Leslie Thorne
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 United Kingdom
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | 1954 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1954 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1954 Ecurie Ecosse | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Leslie Thorne (born June 3, 1916 Greenock , † July 23, 1993 in Troon ) was a British automobile racing driver .
Career
Leslie Thorne was a full-time accountant who in his spare time competed in car races - primarily hill climbs - in his home country of Scotland . Thorne filled his weekends with this preoccupation as early as the 1930s. After the Second World War , he took up racing again.
He drove Formula 3 races with a Cooper - Norton and in 1953 showed such strong performances that David Murray , the Scottish racing driver and owner of the Ecurie Ecosse , offered him a Formula 2 racing car .
Thorne denied the Connaught Type A the Grand Prix of Great Britain in 1954 in Silverstone . At the finish, Thorne was twelve laps behind the winner José Froilán González in a Ferrari 625F1 and was not classified. Thorne also drove a few races in Formula Libre with the best placement at the Chichester Cup at Goodwood .
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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| 1954 | Ecurie Ecosse | Connaught Type A | Lea-Francis 2.0 L4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
| total | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 |
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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 .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Thorne, Leslie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greenock |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1993 |
| Place of death | Troon |