Tony Maggs
Nation: | South Africa | ||||||||
Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | 1961 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 1965 South African Grand Prix | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1961 Louise Bryden-Brown 1962–1963 Cooper 1964 Scuderia Centro Sud 1965 Reg Parnell | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | Seventh World Cup ( 1962 ) | ||||||||
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World Cup points : | 26th | ||||||||
Podiums : | 3 | ||||||||
Leadership laps : | - |
Anthony "Tony" Maggs (born February 9, 1937 in Pretoria ; † June 2, 2009 ) was a South African automobile racing driver .
Career
In 1959 he came to England, was European Champion in Formula Junior in 1961 and drove for well-known teams such as Lotus and Cooper .
Maggs made his debut in the automobile world championship in the 1961 season at the Grand Prix of Great Britain and Germany with a Lotus - Climax . However, he did not make it into the top ten either time.
In the 1962 and 1963 seasons , he started 19 world championship races for Cooper - Climax as the second works driver alongside Bruce McLaren . His best placement was always second place at the French Grand Prix .
In 1964 he completed three World Championship races for Scuderia Centro Sud with a BRM P57 . The 1965 season saw his last race in his career in the World Automobile Championship at the South African Grand Prix . For the Reg Parnell Racing Team he started with a Lotus - BRM and finished eleventh.
Maggs was planning a Surtees - Lola (Formula 2) for the next season when he had an accident with a Brabham at a national race in Pietermaritzburg and killed a little boy who was in the area of the track. The South African ended his racing career a short time later and retired to his farm.
Tony Maggs also competed in races for the World Championship for Grand Tourisme cars and in races for the FIA trophies for prototypes, etc. a. at the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1962 together with Bruce McLaren in an Aston Martin, 1963 with Bob Olthoff in a Lola Mk6 GT - Ford , 1964 and 1965 with David Piper in his Ferrari. In 1964 Piper / Maggs in a Ferrari 250 GT finished seventh in the overall classification (42 laps = 958 km in 7: 10: 45.0 hours). In the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans , the Innes Ireland / Anthony Maggs team in a Ferrari GTO finished sixth with 4403.62 kilometers driven.
Tony Maggs retired at his home in Hermanus. He died early June 2009 in a battle with cancer .
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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1961 | Louise Bryden-Brown | Lotus 18 | Climax 1.5 L4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
1962 | Cooper Car Company | Cooper T55 | Climax 1.5 L4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 7th |
Cooper T66 | Climax 1.5 V8 | 6th | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||||
1963 | Cooper Car Company | Cooper T66 | Climax 1.5 V8 | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | 8th. |
1964 | Scuderia Centro Sud | BRM P57 | BRM 1.5 V8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | 12. |
1965 | Reg Parnell Racing | Lotus 25 | BRM 1.5 V8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
total | 25th | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 26th |
Single results
season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 |
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1961 | ||||||||||
13 | 11 | |||||||||
1962 | ||||||||||
5 | DNF | DNF | 2 | 6th | 9 | 7th | 7th | 3 | ||
1963 | ||||||||||
5 | 7th | DNF | 2 | 9 | DNF | 6th | DNF | DNF | 7th | |
1964 | ||||||||||
DNS | DNS | DNF | 6th | 4th | ||||||
1965 | ||||||||||
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Legend | ||
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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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1961 | Essex Racing Stable | Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 | Roy Salvadori | failure | Leak in the fuel tank |
1963 | Porsche System Engineering | Porsche 718/8 GTR Coupe | Joakim Bonnier | failure | accident |
1964 | Maranello Conecessionaires | Ferrari 250 GTO | Innes Ireland | Rank 6 |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1965 | David Piper Auto Racing Ltd. | Ferrari 250LM | David Piper | 3rd place and class win |
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 | 21st | 22nd |
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1961 | Essex Racing Stable | Aston Martin DBR1 | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | PES | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1962 | Essex Racing Stables |
Aston Martin DBR1 Aston Martin DB4 |
DAY | SEB | SEB | MAY | TAR | BER | ONLY | LEM | TAV | CCA | RTT | ONLY | BRI | BRI | PAR | |||||||
4th | 7th | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1963 |
Lola Porsche |
Lola Mk6 Porsche 718 |
DAY | SEB | SEB | TAR | SPA | MAY | ONLY | CON | ROS | LEM | MON | WIS | TAV | FRE | CCE | RTT | OVI | ONLY | MON | MON | TDF | BRI |
DNF | DNF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1964 |
David Piper Maranello Concessionaires |
Ferrari 250 GTO | DAY | SEB | TAR | MON | SPA | CON | ONLY | ROS | LEM | REI | FRE | CCE | RTT | SIM | ONLY | MON | TDF | BRI | BRI | PAR | ||
7th | 6th | 4th | 10 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||
1965 | David Piper | Ferrari 250LM | DAY | SEB | BOL | MON | MON | RTT | TAR | SPA | ONLY | MUG | ROS | LEM | REI | BOZ | FRE | CCE | OVI | ONLY | BRI | BRI | ||
3 | 16 |
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Maggs, Tony |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maggs, Anthony |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African Formula 1 racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pretoria , South Africa |
DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 2009 |