Goldie Hexagon Racing was a motor racing team from the

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, founded by Paul Michaels. It raced in

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in , using customer

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cars.

Formula One

Goldie Hexagon Racing first entered a Formula One race in 1972, at the non-Championship World Championship Victory Race. They entered a

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racing driver John Watson. Watson qualified the car in tenth position and finished the race in sixth position. In Goldie Hexagon Racing returned to Formula One and raced a full Championship season, again with John Watson, entering

cars. The season started in

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, where Watson qualified the car in 20th position and finished 12th. In

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Watson qualified in 15th position, but retired on lap 27. He also failed to finish in

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. In

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Watson qualified in 15th position and finished 11th, and he finished in the same position in

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. In

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Watson scored Goldie Hexagon Racing's first World Championship points, when he finished in sixth position. In

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Watson finished in 11th position. In

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Watson finished 7th. In

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Goldie Hexagon Racing entered two cars, one for Watson and one for

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. While Watson finished in 16th position, Pace failed to qualify. Two races later, in

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, Watson finished in fourth position, scoring three World Championship points. In

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Watson qualified the car in fourth position, his highest of the season, but only finished in seventh place. In the

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, at the last race of the season, Watson finished in fifth position, scoring a further two Championship points. The 1974 United States Grand Prix was the last Formula One race for Goldie Hexagon Racing.

Race results

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Formula One Non-Championship results

Complete Shellsport International Series results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

{{reflist Formula One entrants British auto racing teams Auto racing teams established in 1972 Auto racing teams disestablished in 1977