Tony Shelly
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 New Zealand
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | 1962 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1962 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1962 Lotus | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Tony Shelly (born February 2, 1937 in Wellington , † October 4, 1998 in Taupo ) was a New Zealand racing driver .
Career
The popular New Zealander Shelly was able to win the first major car race in which he participated. He won the Teretonga Grand Prix in 1958 with his private Cooper .
In 1962 Shelly came to Europe and was signed by John Dalton. Although Shelly did not know any of the circuits he raced on, he enjoyed some success. With a Lotus 18 he was third in the Lavant Cup and fifth in the Lombank Trophy. In 1962 he drove his only race in the automobile world championship . At the 1962 British Grand Prix , he retired with an overheated engine. After the failed attempt to qualify for the German Grand Prix , he made another attempt at the Italian Grand Prix . The German Wolfgang Seidel provided him with a Lotus 24 . When he failed to qualify again, Shelly returned to New Zealand.
Shelly raced professionally for two more years and then built up a motor vehicle trading company. He raced as an amateur until the early 1970s.
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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| 1962 | John Dalton | Lotus 18/21 | Climax 1.5 L4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| total | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 |
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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 | |
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .
Web links
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Shelly, Tony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand automobile racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wellington , New Zealand |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 4, 1998 |
| Place of death | Taupo , New Zealand |