Brett Lunger

Brett Lunger

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	Grand Prix of Austria 1975
Last start:	US Grand Prix East 1978
Constructors
1975  Hesketh  • 1976  Surtees  • 1977  BS Fabrications  • 1978 B & S Fabrications and  Ensign
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 32 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Robert Brett Lunger (born November 14, 1945 in Wilmington , Delaware ) is a former American automobile racing driver .

Career

Brett Lunger attended a car race in 1965 that sparked his interest in motorsport. In 1966 he drove as a paying driver in the CanAm series . Between 1972 and 1976 he took part in Formula 2 races and achieved fourth place as the best result ( Mantorp Park , Sweden). In 1971 he reached third place overall in the American Formula 5000 .

During his Formula 1 time, there were no notable successes. He became known as the driver who, together with Guy Edwards , Arturo Merzario and Harald Ertl, saved Niki Lauda from his burning car in 1976 after his accident at the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife . Lunger had collided with the Ferrari; both cars were standing close together, the Ferrari burning. As the action progressed, Lunger climbed onto the Ferrari and pulled Lauda up while Merzario undid the seat belt after marshals contained the fire. As early as 1974, Lunger helped rescue his driver colleague Mickey Rupp on a similar occasion at the Ontario Motor Speedway .

In 1979 Lunger couldn't find a driver's seat and ended his racing career to continue his studies. As a journalist he worked at the South African Grand Prix for the broadcaster CBS.

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the World Automobile Championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 World Championship .

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1975
												13	10	DNF
1976
		11	DNQ	DNQ	DNF		15th	16	DNF	DNF	10 *		14th	15th	11
1977
			14th	DNF	10		DNS	11	DNQ	13	DNF	10	9	DNF	10	11 *
1978
	13	DNF	11	DNQ	DNPQ	7th	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	8th	DNPQ	8th	DNF	DNF	13

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

literature

• Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who, 3rd Edition . Travel Publishing, London 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8

Web links

Commons : Brett Lunger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Brett Lunger at Racing Sports Cars