Peter Revson

Peter Revson

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	1964 Belgian Grand Prix
Last start:	1974 Brazilian Grand Prix
Constructors
1964 Revson Racing • 1971  Tyrrell  • 1972–1973  McLaren  • 1974  Shadow
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Cup fifth ( 1972 , 1973 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 30th 2 1 -
World Cup points :	61
Podiums :	8th
Leadership laps :	63 over 270 km

Peter Jeffrey Revson (born February 27, 1939 in New York , † March 22, 1974 in Kyalami , South Africa ) was an American racing car driver . He was the son of Charles Revson , one of the founders of the Revlon cosmetics company .

Racing career

The McLaren Offenhauser with which Peter Revson contested the Indianapolis 500 mile race in 1973

Revson contested his first races in the 1964 automobile world championship with a Lotus - BRM. His best result after four starts was 13th place in the Italian Grand Prix . At the Monaco Grand Prix he failed to qualify and at the French Grand Prix he had to give his car to Mike Hailwood before the race .

Then Revson drove back to the American continent in various racing series (Can-Am, Trans-Am and others). His greatest success during this time was second place in the Indianapolis 500 mile race in 1971 in a McLaren - Offenhauser behind his compatriot Al Unser .

Revson had his next use in the automobile world championship in 1971 for Tyrrell at the US Grand Prix . He retired on the first lap with a damaged clutch in his Tyrrell 001 .

Two successful years for Revson in the McLaren team followed in 1972 and 1973 . Revson achieved a total of 61 championship points in 23 starts for McLaren. His best placings were two wins (at the British Grand Prix and the Canadian Grand Prix in 1973) as well as two second and four third places. He finished fifth in the drivers' championship in both seasons.

After failing to cross the finish line in two races for Shadow in 1974 due to technical problems, he had a fatal accident during test drives for the South African Grand Prix in Kyalami . The cause of the accident was a suspension defect on his Shadow DN3 .

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the World Automobile Championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 World Championship .

Grand Prix victories

1973 British Grand Prix ( Silverstone )

1973 Canadian Grand Prix ( Bowmanville )

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1964	Revson Racing	Lotus 24	BRM 1.5 V8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Reg Parnell Racing	Lotus 25	BRM 1.5 V8	2	-	-	-	-	-
1971	Eleven Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 001	Ford-Cosworth 3.0 V8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Yardley Team McLaren	McLaren M19A	Ford-Cosworth 3.0 V8	5	-	-	2	-	-	23	5.
		McLaren M19C		4th	-	1	1	1	-
1973	Yardley Team McLaren	McLaren M19C	Ford-Cosworth 3.0 V8	3	-	1	-	-	-	38	5.
		McLaren M23		11	2	-	1	-	-
1974	UOP Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN3	Ford-Cosworth 3.0 V8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
total				30th	2	2	4th	1	-	61

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	11	12	13	14th	15th	16
1964
	DNQ		DSQ	DNS	DNF	14th		13
1971
											DNF
1972
	DNF	3	5		7th		3		3	4th	2	18th
1973
	8th	DNF	2	4th	DNF	5	7th		1	4th	9	DNF	3	1	5
1974
	DNF	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
1965	Société Automobiles Alpine	Alpine M64	Philippe Vidal	failure	Engine failure
1966	Essex Wire Cooperation	Ford GT40 Mk.I	Skip Scott	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1966	Essex Wire Corporation	Ford GT40	Skip Scott	3rd place and class win
1968	Javelin Racing Team	AMC Javelin	Skip Scott	Rank 12
1970	Solar Productions Inc.	Porsche 908/02	Steve McQueen	Rank 2 and class win
1971	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 512M	Swede Savage	failure	Gearbox damage
1972	Autodelta Spa	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3	Rolf Stommelen	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	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
1965	Alpine	Alpine M64	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
														DNF
1966	Essex Wire	Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
			17th	3	DNF		3	DNF	DNF
1967	Holman & Moody	Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
			DNF
1968	DX Sunray Oil Co Javelin Racing	Chevrolet Corvette AMC Javelin	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
			25th	12
1969	Sydney Taylor	Lola T70	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
					DNF
1970	Team Penske Solar Productions Tony Dean	AMC Javelin Porsche 908	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
			DNF	2							DNF
1971	NART	Ferrari 512S	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				DNF	DNF
1972	Autodelta	Alfa Romeo T33	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				DNF	DNF	3

See also

• List of fatally injured Formula 1 drivers

Web links

Commons : Peter Revson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Peter Revson at Racing Sports Cars