Jack Fairman

Jack Fairman

Nation:	United Kingdom
Automobile world championship
First start:	1953 British Grand Prix
Last start:	1961 Italian Grand Prix
Constructors
1953  John Heath (HWM) - Connaught 1955, 1956  Connaught 1957  BRM 1958  Connaught Cooper 1959  High Efficiency Motors (Cooper) 1960  Atkins Racing (Cooper) 1961  Rob Walker Fred Tuck (Cooper)
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Cup tenth ( 1956 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 13 - - -
World Cup points :	5
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

John Eric George "Jack" Fairman (born March 15, 1913 in Smallfield, Surrey , † February 7, 2002 in Rugby , Warwickshire ) was a British racing driver.

Career

Fairman was a pilot who, in addition to racing, ran his own tool company and thus always had the reputation of an excellent amateur, although he was a versatile racing driver who competed in countless races for almost 20 years (1947 to 1963). You saw Fairman in sports car races (such as the 24-hour race at Le Mans ) as well as in Formula 2 and Formula 1 races. His career began in 1947 with a Bugatti he bought himself, and later he drove in Aston Martin , HWM , Connaught , BRM , Cooper and Porsche among others .

His best Formula 1 year was the 1956 season , in which he finished tenth in the World Championship with fourth and fifth places. His amateur status prevented him from being part of a top team, but he was in great demand as an occasional pilot and test driver. In 1963 he retired from active racing and concentrated on his business.

Fairman competed twelve times at Le Mans between 1949 and 1962. On his debut in 1949 , he and Eric Thompson drove an HRG 1500 Lightweight Le Mans to eighth place overall. This result also meant victory in the class for racing vehicles between 1101 and 1500 cm³.

His second best result in the endurance race on the Sarthe he achieved with another eighth place overall in 1953 , together with Tommy Wisdom on a works Bristol 450 Coupe .

In both 1955 and 1960 he achieved two further placements among the top ten teams in Le Mans with ninth place overall.

Fairman spent his twilight years in rugby town , where he died in 2002 at the age of 88.

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1953	HW Motors	HWM 53	Alta 2.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-
1956	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type B	Alta 2.5 L4	2	-	-	-	-	-	5	10.
1957	Owen Racing Organization	BRM P25	Alta 2.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1958	Bernie C. Ecclestone	Connaught Type B	Alta 2.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T45	Climax 2.0 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-
1959	High efficiency motors	Cooper T45	Climax 2.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
			Maserati 2.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-
1960	CT Atkins	Cooper T51	Climax 2.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1961	Rob Walker Racing Team	Ferguson P99	Climax 1.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
	Fred Tuck Cars	Cooper T45	Climax 1.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-
total				12	-	-	-	-	-	5

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
1953
						DNF			NC
1955
						DNS
1956
						4th		5
1957
					DNF
1958
							DNF				8th
1959
					DNF			DNF
1960
							DNF
1961
					DSQ		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
1949	Ecurie Lapin Blanc	HRG 1500 Lightweight Le Mans	Eric Thompson	Rank 8 and class win
1951	Stirling Moss	Jaguar XK-120C	Stirling Moss	failure	no oil pressure
1952	HH Allard	Allard J2 X	Sydney Allard	failure	Leak in the fuel tank
1953	Bristol Airplane Company	Bristol 450 Coupe	Tommy Wisdom	failure	accident
1954	Bristol Airplane Company	Bristol 450	Tommy Wisdom	Rank 8
1955	Bristol Airplane Company	Bristol 450C	Tommy Wisdom	Rank 9
1956	Jaguar Cars Ltd.	Jaguar D-Type	Ken Wharton	failure	accident
1958	Ecurie Ecosse	Jaguar D-Type	Masts Gregory	failure	Cylinder overheated
1959	David Brown Racing Dept.	Aston Martin DBR1 / 300	Stirling Moss	failure	Engine failure
1960	Major Ian B. Baillie	Aston Martin DBR1 / 300	Ian Baillie	Rank 9
1961	Essex Racing Stable	Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato	Bernard Consten	failure	Engine failure
1962	Ecurie Ecosse	Tojeiro EE	Tom Dickson	failure	Gearbox damage

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
1953	Bristol Cars Joe Kelly	Bristol 450 Jaguar C-Type	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
					DNF			7th
1954	Bristol Cars	Triumph TR2 Bristol 450	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
					94	8th	15th
1955	Bristol Cars MG	Bristol 450 MG EX182	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
						9	20th
1957	Ecurie Ecosse	Jaguar D-Type	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
						8th		11
1958	Ecurie Ecosse	Jaguar D-Type	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
						9	DNF
1959	Aston Martin	Aston Martin DBR1	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
					1	DNF	1
1960	Ian Baillie	Aston Martin DBR1	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
							9
1961	Essex Racing Stable	Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
						DNF
1962	Ecurie Ecosse	Tojeiro EE	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
										DNF
1964	John Coundley	Lister	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
									DNF

Web links

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