Kenneth McAlpine

This article describes the British racing driver. For the first King of Scotland of the same name, see Kenneth I.

Kenneth McAlpine

Nation:	United Kingdom
Automobile world championship
First start:	1952 British Grand Prix
Last start:	1955 British Grand Prix
Constructors
1952, 1953 and 1955 Connaught Engineering
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 7th - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Kenneth McAlpine (born September 21, 1920 in Cobham ) is a former British racing driver .

Career

Kenneth McAlpine began his racing career in mountain and speed races. In the early 1950s he was part of the Connaught works team and drove the Formula 2 - Connaught Type A in seven Grand Prix races between 1952 and 1955, but did not achieve any world championship points. He made his debut on July 19, 1952 at the Grand Prix of Great Britain . He achieved his best results in Formula Libre races. At the Glover Trophy in 1954 he was third and with a Connaught sports car in 1955, in his final racing season, second in the British Empire Trophy .

McAlpine belongs to the McAlpine family and founded the engineering company of the same name. Since the death of André Guelfi on June 28, 2016, McAlpine has been the oldest living Formula 1 racing driver ahead of Leslie Marr .

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1952	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1953	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1955	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type B	Alta 2.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				7th	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
1952
					16			DNF
1953
			DNF			DNF	13		NC
1955
						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	WD	withdrawn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
1955	Connaught Engineering	Connaught AL / SR	Eric Thompson	failure	Engine failure

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
1954	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught AL / SR	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
							15th
1955	Connaught Engineering	Connaught AL / SR	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
						DNF

Web links

• Kenneth McAlpine at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The World Championship drivers - Where are they now? . OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
2. ↑ Ian McLeigh: Oldest living drivers of Formula One. snaplap.net, December 19, 2015, accessed November 14, 2016 .