Ian Ashley
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 United Kingdom
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| First start: | 1974 German Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | East US Grand Prix 1977 | ||||||||
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| 1974 Token 1975 Frank Williams Racing Cars 1976 BRM 1977 Hesketh | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
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Ian Hugh Gordon Ashley (born October 26, 1947 in Wuppertal , Germany ) is a retired British automobile racing driver .
Career
Ashley started his racing career in the Jim Russel Racing School in 1966. From 1972 he started in Formula 5000 . There he was able to win the European Championship in 1973.
Ashley first started in the 1974 season in Formula 1 for Team Token at the German Grand Prix .
Ashley was entered eleven times for a Grand Prix, but was only able to qualify for the start four times: twice in the 1974 season, once in 1976 for BRM and finally once in 1977 for Hesketh . Ashley had already achieved his best result in his first race with the fourteenth place. In 1975 , Ashley was registered for the German Grand Prix by the underfunded team Frank Williams Racing Cars . Ashley qualified for 20th place on the grid but was unable to take part in the race due to an injury.
After years of absence, he entered the CART championship in 1985 and drove the season-opening race in Miami. In 1986 he was registered for the 500 mile race in Indianapolis , but could not take part in the race if there were technical problems. After his racing career ended in the late 1980s, he trained as a pilot. In 1993 he made a completely surprising comeback when he entered the British Touring Car Championship with Vauxhall . He even drove sidecar races and at the end of his racing career in the TVR Tuscan Challenge .
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who, 3rd Edition . Travel Publishing, London 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ashley, Ian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ashley, Ian Hugh Gordon (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Formula 1 racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wuppertal , Germany |