Richard Bond

The Porsche 911S of Paul Vestey and Richard Bond in the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans

Richard Bond (* in Cardiff ; † August 1, 2011 in London ) was a British automobile racing driver .

Career

Richard Bond began his racing career in 1964. He celebrated his first successes in 1965 with national sports cars in Great Britain. He finished the 1000 km race at Monza in 1966 with partner Brian Redman in ninth place in the overall standings; at the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring he finished twelfth with Mike Spence . Both times he drove a Ford GT40 .

Richard Bond competed five times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the 1970s . He made his debut in 1971 when he and his British teammate Paul Vestey drove a Porsche 911 S to twelfth place in the overall standings. He achieved his best result in 1972 when he finished eighth in the overall standings with Derek Bell and Teddy Pilette in a Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1971	The Paul Watson Race Organization	Porsche 911S	Paul Vestey			Rank 12
1972	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 365 GTB4	Derek Bell	Teddy Pilette		Rank 8
1973	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 365 GTB4	Jean-Claude Andruet			Rank 20
1974	Ecurie Francorchamps	Porsche Carrera RSR	Hughes de Fierlant			failure	Clutch damage
1978	Dorset Racing Organization	Lola T294S	Bob Evans	Martin Birrane	Richard Down	failure	broken chassis

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1981	Van Every Racing	Porsche Carrera RSR	Lance Van Every	Ash Tisdelle	failure	Engine failure

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	Red Rose Motors	Jaguar E-Type	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
								11
1966	Nick Cussons Vixen Investments	Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
					9			12
1967	Ted Worswick Peter Sutcliffe	Austin-Healey 3000 Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
							9					16
1968	David Prophet Ted Worswick	Ford GT40 Austin-Healey 3000	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
					DNF		29	DNF	8th
1971	Watson Race Organization	Porsche 911	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
											12
1972	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
											8th
1973	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
							12			20th
1974	Ecurie Francorchamps	Porsche Carrera RSR	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
							DNF				DNF
1981	Every Racing Modena Engineering	Porsche Carrera RSR Ferrari 512 BB	DAY	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH
				DNF				DNF

Web links

Commons : Richard Bond  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Results at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Richard Bond died in 2011
2. ^ Monza 1000 km race in 1966
3. ↑ 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1966