Tony Maggs
| Born | 9 February 1937 |
|---|---|
| Died | 2 June 2009 (aged 72) |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality | South African |
| Active years | 1961–1965 |
| Teams | non-works Lotus; Cooper, Scuderia Centro Sud, Reg Parnell |
| Races | 27 (25 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 3 |
| Career points | 26 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1961 British Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1965 South African Grand Prix |
Anthony Francis O'Connell "Tony" Maggs (February 9, 1937 in Pretoria, South Africa – June 2, 2009[1]) was a racing driver from South Africa. He participated in 27 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on July 15, 1961. He achieved three podiums, and scored a total of 26 championship points.
The son of a wealthy farmer/businessman, Tony Maggs shot to fame in Ken Tyrrell's Formula Junior Cooper-Austin team in 1961, sharing the European Championship with Jo Siffert. He was invited into the Formula 1 team for 1962/1963, finishing second in the French Grand Prix both years, but was dropped at the end of 1963.
He completed the 1965 Formula 1 South African Grand Prix and later drove in some Formula 2 races later in 1965 before an accident at Pietermaritzburg in a Lotus 22 twin-cam resulted in the death of eight-year-old spectator Michael Twyman.[2] Thereafter he quit to concentrate on farming in the Zontspanberg region of the Northern Transvaal, surviving a light aircraft accident some years later in which his farm manager was killed.[3]
[edit] Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
||||||||
| 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 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Tony Maggs 1937-2009". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1. 2009-06-04. http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21525.html. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Biodata
