Peter Westbury

Peter Westbury

Nation:	United Kingdom
Automobile world championship
First start:	Grand Prix of Germany 1969
Last start:	Grand Prix of Germany 1969
Constructors
1969  Felday Engineering Ltd.
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 1 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Peter Westbury (born May 26, 1938 in London , † December 7, 2015 in Scarborough , Trinidad and Tobago ) was a British automobile racing driver .

Career

Peter Westbury's career was divided into two phases. In the first half the Briton was one of the best British hill climbers , in the second he tried to gain a foothold in circuit racing .

Westbury began driving hill climbs in 1962, initially in a Cooper powered by a Daimler engine. In 1963, Westbury built the V8 engine into a Felday chassis (owned by the company) and from then on dominated the British Hill Climb Championship for two years. He became superior champions in both 1963 and 1964, racing a new racing car, a Ferguson 4WD, in 1964.

In 1965, Westbury concentrated on building up his company and only drove uphill races sporadically. In 1967 he got a Brabham BT21 in the Formula 3 a. The initial phase was promising. Westbury won the races at Silverstone , Chimay and Clermont-Ferrand . In 1968 he repeated his success in Chimay and also won the race in Reims .

In 1969 Westbury switched to Formula 2 and drove all rounds for the European Championship with a Brabham BT30 . The greatest successes were second place at the Lottery Grand Prix in Monza and fifth place at the race in Hockenheim . His only appearance in Formula 1 results from the same year . At the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring , the field of Formula 1 vehicles was increased with Formula 2 cars. Westbury was fifth in the Formula 2 classification and ninth overall with his Brabham.

At the 1970 US Grand Prix in Watkins Glen , he got the opportunity to drive a factory BRM . Westbury failed with the BRM P153, however, in the qualification and could not take part in the race.

In 1970 and 1971 Westbury continued to compete in Formula 2, but the career did not develop any further. In 1973 he therefore announced his retirement from racing.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1972	Maranello Concessionaires	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	John Hine	failure	Piston 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
1964	Peter Westbury	Lotus 23	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
										5
1965		BRM	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
																			6th
1967	Mike de Udy	Lola T70	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
												DNF
1971	Scuderia Filipinetti	Lola T212	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
						8th			5
1972	Maranello Concessionaires	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
											DNF

Web links

Commons : Peter Westbury  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Picture: Peter Westbury in the Brabham BT21 1967 at Brands Hatch
• Peter Westbury at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Westbury died, mourning in Great Britain
2. ^ Peter Westbury