Token Racing

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Token
Surname Token Racing
Companies
Company headquarters GB
Team boss Ken Grob
Tony Vlassopoulo
statistics
First Grand Prix Belgium 1974
Last Grand Prix Austria 1974
Race driven 3
Constructors' championship 0 - best result: 16. ( 1974 )
Drivers World Championship 0 - best result: 39th ( 1974 )
Race wins -
Pole positions -
Fastest laps -
Points 0

Token was a British Formula 1 team that entered four Grand Prix races in the 1974 season and started three times. It couldn't get any championship points.

history

Originally, the previous owner Ron Dennis planned to bring his Formula 2 team Rondel to the start for the 1974 season in Formula 1, but this failed due to the withdrawal of main sponsor Motul due to the oil crisis in 1973 . Dennis had already commissioned the development of a chassis, but had to sell the team shortly afterwards. The new team owners Tony Vlassopoulo and Ken Grob called the team from now on tokens, composed of the first syllable of their first names. With a Cosworth engine, Pirelli tires and Shell as the main sponsor, they entered Formula 1. The chassis designation was "RJ02" after the initials of designer Ray Jessop.

As a driver was Tom Pryce , who previously in the British Formula 5000 launched obliged. The team competed for the first time in the fifth race of the season, the Belgian Grand Prix in Nivelles-Baulers . Pryce qualified 20th out of 32 participants, but retired from the race due to a collision with Jody Scheckter in the Tyrrell. An application was also made for the Monaco Grand Prix , but FISA rejected it due to Pryce's inexperience. As a result, the Welsh left the team towards Shadow .

The next Grand Prix that Token took part in was at Brands Hatch , UK . The new driver was David Purley , who had already contested four Formula 1 races in the previous season. He failed by one place in the qualification with the 26th of 34 starting places and then left the team again.

The two subsequent races in Germany and Austria should already be the last in the team's short history. The British Formula 1 newcomer Ian Ashley was used as the pilot . On the demanding Nordschleife , Ashley qualified in 26th for last place on the grid and was able to leave six drivers behind. Ashley was now in eighth place but lost a tire and had to go halfway on three wheels before making a two-minute pit stop . He reached the finish line in 14th and last, one lap behind. At the Austrian Grand Prix, where Ashley qualified 25th, tire problems occurred during the race that forced him to make two pit stops. With eight laps behind, he was not classified.

After these disappointing incidents, Ashley's sponsors withdrew and the team had to retire due to lack of funds. The car was used the next year at Safir Engineering for the Race of Champions and the BRDC International Trophy .

Results in Formula 1

season 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th rank Points
1974 ARG BRA RSA ESP BEL MON SWE NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN United States 16. 0
PRY
DNF 		PUR
DNQ 		ASH
14 		ASH
NC
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

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