Tony Maggs

Tony Maggs

Nation:	South Africa
Automobile world championship
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 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 25th - - -
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.
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
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
	11

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

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
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
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
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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