Graham Whitehead
Nation: | Great Britain | ||||||||
Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | 1952 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 1952 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1952 Peter Whitehead | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
Podiums : | - | ||||||||
Leadership laps : | - |
Alfred Graham Whitehead (born April 15, 1922 in Harrogate , † January 15, 1981 in Lower Basildon ) was a British racing driver .
Career
Graham was the half-brother of Peter Whitehead and began racing in 1951 using his brother's borrowed ERA . Graham also had some good placings in motorsport, but he did not come close to the successes of his popular brother.
In 1952, Graham Whitehead drove his only Grand Prix that had world championship status. This year the Grand Prix races were held according to the Formula 2 regulations . Graham started the race with an Alta F2 at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone from twelfth place on the grid (32 cars were at the start) and finished twelfth, five laps behind.
Graham drove a plethora of sports car races, mostly as his brother Peter's co-driver. He moved Jaguar vehicles as fast as Aston Martins and Ferraris . He celebrated his greatest success in 1958 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . With his brother Peter, who had already won the race with Peter Walker in 1951 , he finished second in an Aston Martin DB3 / S behind the Ferrari duo Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien .
Just a few weeks later, with Graham at the wheel, the two had a fatal accident at the Tour de France for automobiles . Peter was killed and Graham suffered serious injuries. That practically ended his career. In 1960 he drove a few races in a Ferrari 250 and finally resigned in 1961.
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
general overview
season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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1952 | Peter Whitehead | Alta F2 | Alta 2.0 L4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
total | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Single results
season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th |
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1952 | ||||||||
12 |
Legend | ||
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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 |
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1953 | Bristol Airplane Company | Bristol 450 Coupe | Lance Macklin | failure | accident |
1954 | David Brown | Aston Martin DB3S Coupe | Ian Stewart | failure | accident |
1955 | Cooper Car Company | Cooper T38 | Peter Whitehead | failure | Oil leak |
1957 | David Brown | Aston Martin DBR2 / 370 | Peter Whitehead | failure | Gearbox damage |
1958 | Graham & Peter Whitehead | Aston Martin DB3S | Peter Whitehead | Rank 2 | |
1959 | Graham Whitehead | Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 | Brian Naylor | failure | accident |
1960 | AG Whitehead | Ferrari 250 GT SWB | Henry Taylor | failure | Engine failure |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th |
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1953 |
Bristol Cars Graham Whitehead |
Bristol 450 Aston Martin DB3 |
SEB | MIM | LEM | SPA | ONLY | RTT | CAP |
DNF | 4th | ||||||||
1954 | Aston Martin | Aston Martin DB3 | BUA | SEB | MIM | LEM | RTT | CAP | |
DNF | 8th | ||||||||
1955 |
Cooper Car Company Peter Whitehead |
Cooper T38 | BUA | SEB | MIM | LEM | RTT | TAR | |
DNF | DNF | ||||||||
1956 | Peter Whitehead | Jaguar D-Type | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | KRI | ||
6th | |||||||||
1957 |
Peter Whitehead Aston Martin |
Aston Martin DB3 Aston Martin DBR2 |
BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | LEM | KRI | CAR |
9 | DNF | ||||||||
1958 | Graham Whitehead | Aston Martin DB3 | BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | |
8th | 2 | ||||||||
1959 | Graham Whitehead | Aston Martin DBR1 | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | ||
DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||||
1960 | Graham Whitehead |
Aston Martin DBR1 Ferrari 250 GT |
BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | ||
DNF | DNF |
Web links
- Picture by Graham Whitehead ( Memento January 3, 2010 on the Internet Archive )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Whitehead, Graham |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1922 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Harrogate , North Yorkshire , England , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1981 |
Place of death | Lower Basildon , West Berkshire , England , United Kingdom |