Horace Gould

Horace Gould

Nation:	United Kingdom
Automobile world championship
First start:	1954 British Grand Prix
Last start:	1958 Grand Prix of Argentina
Constructors
1954  Goulds Garage (Cooper) 1955  Goulds Garage (Maserati) - Maserati 1956–1958 Goulds Garage (Maserati)
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-19. ( 1956 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 14th - - -
World Cup points :	2
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Horace Gould , real name Horace Harry Twigg , (born September 20, 1921 in Southmead near Bristol , † November 4, 1968 there ) was a British automobile racing driver .

Career

Gould was one of the typical gentleman drivers , who possessed sufficient funds to buy a private race car and go racing. Horace Gould was wealthy, traded near Bristol with motors and indulged his passion with motorsport - Hobby .

His first vehicle was an MG , which he soon swapped for a Cooper - Bristol in order to take part in Formula 2 races.

In Formula 1 he was active from 1955 to 1958 with a Maserati 250F , which previously belonged to Prince Bira . Without factory support , Gould contested numerous races in Europe and overseas.

Sometimes he lived in Modena for the entire racing season . It was there, at the Maseratis company headquarters, that he believed he could benefit most from all of the improvements and spare parts.

His best finish in a world championship run was fifth at the 1956 British Grand Prix . In races that were not part of the World Cup , Gould could even celebrate a victory (in Aintree 1956) and a second place (in New Zealand 1957). During the 1957 season he drove at the start of the Pescara Grand Prix to a mechanic who left the grid too slowly. This was the first time a technician was injured by a pilot in this racing class.

In 1960, after an unsuccessful appearance at the Italian Grand Prix , Gould finally withdrew from motorsport and dedicated himself to his car dealership in Bristol.

He died of a heart attack in 1968 at the age of 47.

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1954	Gould's garage	Cooper T23	Bristol 2.0 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1955	Gould's garage	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-
1956	Gould's garage	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	4th	-	-	-	-	-	2	19th
1957	HH Gould	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1958	HH Gould	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				14th	-	-	-	-	-	2

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
1954
					15th
1955
					DNF	DNF	DNF
1956
		8th		DNF	DNA	5	DNF
1957
		DNF		DNF	DNS	DNF	DNF	10
1958
	9	DNQ	DNS
1960
									DNS

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

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	Horace Gould	Cooper T21	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
								DNF
1954	Gilby Engineering	Maserati A6GCS	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
							DNF
1957	Paco Godia	Maserati 300S	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
						5

Web links

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