Howden Ganley

Howden Ganley
Born	24 1941 (1941-Template:Pad2digit-Template:Pad2digit) {{{birth_place}}}
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Formula One career
Nationality	New Zealander
Years	1971 – 1974

James Howden Ganley (born 24 December 1941 in Hamilton) is a former racing driver from New Zealand. He participated in 41 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 6 March 1971, scoring a total of 10 championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races.

Personal and early life

When he was thirteen years old, he attended the 1955 New Zealand Grand Prix at Ardmore which inspired him and provided him with an impetus to follow a career in racing. Immediately after leaving school, Ganley became a reporter for the Waikato Times and wrote a column for Sports Car Illustrated. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1961 and pursued a career as a mechanic.

Career

Early career

Between 1960 and 1962, Ganley competed in many events throughout New Zealand driving a Lotus Eleven. Throughout this period, he was earning a living by working as a foreman for a concreting company.

In 1970, Ganley finished second to Peter Gethin in the European Formula 5000 championship. This caught the attention of the BRM Formula One team, who signed him to a contract for 1971.

Formula One

In 1971, Ganley started off the season promisingly with fifth place at the non-championship Race of Champions. At the end of 1971, having scored two points finishes during the year, Ganley was awarded the Wolfgang von Trips Memorial Trophy for the best performance by a newcomer to Grand Prix racing. At the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix he was almost declared the winner because of a timing mix up with the pace car, when the results were corrected, Ganley was classified sixth.

Sportscars

Ganley and François Cevert drove a Matra-Simca MS670 to second place in the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Later career

Ganley's Tiga team had plans to compete in Formula One in 1978, with the Finnish driver Mikko Kozarowitzky, but the project didn't succeed due to a lack of funding.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WDC	Points
1971	Yardley Team BRM	BRM P153	BRM P142 3.0 V12	RSA Ret	ESP 10	MON DNQ	NED 7	FRA 10	GBR 8	GER Ret									15th	5
		BRM P160									AUT Ret	ITA 5	CAN DNS	USA 4
1972	Marlboro BRM	BRM P160B	BRM P142 3.0 V12	ARG 9	RSA NC	ESP Ret		BEL 8	FRA DNS										13th	4
		BRM P180					MON Ret
		BRM P160C								GBR	GER 4	AUT 6	ITA 11	CAN 10	USA Ret
1973	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Iso Marlboro FX3B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG NC	BRA 7	RSA 10													19th	1
		Iso Marlboro IR					ESP Ret	BEL Ret	MON Ret	SWE 11	FRA 14	GBR 9	NED 9	GER DNS	AUT NC	ITA NC	CAN 6	USA 12
1974	March Engineering	March 741	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG 8	BRA Ret	RSA	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	NED	FRA							NC	0
	Maki Engineering	Maki F101											GBR DNQ	GER DNQ	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA

Footnotes

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