Duncan Hamilton (racing driver)

Duncan Hamilton

Nation:	United Kingdom
Automobile world championship
First start:	1951 British Grand Prix
Last start:	1953 British Grand Prix
Constructors
1951 Talbot  1952-1953 HWM
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 5 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Duncan Hamilton (born April 30, 1920 in Cork , † May 13, 1994 in Sherborne , Dorset ) was a British racing driver and Le Mans winner.

Career

The bearded Hamilton belonged to that type of vehicle -Werkstattbesitzern that enthusiastic populated the British and European motor sport scene in 1945 in droves. During the Second World War he had flown a Westland Lysander for the Royal Air Force , thereby proving his versatility in mastering sophisticated technical equipment.

After the opening of Formula 1 in the 1950 season , he tried five races in the following three years, three times each at the Heimgrandprix in Silverstone and once each at the Grand Prix of Germany and the Netherlands behind the wheel of a Talbot Lago , and later with an HWM - Alta . His best place was a 12th place at the Silverstone Grand Prix with a Talbot. In all other races, technical defects such as clutch and engine damage or a defective oil pump forced him to give up.

Thereupon he decided to say goodbye to the monoposto scene and to turn more to the sports car races , where in 1953 he was able to victoriously finish the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Jaguar C-Type at the side of his friend Tony Rolt , which some excellent Athletes of that era were denied despite various attempts.

Duncan had meanwhile settled in Surrey and in 1959 wanted to open a Jaguar dealership together with his close friend Mike Hawthorn , the Formula 1 world champion of the previous year, when he had a fatal accident with his private car at Guildford in January .

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1951	Duncan Hamilton	Talbot-Lago T26 C	Talbot 4.5 L6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1952	HW Motors	HWM 52	Alta 2.0 L4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1953	HW Motors	HWM 53	Alta 2.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				5	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
1951
					12	DNF
1952
					DNF		7th
1953
						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
1950	Healey Motors Ltd.	Nash-Healey E.	Tony Rolt	Rank 4
1951	Donald Healey Motor Company	Nash-Healey Sport Coupe	Tony Rolt	Rank 6
1952	Jaguar Ltd.	Jaguar C-Type	Tony Rolt	failure	Cylinder overheated
1953	Jaguar Cars Ltd.	Jaguar C-Type	Tony Rolt	Overall victory
1954	Jaguar Cars Ltd.	Jaguar D-Type	Tony Rolt	Rank 2
1955	Jaguar Cars Ltd.	Jaguar D-Type	Tony Rolt	failure	Gearbox damage
1956	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 625LM Spider Touring	Alfonso de Portago	failure	accident
1957	Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar D-Type	Masts Gregory	Rank 6
1958	Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar D-Type	Ivor Bueb	failure	accident

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1956	Jaguar New York Inc.	Jaguar D-Type	Ivor Bueb	failure	Brake defect

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	jaguar	Jaguar C-Type	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
					1			DNF
1954	jaguar	Jaguar D-Type	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
						2	DNF
1955	jaguar	Jaguar D-Type	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
						DNF
1956	Jaguar New York Inc. Scuderia Ferrari	Jaguar D-Type Ferrari 860 Monza	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
				DNF		DNF	3
1957	Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar D-Type	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
							6th
1958	Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar D-Type	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
							DNF	6th

Web links

• Duncan Hamilton at Racing Sports Cars