Alan Brown (racing driver)
Appearance
Born | Malton, Yorkshire, England | 20 November 1919
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Died | 20 January 2004 Guildford, Surrey, England | (aged 84)
Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Active years | 1952–1954 |
Teams | Cooper inc. non-works |
Entries | 9 (8 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 2 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1952 Swiss Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1954 British Grand Prix |
Alan Everest Brown (20 November 1919 – 20 January 2004) was a British racing driver from England. He took up motor racing in a Cooper, later forming the Ecurie Richmond team with Eric Brandon. He participated in 9 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1952 and numerous non-Championship Formula One races. He scored two championship points. He was the first driver to score championship points for Cooper and also gave the first Vanwall its race debut.[1] After he retired, he fielded two drivers in the 1959 British Grand Prix under the team name Alan Brown Equipe.[2]
Complete Formula One World Championship results
[edit]Key | |
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Colour | Result |
Gold | Winner |
Silver | Second place |
Bronze | Third place |
Green | Other points position |
Blue | Other classified position |
Not classified, finished (NC) | |
Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) | |
Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
White | Did not start (DNS) |
Race cancelled (C) | |
Light blue | Practiced only (PO) |
Thursday/Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) | |
Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
Excluded (EX) | |
Did not arrive (DNA) | |
Withdrawn (WD) | |
Text formatting | Meaning |
Bold | Pole position |
Italics | Fastest lap |
Superscript | Sprint race result |
Abbreviation | Meaning |
WDC | World Drivers' Championship position |
WCC | World Constructors' Championship position |
NC | Not classified |
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | WDC | Points |
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1952 | Ecurie Richmond | Cooper T20 | Bristol Straight-6 | SUI 5 |
500 | BEL 6 |
FRA | GBR 22 |
GER | NED | ITA 15 |
16th | 2 | |
1953 | Cooper Car Company | Cooper T20 | Bristol Straight-6 |
ARG 9 |
500 | NED | BEL | FRA | NC | 0 | ||||
RJ Chase | Cooper T23 | GBR Ret |
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Equipe Anglaise | GER Ret |
SUI | ITA 12 | |||||||||||
1954 | Equipe Anglaise | Cooper T23 | Bristol Straight-6 | ARG | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR DNS |
GER | SUI | ITA | ESP | NC | 0 |
Source:[3]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Alan Brown". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. March 2004. p. 18. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "Alan Brown Equipe - ChicaneF1.com". chicanef1.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. p. 82. ISBN 0851127029.
External links
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