Hap Sharp

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Hap Sharp
The Chaparral 2F by Jim Hall and Hap Sharp at the 1967 Targa Florio
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Automobile world championship
First start: 1961 USA Grand Prix
Last start: 1964 Mexican Grand Prix
Constructors
1961 and 1962 Hap Sharp 1963  Reg Parnell Racing 1964 Rob Walker Racing
statistics
World Cup balance: no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR
6th - - -
World Cup points : -
Podiums : -
Leadership laps : -
Template: Info box Formula 1 driver / maintenance / old parameters

James "Hap" Sharp (born January 1, 1928 in Tulsa ; † May 7, 1993 ) was an American racing driver .

Career

Hap Sharp was a close friend of Jim Hall and was closely associated with his Chaparral project. Sharp drove for Hall in the USRRC sports car series and was fifth in the championship in 1964. With Roger Penske as a team partner, he was victorious in the Nassau Trophy that same year . In 1965 the championship went up, and at the end of the season Sharp was able to look forward to third place overall. The highlight of the year was overall victory in the Sebring 12 Hours with Jim Hall. In addition, there were six more victories including the renewed success in Nassau.

Sharp also tried again and again in the automobile world championship . He competed six times in the highest monoposto class. He made his debut at the US Grand Prix in 1961 , a championship point closest he came at the Grand Prix of Mexico in 1963 , following an Lotus 24 of Reg Parnell Racing headed to seventh place.

After his resignation, the American became silent. The US motorsport world was therefore in shock when it became known that he had committed suicide in 1993. The trigger for this was the previous diagnosis of cancer.

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the World Automobile Championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

season team chassis engine run Victories Second Third Poles nice
Race laps
Points WM-Pos.
1961 Hap Sharp Cooper T53 Climax 1.5 L4 1 - - - - - - NC
1962 Hap Sharp Cooper T53 Climax 1.5 L4 1 - - - - - - NC
1963 Reg Parnell Racing Lotus 24 BRM 1.5 V8 2 - - - - - - NC
1964 Rob Walker Racing Team Brabham BT11 BRM 1.5 V8 2 - - - - - - NC
total 6th - - - - - -

Single results

season 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10
1961 Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of the US.svg
10
1962 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of the US.svg Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) .svg
11
1963 Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of the US.svg Flag of Mexico (1934-1968) .svg Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) .svg
DNF 7th
1964 Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of the US.svg Flag of Mexico (1934-1968) .svg
NC 13
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

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1959 United States 48United States Carroll Shelby Sports Cars Maserati 250S United States 48United States Jim Hall Rank 41
1960 United StatesUnited States Hap Sharp Cooper T49 Monaco United StatesUnited States Jim Hall failure Cylinder broken
1961 United StatesUnited States Hap Sharp Ferrari 250TR59 Fantuzzi Spyder United StatesUnited States Ronnie Hissom Rank 4
1962 United StatesUnited States Chaparral Cars Inc. Chaparral 1 United StatesUnited States Ronnie Hissom United StatesUnited States Chuck Daigh United StatesUnited States Jim Hall Rank 6 and class win
1963 United StatesUnited States Chaparral Cars Chaparral 1 United StatesUnited States Jim Hall failure Engine failure
1964 United StatesUnited States Hap Sharp Porsche 904 GTS United StatesUnited States Ronnie Hissom failure Gearbox damage
1965 United StatesUnited States Chaparral Cars Chaparral 2A United StatesUnited States Jim Hall Overall victory
1966 United StatesUnited States Chaparral Cars Inc. Chaparral 2D United StatesUnited States Jim Hall failure suspension
1968 United StatesUnited States Sunray DX Oil Company Chevrolet Corvette United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dave Morgan Rank 6 and class win

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd
1959 Carroll Shelby Maserati 250S United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT
41
1960 Hap Sharp Cooper T49 ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM
DNF
1961 Hap Sharp Ferrari 250TR United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM ItalyItaly PES
4th
1962 Chaparral Chaparral 1 United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MAY ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany BER GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM FranceFrance TAV ItalyItaly CCA United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT GermanyGermany ONLY United StatesUnited States BRI United StatesUnited States BRI FranceFrance PAR
6th
1963 Chaparral Chaparral 1 United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly TAR BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly MAY GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly CON GermanyGermany ROS FranceFrance LEM ItalyItaly MON GermanyGermany WIS FranceFrance TAV GermanyGermany FRE ItalyItaly CCE United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT SwitzerlandSwitzerland OVI GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly MON FranceFrance TDF United StatesUnited States BRI
DNF
1964 Hap Sharp Porsche 904 United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly TAR ItalyItaly MON BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly CON GermanyGermany ONLY GermanyGermany ROS FranceFrance LEM FranceFrance REI GermanyGermany FRE ItalyItaly CCE United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT SwitzerlandSwitzerland SIM GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly MON FranceFrance TDF United StatesUnited States BRI United StatesUnited States BRI FranceFrance PAR
DNF
1965 Chaparral Chaparral 2A United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly BOL ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT ItalyItaly TAR BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly MUG GermanyGermany ROS FranceFrance LEM FranceFrance REI ItalyItaly BOZ GermanyGermany FRE ItalyItaly CCE SwitzerlandSwitzerland OVI GermanyGermany ONLY United StatesUnited States BRI United StatesUnited States BRI
1 1
1966 Chaparral Chaparral 2D United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly TAR BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM ItalyItaly MUG ItalyItaly CCE GermanyGermany HOK SwitzerlandSwitzerland SIM GermanyGermany ONLY AustriaAustria ZEL
DNF
1967 Chaparral Chaparral 2F United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MON BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM GermanyGermany HOK ItalyItaly MUG United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH ItalyItaly CCE AustriaAustria ZEL SwitzerlandSwitzerland OVI GermanyGermany ONLY
DNF
1968 Sunray DX Oil Company Chevrolet Corvette United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany ONLY BelgiumBelgium SPA United StatesUnited States WAT AustriaAustria ZEL FranceFrance LEM
6th

literature

  • Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .

Web links

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