David Purley
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | 1973 Monaco Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1977 French Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1973 March 1977 Lec Refrigeration Racing | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
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| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
David Purley (* 26. January 1945 in Bognor Regis , † 2. July 1985 ) was a British Formula 1 - racing driver . He took part in seven Grand Prix races, but did not reach any championship points.
Career
After serving in the Parachute Regiment of the British Armed Forces in Aden , Purley began a career as a racing driver. First he was active in Formula 3, where he was successful three times in the Belgian Chimay from 1970 to 1972 . He made his racing debut in Formula 1 on June 3, 1973 at the Monaco Grand Prix .
In the fatal accident of his driver colleague and friend Roger Williamson at the Grand Prix of the Netherlands in Zandvoort on July 29, 1973, he saw the burning vehicle wreck and, according to his own account, was able to see through the flames how Williamson was trying to free himself. Purley then immediately stopped to help - while some marshals had to stand by because they were not wearing fireproof clothing. Williamson could not be saved and burned in front of millions of television viewers in his car. David Purley received a lot of recognition for his efforts and received the British George Medal for the rescue attempt .
Purley's foray into Formula 1 was initially quite short-term, instead he became involved in Formula 2, where he started with chevrons and marches for the racing team of Hong Kong millionaire Bob Harper. He also started in Formula 5000 and won the British Championship here in 1976. In 1977 he returned to Formula 1 and drove an LEC. In qualifying for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1977, Purley survived a serious accident when his engine got stuck in full throttle and his car hit the guardrails so hard that Purley's body was subjected to an acceleration of about 180 g . After recovering from multiple fractures, he drove a few Formula 1 races in Great Britain that were not part of the World Championship. The Grand Prix career ended in 1977.
July 2, 1985 Purley died in a plane crash when he with a Pitts Special - biplane crashed into the sea in front of his hometown Bognor Regis.
statistics
Results in the automobile world championship
These statistics include all participations of the driver in the Formula 1 World Championship , which until 1980 was known as the Automobile World Championship.
general overview
| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Round | Points | WM-Pos. |
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| 1973 | LEC Refrigeration Racing | March 731 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
| 1977 | LEC Refrigeration Racing | LEC CRP1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th |
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| 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 |
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| () | 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ DRIVERS: DAVID PURLEY , grandprix.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Purley, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Formula 1 racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bognor Regis |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd July 1985 |
| Place of death | Bognor Regis |