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| David Hobbs | |
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| Born | 9 1939 Royal Leamington Spa, England |
| Died | {{{death_date}}} {{{death_place}}} |
| Formula One career | |
| Nationality |  British
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| Years | 1967–1968, 1971, 1974 |
David Wishart Hobbs[1] (born 9 June 1939 in Royal Leamington Spa, England)[2] is a British former racing driver originally employed as a commentator for the Speed Channel, he currently works as a commentator for NBC and NBC Sports Network. In 1969 Hobbs was included in the FIA list of graded drivers, an élite group of 27 drivers who by their achievements were rated the best in the world.[3]
Hobbs currently lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife, Margaret, with whom he has two sons, Gregory and Guy. In 1986, Hobbs opened a car dealership, David Hobbs Honda, in Glendale, Wisconsin, which continues to exist today, and who he personally voices advertisements on local radio for. His youngest son, Guy, worked for Speed as a pit reporter on their sports car coverage. Hobbs was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2009.[4]
Driving career[]
Hobbs was born just months before the outbreak of World War II, and has a vast, 30-year history of international driving experience at all levels of motor sports, including sports cars, touring cars, Indy cars, IMSA, Can-Am and Formula One. He has participated in the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Daytona. He made twenty starts in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, finishing in 8th place at the first attempt in 1962, following with a pole position and a best finish of third (in 1969 and 1984) to his credit.
Hobbs was due to make his F1 Grand Prix debut for Tim Parnell Racing at the 1965 French Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand, but a serious road accident put him in hospital for three weeks.[5]
In 1971 Hobbs won the U.S. Formula 5000 L&M Continental Series championship driving for Carl Hogan out of St. Louis, Missouri, in a McLaren M10B-Chevrolet. He won five of the eight rounds that year at Laguna Seca, Seattle, Road America (Elkhart Lake), Edmonton and Lime Rock.[6] Twelve years later, he would claim the 1983 Trans-Am Series championship as well. He also made two NASCAR Winston Cup starts in 1976, including leading two laps at the 1976 Daytona 500 [7] and drove a race in the 1979 International Race of Champions.
Television commentator[]
Hobbs provides commentary for Formula One and GP2 races (alongside Bob Varsha and former Benetton mechanic Steve Matchett), the SCCA Valvoline runoffs, and parts of the 24 Hours of Daytona. He has also worked for CBS on its Daytona 500 coverage, working as both a color commentator and a feature/pit reporter from 1979 until 1995, and then moved to Speed in 1996 working as a color commentator and then moved to NBC Sports Network in 2013.[8]
Other appearances[]
David Hobbs appeared in the 1983 comedy film Stroker Ace, playing a TV race announcer. Hobbs appeared in the Cars 2 movie, which premiered in June 2011, as announcer "David Hobbscap", a 1963 Jaguar from Hobbs' real life hometown in England.
Complete Formula One World Championship results[]
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | WDC | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Bernard White Racing | BRM P261 | BRM P60 2.1 V8 | RSA | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR 8 |
CAN 9 |
ITA | USA | MEX | — | 0 | |||||
| Lola Cars | Lola T100 | BMW M10 2.0 L4 | GER 10‡ |
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| 1968 | Honda Racing F1 | Honda RA301 | Honda RA301E 3.0 V12 | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA Ret |
CAN | USA | MEX | — | 0 | |||
| 1971 | Penske-White Racing | McLaren M19A | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | RSA | ESP | MON | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA 10 |
— | 0 | ||||
| 1974 | Yardley Team McLaren | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT 7 |
ITA 9 |
CAN | USA | — | 0 |
‡ indicates an entry with an F2 car.
Complete Le Mans results[]
| Year | Position | Category | Race # | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Motor | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 8 | GT 1.3 | 44 | Team Lotus Engineering | David Hobbs Frank Gardner |
Lotus Elite Mk14 | Climax 1.2L I4 | 286[9] |
| 1963 | 20 Ret'd | P+3.0 | 6 | Lola Cars Ltd. | Richard Attwood David Hobbs |
Lola Mk6 GT | Ford 4.6L V8 | 151[10] |
| 1964 | 21 | P 3.0 | 50 | Standard Triumph | David Hobbs Rob Slotemaker |
Triumph Spitfire | Triumph 1.1L I4 | 272[11] |
| 1965 | 38 Ret'd. | GT 1.3 | 52 | Standard Triumph Ltd. | David Hobbs Rob Slotemaker |
Triumph Spitfire | Triumph 1.1L I4 | 71[12] |
| 1966 | 50 Ret'd. | P 2.0 | 36 | Maranello Concessionaires | Mike Salmon David Hobbs |
Ferrari Dino 206S | Ferrari 2.0L V6 | 14[13] |
| 1967 | 53 Ret'd. | P+5.0 | 11 | Lola Cars Ltd./Team Surtees | John Surtees David Hobbs |
Lola T70 Mk.III | Aston Martin 5.0L V8 | 3[14] |
| 1968 | 34 Ret'd. | S 5.0 | 10 | John Wyer Automotive Engineering Ltd. | Paul Hawkins David Hobbs |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.9L V8 | 107[15] |
| 1969 | 3 | S 5.0 | 7 | John Wyer Automotive Engineering | David Hobbs Mike Hailwood |
Ford GT40 Mk.I | Ford 4.9L V8 | 368[16] |
| 1970 | 41 Ret'd. | S 2.0 | 22 | John Wyer Automotive Engineering | David Hobbs Mike Hailwood |
Porsche 917K | Porsche 4.5L Flat-12 | 49 |
| 1971 | 41 Ret'd. | S 5.0 | 11 | Roger Penske/Kirk F. White | Mark Donohue David Hobbs |
Ferrari 512 M/P | Ferrari 5.0L V12 | |
| 1972 | 20 Ret'd. | S 3.0 | 16 | Equipe Matra Simca Shell | Jean-Pierre Jabouille David Hobbs |
Matra Simca MS660C | Matra 3.0L V12 | 278 |
| 1973–1978 No show. | ||||||||
| 1979 | 23 N/C | Gr.6 +2.0 | 11 | Grand Touring Cars Inc./ Ford Concessionaires France |
Derek Bell David Hobbs Vern Schuppan |
Mirage M10 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 | |
| 1980 No show. | ||||||||
| 1981 | 24 Ret'd. | Gr.5 | 53 | EMKA Productions Limited | David Hobbs Eddie Jordan Steve O'Rourke |
BMW M1 Gr.5 | BMW M88 3.5L I6 | 236 |
| 1982 | 4 | IMSA GTX | 79 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs |
Porsche 935/78 "Moby Dick" | Porsche Type-935 2.7L Turbo Flat-6 | 329 |
| 1983 | 38 Ret'd. | C | 11 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs Dieter Quester |
Porsche 956 | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 135 |
| 1984 | 3 | C1 | 33 | Skoal Bandit Porsche Team | David Hobbs Philippe Streiff Sarel van der Merwe |
Porsche 956 | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 350 |
| 1985 | 4 | C1 | 33 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | Jo Gartner David Hobbs Guy Edwards |
Porsche 956 | Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 | 365 |
| 1986 No show. | ||||||||
| 1987 | 47 Ret'd | C1 | 7 | Joest Racing | Sarel van der Merwe David Hobbs Chip Robinson |
Porsche 962C | Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 | 4 |
| 1988 | 5 | C1 | 7 | Blaupunkt Joest Racing | David Hobbs Didier Theys Franz Konrad |
Porsche 962C | Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 | 380 |
| 1989 | 26 Ret'd. | C1 | 15 | Richard Lloyd Racing | Steven Andskär David Hobbs Damon Hill |
Porsche 962C GTi | Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | 228 |
Indy 500 results[]
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References[]
- ↑ FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1975. Patrick Stephens Ltd.. white p. 37.
- ↑ H. H. Pitt and M. N. Wicks, The Pitt Family of Payneham (Adelaide, 1977)
- ↑ F.I.A. Year Book of Automobile Sport, P.S.L. Publications Limited., London, 1969.
- ↑ "The Class of 2009". AutoWeek (Detroit, Michigan: Crain Communications) 59 (17): 62. August 24, 2009. ISSN 0192-9674.
- ↑ http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/hobbs-the-north-american-swing/
- ↑ Trenton Evening Times, September 7, 1971, Page 37.
- ↑ David Hobbs 1976 Winston Cup Results – Racing-Reference.info
- ↑ Hobbs, David (September 2012). "In Racing, Broadcasting: Timing is Everything". Road & Track 64 (1): 94.
- ↑ Motor Sport, August 1962, Pages 594–595.
- ↑ Motor Sport, July 1963, Pages 500, 501, 504.
- ↑ Motor Sport, July 1964, Page 536.
- ↑ Motor Sport, July 1965, Page 565.
- ↑ Motor Sport, July 1966, Page 596.
- ↑ Motor Sport, July 1967, Pages 587–589.
- ↑ Motor Sport, November 1968, Pages 1016–1017.
- ↑ Motor Sport, July 1969, Pages 723–725.
External links[]
- SpeedTV bio
- David Hobbs Honda
- Stats from David Hobbs' IROC and NASCAR careers on racing-reference.info
- David Hobbs - Test Driver Jaguar XJ13 - Building the Legend
| Preceded by: John Cannon |
US Formula A/F5000 Champion 1971 |
Succeeded by: Graham McRae |
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