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Tony Maggs | |
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Born | Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa | 9 1937
Died | Template:Death date and age Caledon, Western Cape, South Africa |
Formula One career | |
Nationality | South African |
Years | 1961β1965 |
Anthony Francis O'Connell "Tony" Maggs (9 February 1937 in Pretoria, South Africa β 2 June 2009)[1] was a racing driver from South Africa. He participated in 27 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 15 July 1961. He achieved three podiums, and scored a total of 26 championship points.
The son of a wealthy farmer and businessman, Tony Maggs was part of Ken Tyrrell's Formula Junior Cooper-Austin team in 1961 and shared the European Championship with Jo Siffert. He was invited into the Formula One team for 1962β1963, finishing second in the French Grand Prix both years, but was dropped at the end of 1963.[2][3]
Complete Formula One World Championship results[]
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | WDC | Points |
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1961 | Louise Bryden-Brown | Lotus 18 | Climax Straight-4 | MON |
NED |
BEL |
FRA |
GBR 13 |
GER 11 |
ITA |
USA |
NC | 0 | ||
1962 | Cooper Car Company | Cooper T55 | Climax Straight-4 | NED 5 |
MON Ret |
GER 9 |
7th | 13 | |||||||
Cooper T60 | Climax V8 | BEL Ret |
FRA 2 |
GBR 6 |
ITA 7 |
USA 7 |
RSA 3 |
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1963 | Cooper Car Company | Cooper T66 | Climax V8 | MON 5 |
BEL 7 |
NED Ret |
FRA 2 |
GBR 9 |
GER Ret |
ITA 6 |
USA Ret |
MEX Ret |
RSA 7 |
8th | 9 |
1964 | Scuderia Centro Sud | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | MON |
NED DNS |
BEL DNS |
FRA |
GBR Ret |
GER 6 |
AUT 4 |
ITA |
USA |
MEX |
12th | 4 |
1965 | Reg Parnell Racing | Lotus 25 | BRM V8 | RSA 11 |
MON |
BEL |
FRA |
GBR |
NED |
GER |
ITA |
USA |
MEX |
NC | 0 |
References[]
- β "Tony Maggs 1937-2009". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1. 4 June 2009. http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21525.html. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- β Straw, Edd (2009-06-05). "Tony Maggs, 1937-2009". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75844. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- β Biodata
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