Mark Donohue

Mark Donohue

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	1971 Canadian Grand Prix
Last start:	Grand Prix of Germany 1975
Constructors
1971  Penske White Racing (McLaren) 1974  Penske 1975  Penske - Penske Racing (March)
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-15. ( 1975 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 14th - - -
World Cup points :	8th
Podiums :	1
Leadership laps :	-

Mark Donohue (born March 18, 1937 in Summit (New Jersey) , † August 19, 1975 in Graz , Austria ) was an American automobile racing driver .

Career

Mark Donohue winning the Pocono 500 in 1971

From 1971 to 1975 he drove Formula 1 for McLaren - Ford and Penske- Ford. In 1969 he won the Daytona 24 Hours in a Lola T70 Mk IIIb with Chuck Parsons , in 1972 the Indianapolis 500 in a McLaren M16B , and in 1973 in a Porsche 917/30 Spyder the Canadian-American Challenge Cup .

Donohue had an accident on August 17, 1975 during the warm-up for the Austrian Grand Prix . In the accident, which was probably caused by a defective tire, his car overturned several times and smashed against a billboard. A marshal was killed in the accident. Donohue didn't seem seriously injured at first, but one day later he fell into a coma and died of a blood clot in his brain. He was buried in the Summit local cemetery.

Donohue's wife filed for damages against the tire manufacturer in the USA, which in 1984 was decided in favor of the widow, despite inconclusive evidence. However, the feared flood of litigation due to this precedent did not materialize. His son David Donohue is also a racing driver.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1966	Holman & Moody	Ford GT40 Mk.II	Paul Hawkins	failure	differential
1967	Shelby American Inc.	Ford GT40 Mk.IV	Bruce McLaren	Rank 4
1971	Roger Penske	Ferrari 512M	David Hobbs	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1962	TVR Cars	TVR Grantura	Jay Signore	Rank 25
1963	RM imports	TVR Grantura	Jerry Segerman	failure	Engine failure
1965	Mecom Racing Team	Ferrari 250LM	Walt Hansgen	Rank 11
1966	Holman & Moody	Ford GT40MK. II	Walt Hansgen	Rank 2
1968	Roger Penske Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	Craig Fisher	3rd place and class win
1969	Roger Penske Racing Enterprises	Lola T70 Mk.IIIB GT	Ronnie Bucknum	failure	Guide arm
1971	Penske White Racing	Ferrari 512M	David Hobbs	Rank 6

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1962	TVR RM imports	TVR Grantura	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
					25th										DNF
1963	RM imports	TVR Grantura	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
					DNF																			20th
1964	Walt Hansgen	MGB	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
																				8th
1965	Mecom Racing Team	Ferrari 250LM	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
				11
1966	Holman & Moody	Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
			3	2					DNF
1967	Holman & Moody Carroll Shelby International	Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
			DNF						4th
1968	Team Penske	Chevrolet Camaro	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
			12	3
1969	Team Penske	Lola T70	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
			1	DNF
1970	Team Penske	AMC Javelin	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
			DNF
1971	Team Penske	Ferrari 512S	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				3	6th						DNF		DNF
1973	Team Penske	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
			DNF									6th

See also

• List of fatally injured Formula 1 drivers

Web links

Commons : Mark Donohue  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Marrk Donohue at Racing Sports Cars