Ivor Bueb
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| Ivor Bueb | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | English |
| Years | 1957 - 1959 |
| Team(s) | Connaught, Maserati, Lotus, Cooper |
| Races | 6 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1957 Monaco Grand Prix |
| First win | |
| Last win | |
| Last race | 1959 British Grand Prix |
Ivor Bueb (June 6, 1923 - August 1, 1959) was a sports car racing and Formula One driver from England.
Bueb was in born in Cheltenham, Dulwich, London. He participated in 6 Grands Prix, debuting on May 19, 1957. He scored 0 championship points.
Bueb started racing seriously in a Formula 3 500cc Cooper in 1953, graduating to occasional starts in Grands Prix with a Connaught and a private Maserati. He is best known for sharing the winning Jaguar D-type with Mike Hawthorn in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans, a success he repeated with Ron Flockhart in the Ecurie Ecosse car in 1957.
He died from injuries sustained when he crashed his British Racing Partnership Cooper-Borgward Formula Two car at Charade Circuit near Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Complete Formula One results
| Yr | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Conn | ARG | MON | IND | FRA | GBR | DEU | PES | ITA | Mase | |||
| 1958 | Conn | ARG | MON | DUT | IND | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | POR | ITA | MOR | Lotu |
| 1959 | Coop | MON | IND | DUT | FRA | GBR | DEU | POR | ITA | USA | Coop |