Kenny Acheson

Kenny Acheson

Nation:	United Kingdom
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	1983 Grand Prix of South Africa
Last start:	1985 Italian Grand Prix
Constructors
1983  RAM Automotive Team March  1985  Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 3 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Kenneth Henry "Kenny" Acheson (born November 27, 1957 in Cookstown , Northern Ireland ) is a former British automobile racing driver who drove in Formula 1 for the RAM Racing team in 1983 and 1985 .

Career

Acheson only crossed the finish line in his first race. In 1985 he drove as a substitute for Manfred Winkelhock , who had a fatal accident during the season. Between 1988 and 1992 he took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race for different teams every year . While he failed to qualify for the main race in three years, Acheson was able to finish the race on a podium three times; 2nd place each: 1989 with Mauro Baldi and Gianfranco Brancatelli in a Sauber C9 and 1992 with Masanori Sekiya and Pierre-Henri Raphanel in a Toyota TS010 and a 3rd place in 1991 with Bob Wollek and Teo Fabi in a Silk Cut Jaguar .

He contested his last race in 1996 at the Daytona 24-hour race , when he was uninjured in a serious crash, but subsequently ended his career.

statistics

Results table Formula 1 World Championship races

year	team	landing gear	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	WM	Points
1983	R.A.M.	March-RAM 01	Cosworth V8	BRA	ETC	FRA	SMR	MON	BEL	USE	CAN	GBR DNQ	GER DNQ	AUT DNQ	NED DNQ	ITA DNQ	EUR DNQ	RSA 12		-	0
1985	R.A.M.	RAM 03	Hart 4-cylinder in- line engine	BRA	POR	SMR	MON	CAN	United States	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT DNF	NED DNQ	ITA DNF	BEL	EUR	RSA	OUT	-	0

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	WD	withdrawn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	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1989	Team Sauber Mercedes	Clean C9	Mauro Baldi	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Rank 2
1990	Nissan Motorsports International	Nissan R90CK	Olivier Grouillard	Martin Donnelly	failure	Gearbox damage
1991	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR12	Bob Wollek	Teo Fabi	Rank 3
1992	Toyota Team TOM'S	Toyota TS010	Masanori Sekiya	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rank 2
1993	Toyota Team TOM'S	Toyota TS010	Andy Wallace	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	failure	Gearbox damage
1995	SARD Co. Ltd.	Sard MC8-R	Alain Ferté	Tomiko Yoshikawa	failure	Clutch damage

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
1985	Fitzpatrick Racing Lloyd Racing	Porsche 956	MUG	MON	SIL	LEM	HOK	MOS	SPA	BRH	FUJ	SEL
				DNF							DNF
1986	Team Ikuzawa	Tom's 86C	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	JER	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
											DNF
1987	Advan Alpha Nova	Porsche 962	JAR	JER	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
												11
1988	Sauber motorsport	Clean C9	JER	JAR	MON	SIL	LEM	BRÜ	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ	SAN
												5
1989	Sauber motorsport	Clean C9	SUZ	DIJ	JAR	BRH	ONLY	DON	SPA	MEX
			2	3	5	1	2	2	1	DNF
1990	Nissan Motorsports International	Nissan R89C Nissan R90CK	SUZ	MON	SIL	SPA	DIJ	ONLY	DON	MOT	MEX
			DNF	7th	DNF	3	21st	9	4th	5	4th
1991	Jaguar Cars	Jaguar XJR-12	SUZ	MON	SIL	LEM	ONLY	LIKE	MEX	AUT
						3
1992	Toyota Team TOM'S	Toyota TS010	MON	SIL	LEM	DON	SUZ	LIKE
					2

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Le Mans & Formula 2 register