Tommy Bridger
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 United Kingdom
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| First start: | 1958 Grand Prix of Morocco | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1958 Grand Prix of Morocco | ||||||||
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| 1958 British Racing Partnership | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Thomas "Tommy" Bridger (born June 24, 1934 in Welwyn ; † July 3, 1991 in Logie Coldstone ) was a British racing driver .
Career
Tommy Bridger began his racing activities in 1953 with a Cooper -Jap in Formula 3 . In 1954 he changed his racing car and competed in a Kieft-Norton for the entire season. From 1955 to 1957 Bridger continued to drive regularly in Formula 3, without being able to achieve great success in this racing series.
In 1958 he switched to Formula 2 and finished second in the Crystal Palace race and eighth in the Coupe de Vitesse in Reims . This year also saw his only participation in a race in the Formula 1 World Championship . At the Morocco Grand Prix he drove a BRP Cooper T45 . The race ended prematurely for him after an accident.
In 1958 he also competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours . Together with Peter Blond, he drove a Tojeiro with a 4-cylinder Climax engine. However, after driving 83 laps, the two had to give up the race.
In 1959 he drove another season in Formula 3. At the British Formula Junior races in 1960 he was given the third works Lotus . Again, the great successes failed and Bridger withdrew from racing.
statistics
Statistics in Formula 1
general overview
| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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| 1958 | British Racing Partnership | Cooper T45 | Climax 1.5 L4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
| total | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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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 | |
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 1958 |
John Ogier
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Tojero |
Peter Blond
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failure | Ignition damage |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
| season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th |
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| 1954 | Kieft | Kieft |
BUA
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 SEB
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MIM
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LEM
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RTT
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| 1958 | John Ogier Richard Jacobs |
Tojero MG |
BUA
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SEB
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TAR
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ONLY
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LEM
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RTT
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| DNF | 14th |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bridger, Tommy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bridger, Thomas (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Welwyn |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd July 1991 |
| Place of death | Logie Coldstone |