Ken Downing
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 United Kingdom
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | 1952 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1952 Dutch Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 1952 Connaught and Kenneth Downing | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Kenneth Henry "Ken" Downing (born December 5, 1917 Chesterton , † May 3, 2004 in Monte Carlo ) was a British racing driver .
Career
Ken Downing was Connaught's representative in the 1950s when he started racing in his spare time. In 1951 he celebrated 17 victories in sports car races before switching to a Connaught Type A in 1952. With the A-Type he drove the Grand Prix of Great Britain and the Netherlands without being able to place himself in the top field. In 1953 he had to admit defeat to the Belgian Paul Frère and his HWM at the Chimay Grand Prix after a hard fight.
At the end of 1953 Downing resigned from racing and emigrated to South Africa . He died in Monte Carlo in spring 2004.
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
general overview
| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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| 1952 | Connaught Engineering | Connaught Type A | Lea-Francis 2.0 L4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
| total | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th |
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| 1952 |
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| Legend | ||
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| 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| WD | withdrawn | |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 |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .
Web links
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Downing, Ken |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Downing, Kenneth Henry (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chesterton (Staffordshire) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 2004 |
| Place of death | Monte Carlo |