Tony Maggs
| Born | 9 February 1937 Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa |
|---|---|
| Died | 2 June 2009 (aged 72) Caledon, Western Cape, South Africa |
| 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 (9 February 1937 in Pretoria, South Africa – 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 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 One 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 South African Grand Prix and later drove in some Formula Two 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 Maggs 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]
Complete Formula One World Championship results [edit]
(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 |
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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 [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tony Maggs |
- ^ "Tony Maggs 1937-2009". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Straw, Edd (2009-06-05). "Tony Maggs, 1937-2009". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ Biodata
