John Lawrence (racing driver)
John "Jock" Lawrence (born October 14, 1931 - September 15, 2006 ) was a British racing driver .
Career
John Lawrence was active as a racing driver in the 1950s. He had his first successes in 1953 at national club races in Great Britain and entered international sports car racing in the middle of the decade. He won a total of 13 races and reached the top three podium 30 times. In 1953 he competed for Ecurie Ecosse on a Jaguar C-Type together with Jimmy Stewart in the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring and finished this event in sixth place overall.
He celebrated his greatest success in 1957 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . With partner Ninian Sanderson he finished second overall.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1957 | Ecurie Ecosse | Jaguar D-Type | Ninian Sanderson | Rank 2 | |
1958 | Ecurie Ecosse | Jaguar D-Type | Ninian Sanderson | failure | overheated cylinder |
1959 | Ecurie Ecosse | Tojeiro | Ron Flockhart | failure | Motor overheated |
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 |
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1953 | Ecurie Ecosse | Jaguar C-Type | SEB | MIM | LEM | SPA | ONLY | RTT | CAP | |||||||||||||||
6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1956 | Ecurie Ecosse | Jaguar D-Type | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | KRI | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1957 | Ecurie Ecosse | Jaguar D-Type | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | LEM | KRI | CAR | |||||||||||||||
11 | 2 | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1958 | Ecurie Ecosse | Jaguar D-Type | BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | ||||||||||||||||
9 | DNF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1959 | Ecurie Ecosse | Tojeiro | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | DNF |
literature
- Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lawrence, John |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lawrence, Jock (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1931 |
DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 2006 |