John Henry Augustin Prichard, later Riseley-Prichard, (17 January 1924 in Hereford – 8 July 1993 in

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) was a British insurance broker and racing driver. After getting a taste for motorsport in a road-going Riley, he bought a second-hand

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Type A from the

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. Using this vehicle he participated in one

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World Championship Grand Prix: the

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on 17 July 1954. He spun out of the race, scoring no championship points. In addition to this he competed in a number of non-Championship Formula One and

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races, including a victory in the

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. Riseley-Prichard shared an Aston Martin in the infamous

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race with 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

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and Ferrari star his first big break. Later in life, Riseley-Prichard became the centre of a child pornography scandal, and he emigrated to

. After a lengthy illness he died in Baan Kai Thuan, a remote village approximately inland of

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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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References

;Footnotes ;Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Riseley-Prichard, John 1924 births 1993 deaths Sportspeople from Hereford English racing drivers English Formula One drivers Rob Walker Racing Team Formula One drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers World Sportscar Championship drivers British emigrants to Thailand