Richard Attwood
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | 1965 Monaco Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | Grand Prix of Germany 1969 | ||||||||
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| 1965 Lotus 1967 Cooper 1968 BRM 1969 Lotus 1969 Williams | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | WM-13. ( 1968 , 1969 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 11 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 1 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Richard James David Attwood (born April 4, 1940 in Wolverhampton , Staffordshire ) is a former English racing driver .
Career
Attwood made his Formula 1 debut at the Monaco Grand Prix in the 1965 season for the Reg Parnell Racing team on a Lotus -25- BRM. He competed eight times for Reg Parnell and achieved sixth place each at the Italian and Grand Prix Mexican Grand Prix his best season placements.
In 1966 Attwood drove for the Midland Racing Partnership racing team in a Lola T61 in Formula 2 . In 1967 he started once for Cooper in Formula 1. Attwood achieved his best Formula 1 placement in the first of a total of six races for BRM in the 1968 season with a second place at the Monaco Grand Prix. In the same race he also drove his only fastest race lap.
After one race for Lotus and one for Williams in the 1969 season, Attwood ended his Formula 1 career with a total of 11 championship points.
Richard Attwood won in 1970 together with Hans Herrmann the 24 Hours of Le Mans on a Porsche 917 . It was the first overall victory for Porsche at Le Mans - a historic triumph.
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 .
general overview
| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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| 1965 | Reg Parnell Racing | Lotus 25 | BRM 1.5 V8 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 16. |
| 1967 | Cooper Car Company | Cooper T81B | Maserati 3.0 V12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1968 | Owen Racing Organization | BRM P126 | BRM 3.0 V12 | 6th | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6th | 13. |
| 1969 | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 49B | Ford-Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 13. |
| Frank Williams Racing Cars | Brabham BT30 | Ford-Cosworth 1.6 L4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| total | 17th | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 11 | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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| 4th | 6 * |
* As F2 starter, Attwood did not receive any points for the automobile world championship
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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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| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 1963 |
Lola Cars Ltd.
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Lola Mk6GT |
David Hobbs
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failure | accident | |
| 1964 |
Ford Motor Company
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Ford GT40 |
Jo Schlesser
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failure | accident | |
| 1966 |
Maranello Concessionaires
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Ferrari 365P2 |
David Piper
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failure | water pump | |
| 1967 |
Maranello Concessionaires
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Ferrari 412P |
Piers Courage
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failure | Oil pump | |
| 1968 |
David Piper Racing
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Ferrari 250LM |
David Piper
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Rank 7 | ||
| 1969 |
Porsche System Engineering
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Porsche 917 |
Vic Elford
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failure | Gearbox damage | |
| 1970 |
Porsche KG Salzburg
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Porsche 917 |
Hans Herrmann
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Overall victory | ||
| 1971 |
John Wyer Automotive
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Porsche 917 |
 Herbert Mueller
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Rank 2 | ||
| 1984 |
Viscount Downe Aston Martin
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Nimrod NRA / C2B |
John Sheldon
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Mike Salmon
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failure | accident |
Sebring results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 1967 |
David Piper Racing
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Ferrari 365P2 / 3 |
David Piper
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failure | Gearbox damage | |
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Porsche System Engineering Ltd.
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Porsche 908/02 |
Vic Elford
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Rank 7 | ||
| 1970 |
International Martini Racing Team
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Porsche 908/02 |
Gerhard Koch
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Gérard Larrousse
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Rank 7 |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lolaheritage - website: THE LOLA T61. From: www.lolaheritage.co.uk , accessed March 27, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Attwood, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Attwood, Richard James David (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English Formula 1 racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolverhampton , Staffordshire |