Bob Gerard
Nation:
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Automobile world championship
First start:
Great Britain Grand Prix 1950
Last start:
1957 British Grand Prix
Constructors
1950-1951 ERA 1953-1957 Cooper
statistics
World Cup balance:
no World Cup placement
World Cup points :
-
Podiums :
-
Leadership laps :
-
Frederick Robert "Bob" Gerard (born January 19, 1914 in Leicester ; † January 26, 1990 there ) was a British automobile racing driver .
Career
Gerard started his racing career in 1933. With a Riley he competed in mountain and circuit races. After the Second World War he took part in races with ERA cars and remained associated with this brand for a number of years, even when there were better vehicles. In 1947 Gerard won the Ulster Trophy in Northern Ireland and the British Empire Trophy on the Isle of Man . He finished third in the 1948 British Grand Prix and second in the same race in 1949 .
Gerard competed sporadically in races in the Formula 1 World Championship. First he drove ERA cars, then Cooper models, with which he started until 1957. He finished sixth three times, for which there were no world championship points at the time. Gerard also competed in sports car races .
After retiring from active racing, he remained connected to motorsport as a racing team owner until the 1980s.
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
general overview
Single results
Legend
colour
abbreviation
meaning
gold
-
victory
silver
-
2nd place
bronze
-
3rd place
green
-
Placement in the points
blue
-
Classified outside the point ranks
violet
DNF
Race not finished (did not finish)
NC
not classified
red
DNQ
did not qualify
DNPQ
failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black
DSQ
disqualified
White
DNS
not at the start (did not start)
WD
withdrawn
Light Blue
PO
only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD
Friday test driver
without
DNP
did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ
injured or sick
EX
excluded
DNA
did not arrive
C.
Race canceled
no participation in the World Cup
other
P / bold
Pole position
SR / italic
Fastest race lap
*
not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
()
Streak results
underlined
Leader in the overall standings
Le Mans results
Individual results in the sports car world championship
Web links
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