Tom Pryce
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| First start: | Belgian Grand Prix 1974 | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1977 South African Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1974 Token • 1974–1977 Shadow | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | World Cup tenth ( 1975 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 19th | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 2 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | 2 over 9.4 km | ||||||||
Thomas Maldwyn "Tom" Pryce (born June 11, 1949 in Ruthin , Denbighshire , Wales , † March 5, 1977 in Kyalami , Transvaal , South Africa ) was a British racing driver . He started in Formula 1 from 1974 until his death and is still considered the best and most successful Welsh driver in this motorsport class.
Career
Pryce began his career in 1970 in Formula Ford , shortly afterwards he switched to Formula Super Vee and finally in 1972 to the Formula 3 series in Great Britain . Due to his good performance and his great talent, he got the chance to drive for Ron Dennis in Formula 2 , which became a stepping stone for him into Formula 1.
Pryce made his debut in the “premier class” for the token team at the Belgian Grand Prix in 1974 , which took place on the Circuit Nivelles-Baulers . In 1975 he won the legendary Race of Champions at Brands Hatch . After this victory at the latest, he was considered the greatest British racing talent since Roger Williamson and Tony Brise . With the pole position at the Grand Prix of Great Britain in 1975 and two third places at the Grand Prix of Austria in 1975 and the Grand Prix of Brazil in 1976 in his new Shadow team , he was finally able to establish himself in Formula 1.
Death in Kyalami 1977
Pryce died during the 1977 South African Grand Prix . Two young marshals crossed the runway to extinguish the shadow of Pryce's team-mate Renzo Zorzi , which had stopped and was briefly on fire. Since the scene of the accident was directly behind a hilltop with a slight bend to the right (“The Kink”) on the start-finish straight, the two marshals were not visible to the pilots of an approaching group of wagons.
The German Hans-Joachim Stuck was just able to evade. Tom Pryce in the Shadow Ford DN8 had no way of reacting and caught one of the marshals, 18-year-old Frederik Janse Van Vuuren, at 250 km / h. The marshal's fire extinguisher hit Pryce in the head and broke his neck. Both were instantly dead. Pryce's racing car continued to race uncontrolled down the start-finish straight until it collided with the Frenchman Jacques Laffite's Ligier in the Crowthorne curve . Laffite was uninjured due to the acute angle of impact. The race continued despite the accident, Niki Lauda won in the Ferrari .
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 .
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th |
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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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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
See also
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who, 3rd Edition . Travel Publishing, London 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8
Web links
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Pryce, Tom |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pryce, Thomas Maldwyn (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ruthin , Wales, UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5th 1977 |
| Place of death | Kyalami , South Africa |