Chris Lawrence (racing driver)
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First start: | 1966 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 1966 German Grand Prix | ||||||||
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1966 JA Pearce Engineering Ltd. | |||||||||
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Christopher "Chris" Lawrence (born July 27, 1933 in Ealing ; † August 13, 2011 in Herefordshire ) was a British automobile racing driver and racing car designer .
Career
Chris Lawrence competed with MGs and Morgans in club races in Great Britain in the late 1950s . Lawrence owned an engine tuning company in London and was involved in the Deep Sanderson sports car project as a technician in 1963 and 1964 .
When the 3-liter formula was introduced in Formula 1 in 1966 , Lawrence took part in a number of Formula 1 races with a Cooper T73 . He also contested two world championship races with the Cooper, which had a Ferrari engine in the rear. At Brands Hatch , at the British Grand Prix , he finished eleventh. At the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring , it fell out after the front suspension broke.
From 1967 he only drove sporadically sports car races and began to work as a vehicle designer at Morgan, where he was responsible for building the sports car variant of the Morgan 4/4 . During the same period he was also responsible for the development of the Monica 560 .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1962 |
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Morgan Plus 4 |
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Rank 13 and class win | |
1963 |
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Deep Sanderson 301 |
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Disqualified | |
1964 |
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Deep Sanderson 301 |
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failure | Cylinder overheated |
1967 |
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Marcos Mini GT |
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failure | Gearbox damage |
1968 |
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Deep Sanderson 302 |
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failure | Petrol injection |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.classicandsportscar.com/news/general-classic-car-news/morgan-racing-legend-and-monica-creator-chris-lawrence-dies
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SURNAME | Lawrence, Chris |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lawrence, Christopher (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ealing |
DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 2011 |
Place of death | Herefordshire |