David Hobbs
Nation: | United Kingdom | ||||||||
Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | 1967 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 1974 Italian Grand Prix | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1967 Bernard White Racing - Lola 1968 Honda 1971 Penske White Racing 1974 McLaren | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
Podiums : | - | ||||||||
Leadership laps : | - |
David Wishart Hobbs (born June 9, 1939 in Leamington Spa ) is a former English racing driver .
Career
David Hobbs was the classic "step in" in motorsport. Wherever an emergency driver was needed, Hobbs was promptly on hand. In this respect, there is hardly a racing series between the 1960s and 1980s in which Hobbs did not leave his mark. He drove touring cars and monoposto , took part in the CanAm series, drove in the IMSA, the Formula 5000 and finished fifth in the Indianapolis 500 in 1974 . In 1976 he even led two laps at the Daytona 500 mile and was one of the few Europeans to compete in NASCAR . He drove seven Grand Prix to the Formula 1 World Championship and was one of the best sports car drivers of the respective era for three decades. Since the end of his racing career, he has been working as a TV commentator in the USA
Junior years
Hobbs began his career in the British sports car scene on Jaguar and Lotus in the early 1960s. He drove in Formula Junior , Formula 2 and was a works driver in the brand world championship for sports cars from 1965. He made his debut in Formula 1 in 1966.
formula 1
Hobbs drove his first race in this class in Sicily in 1966. In the race in Syracuse, which is not part of the world championship, he finished third with a BRM from the Bernard White Racing Team and thus made an excellent debut. A year later he drove his first world championship run, again for Bernard White, at Silverstone . Three laps behind the winner Jim Clark , he finished eighth in the British Grand Prix . Other sporadic missions followed. In 1968 he joined the Honda team for a race. After Jo Schlesser's death in Rouen, he drove for the Japanese team at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza . After a stint at Penske in 1971 he was given a cockpit in Formula 1. Again as a substitute ( Mike Hailwood had a serious accident at the Nürburgring ), he drove two races for McLaren in 1974. At the Grand Prix of Austria he was seventh and the Grand Prix of Italy, again in Monza, he finished ninth. His eighth place in 1968 at Silverstone remained his best place in the highest class of motorsport.
Sports car
Hobbs competed 20 times in the Le Mans 24 Hours between 1962 and 1989 . In 1969 he and Mike Hailwood came third on a Ford GT 40 owned by John Wyer ; He was able to repeat this success in 1984 on a Porsche. A year before that, he won the 1000 km from Monza, also on a Ford GT 40. He drove vehicles as diverse as a Triumph Spitfire in the 1960s, the BMW M-1 / C in the IMSA GTP series and the Porsche 962 at the end of his long career. The list of his teammates ranged from John Surtees to Damon Hill, who rode alongside Hobbs in Group-C when he was young.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1962 | Team Lotus Engineering | Lotus Elite Mk14 | Frank Gardner | Rank 8 and class win | ||
1963 | Lola Cars Ltd. | Lola Mk6 GT | Richard Attwood | failure | accident | |
1964 | Standard triumph | Triumph Spitfire | Rob Slotemaker | Rank 21 | ||
1965 | Standard triumph | Triumph Spitfire | Rob Slotemaker | failure | accident | |
1966 | Maranello Concessionaires | Ferrari Dino 206S | Mike Salmon | failure | Suspension damage | |
1967 | Lola Cars Ltd. | Lola T70 Mk.III | John Surtees | failure | Ignition damage | |
1968 | John Wyer Automotive | Ford GT40 | Paul Hawkins | failure | Engine failure | |
1969 | John Wyer Automotive | Ford GT40 | Mike Hailwood | Rank 3 | ||
1970 | John Wyer Automotive | Porsche 917K | Mike Hailwood | failure | accident | |
1971 | Roger Penske | Ferrari 512M | Mark Donohue | failure | Engine failure | |
1972 | Equipe Matra Simca | Matra MS660C | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | failure | Clutch damage | |
1979 | Grand Touring Cars Inc, | Ford M10 | Vern Schuppan | Jean-Pierre Jaussaud | failure | Disqualified |
1981 | Emka Productions | BMW M1 | Eddie Jordan | Steve O'Rourke | failure | Clutch damage |
1982 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | Porsche 935/81 Moby Dick | John Fitzpatrick | 4th place and class win | ||
1983 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | Porsche 956C | John Fitzpatrick | Dieter Quester | failure | Defective fuel pump |
1984 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | Porsche 956B | Philippe Streiff | Sarel van der Merwe | Rank 3 | |
1985 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | Porsche 956C | Guy Edwards | Jo Gartner | Rank 4 | |
1987 | Joest Racing | Porsche 962C | Chip Robinson | Sarel van der Merwe | failure | Engine failure |
1988 | Joest Racing | Porsche 962C | Franz Konrad | Didier Theys | Rank 5 | |
1989 | Richard Lloyd Racing | Porsche 962C GTI | Damon Hill | Steven Andskar | failure | Engine failure |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1968 | JW Engineering | Ford GT40 | Paul Hawkins | not classified | |||
1969 | JW Engineering | Ford GT40 | Mike Hailwood | failure | suspension | ||
1971 | Penske White Racing | Ferrari 512M | Mark Donohue | Rank 6 | |||
1972 | Kirk F. White Motor Racing Inc. | Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 | Skip Scott | failure | Gearbox damage | ||
1976 | BMW Motorsport North America | BMW 3.0 CSL | Benny Parsons | failure | malfunction | ||
1978 | McLaren North America | BMW 320i Turbo | Milt Minter | Tom Klausler | failure | accident | |
1982 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | Porsche 935K3 / 80 | John Fitzpatrick | failure | accident | ||
1987 | Gebhardt Racing USA | Gebhardt JC853 | Gary Robinson | Greg Hobbs | Alf Gebhardt | failure | malfunction |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who, 3rd Edition . Travel Publishing, London 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hobbs, David |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hobbs, David Wishart |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leamington Spa |