Leston Spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Ballisat
Keith Norman R. Ballisat (20 May 1928 – 25 May 1996) was a British racing driver, who drove in endurance races, rallies and Non-Championship Formula One races. He has competed in events like Monte Carlo Rally, Coupe des Alpes, 24 Hours of Le Mans and Acropolis Rally. Career as racing driver Rally sport Keith Ballisat was engaged in the late 1950s and early 1960s in some rallies. In 1958 he was, together with Alain Bertaut, fourth overall in the Alpine Rally and in 1959, second overall in Tulpenrallye. In both cases, a Triumph TR3 was his emergency vehicle. Circuit racing During his time as a rally driver, Ballisat went in circuit racing at the start. Between 1958 and 1960 he contested the Formula Junior and Formula 2 races. At the Grand Prix de Caen 1958 (emergency vehicle a Cooper T43) it turned out that Lombank Trophy 1960, he finished in seventh place (Cooper T43) and the Crystal Palace Trophy in the same year as sixth (Cooper T43). He also went the Lavant Cup and the No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Gibson (racing Driver)
Richard Gibson (16 April 1918 – 17 December 2010) was a racing driver from England. Born in Bourne, Lincolnshire, Gibson participated in two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting in . He scored no championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races. Complete Formula One World Championship results (key Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm * Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock * Key (map ...) References * English racing drivers English Formula One drivers 1918 births 2010 deaths {{England-autoracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Schell
Henry O'Reilly "Harry" Schell (June 29, 1921 – May 13, 1960) was an American Grand Prix motor racing driver. He was the first American driver to start a Formula One Grand Prix. Early life Schell was born in Paris, France, the son of expatriate American and sometime auto racer Laury Schell; his mother was the wealthy American heiress Lucy O'Reilly Schell. O'Reilly was an auto racing enthusiast who had met Laury while visiting France; they soon became familiar names on the rallying scene together. She became heavily invested in the Delahaye concern, first campaigning sports cars for them and then championing the development of a Delahaye Grand Prix car, which she ran under the Ecurie Bleue banner. Frenchman René Dreyfus won the 1938 Pau Grand Prix for the team in a shock upset over Mercedes, but the Delahaye project failed to raise the necessary backing and was never developed to its full extent. Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Schell's parents were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BRM P25
The BRM P25 was a Formula One racing car raced from 1956 to 1960 and the second car produced by the British Racing Motors consortium. After the failure of the complex BRM V16, the P25's design emphasized simplicity. The car was fitted with a 2.5-litre straight-4 engine, producing some 275 horsepower. The P25 would be the foundation of BRM's successes in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Development With BRM in financial trouble after the V16 experiment, Alfred Owen purchased the team and set work on a new car. While the car was being developed, BRM ran a privateer Maserati 250F through the 1954 and 1955 seasons. Stewart Tresilian and Tony Rudd designed an entirely new twin-cam 2.5-litre four-cylinder for the P25. The engine's large bore allowed for larger valves to be fitted. In an exception to keeping with BRM's all-British supply policy, two Weber carburetors were fitted. The engine was mounted to a simple ladder frame steel chassis, with a centre tub monocoque section. The P25 u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
