Laurence Mitchell

Laurence Mitchell competed in the 1953 Le Mans 24-hour race on a Frazer Nash Le Mans Coupe

Bob Laurence Mitchell , also Lawrence Mitchell , (born July 19, 1921 , † 2009 ) was a British racing driver .

Racing career

Laurence Mitchell competed in monoposto and sports car races in the early 1950s . The three outings in Formula 2 cars all resulted from 1952 in Formula 1 races without world championship status . At the Joe Fry Memorial Cup (named after Joe Fry , who had a fatal accident in 1950 ), he drove a Frazer Nash to sixth place in the final ranking (winner Roy Salvadori in the Ferrari 500 ahead of Ken Wharton in the Frazer Nash and Ninian Sanderson , who drove a Cooper T20 ). He achieved another sixth place in the Lavant Cup .

In sports car racing, Mitchell started mostly in national races in the United Kingdom . He contested all races of the 1950s in Frazer Nash racing cars and won handicap races at Goodwood in 1952 and 1953 .

It had its only start on mainland Europe in 1953 at the Le Mans 24-hour race . With his racing partner Ken Wharton he reached 13th place in the overall standings and a class win.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1953	Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd.	Frazer Nash Le Mans Touring Coupe	Ken Wharton	Rank 13 and class win

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	Frazer Nash	Frazer Nash Le Mans Frazer Nash High Speed	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
					13			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

Commons : Laurence Mitchell  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Laurence Mitchell at Racing Sports Cars
• Laurence Mitchell at F1 Stats
• Laurence Mitchell at 24-hour en-piste

Individual evidence

1. ^ Joe Fry Memorial 1952