Boro (Formula One)
Appearance
Full name | HB Bewaking Alarm Systems |
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Base | Bovenkerk, Netherlands |
Founder(s) | Bob Hoogenboom Rody Hoogenboom |
Noted drivers | Larry Perkins Brian Henton |
Formula One World Championship career | |
First entry | 1976 Spanish Grand Prix |
Races entered | 8 |
Engines | Ford |
Constructors' Championships | 0 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Final entry | 1977 Italian Grand Prix |
Boro was a Formula One team from the Netherlands run by the brothers Bob and Rody Hoogenboom.[1]
Their single car was built by the Ensign team, but was renamed Boro after their main sponsor, HB Bewaking, ended up as proprietor of the car after a legal dispute with Ensign owner Morris Nunn. The name is a portmanteau of the Hoogenboom brothers' first names, BOb and ROdy.
In the Dutch village of Bovenkerk (North Holland), the Hoogenboom brothers set up a factory to work on the N175. They entered a total of eight Grands Prix between 1976 and 1977, but failed to make a lasting impression. The team achieved finishes in only two events, the best being eighth place for Larry Perkins in the 1976 Belgian Grand Prix.[2]
Complete Formula One World Championship results
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Year | Chassis | Engine(s) | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Points | WCC |
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1976 | Boro 001 | Ford Cosworth DFV | G | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | CAN | USA | JPN | 0 | NC | ||
Larry Perkins | 13 | 8 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||||
1977 | Boro 001 | Ford Cosworth DFV | G | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP | MON | BEL | SWE | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | USA | CAN | JPN | 0 | NC | |
Brian Henton | DSQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Netherland's Formula 1 History of Race Tracks, Teams, and Drivers". grandprixexperience.com. June 8, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. p. 284. ISBN 0851127029.
- ^ Small, pp. 181 and 284.
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