Desmond Titterington

Desmond Titterington

Nation:	United Kingdom
Automobile world championship
First start:	1956 British Grand Prix
Last start:	1956 British Grand Prix
Constructors
1956  Connaught Engineering
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 1 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

John Desmond Titterington (born May 1, 1928 in Cultra ; † April 21, 2002 in Dundee ) was a Northern Irish racing driver .

Career

Desmond Titterington drove only one race to the Formula 1 World Championship in his career , but if the talented Northern Irishman had not unexpectedly announced his retirement in 1956, the path to an international top driver would have been possible.

After a few races in an Allard , Titterington became a member of the Ecurie Ecosse in 1953. For the Scottish racing team, he contested the Tourist Trophy in Dundrod in 1953 on an Aston Martin , which he finished in sixth.

In 1954 he showed his versatility when he finished sixth in the Monte Carlo Rally on a Jaguar . After a few races on his private Triumph TR2 , he returned to Ecurie Ecosse in mid-1954 to replace the injured Jimmy Stewart . Titterington finished ninth in the 1955 9-hour race at Goodwood and fourth with John Fitch in the Targa Florio . Jaguar was so impressed by Titterington's driving abilities that they hired him as a works driver for the major sports car races in 1956.

In Formula 1 he achieved strong third places in 1956 at Oulton Park and at the BRDC International Trophy in Silverstone . At the British Grand Prix he drove his Connaught up to fifth place before an engine failure stopped him.

In 1956 he turned his back on racing for family reasons.

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1956	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type B	Alta 2.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
1956
						DNF

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	WD	withdrawn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

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1956	Jaguar Cars Ltd.	Jaguar D-Type	Paul Brother	failure	accident

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1956	Jaguar New York Inc.	Jaguar D-Type	Mike Hawthorn	failure	Brakes

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	Robert Dickson	Aston Martin DB3	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
								5
1954	Joe Kelly	Ferrari 750 Monza	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
							DNF
1955	Jaguar Daimler-Benz AG	Jaguar D-Type Mercedes-Benz 300SLR	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
							DNF	4th
1956	Jaguar New York Inc. Jaguar Ecurie Ecosse	Jaguar D-Type	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
				DNF		DNF	DNF

literature

• Rainer W. Schlegelmilch: Portraits of the 60s Formula I. Könemann, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-89508-047-0 .
• Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .

Web links

• Information about Desmond Titterington
• Image: Desmond Titterington in Connaught at the 1956 British Grand Prix