Arthur Owen (racing driver)
Born | 23 March 1915 |
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Died | 27 April 2002 | (aged 87)
Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Active years | 1960 |
Teams | privateer Cooper |
Entries | 1 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1960 Italian Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1960 Italian Grand Prix |
Arthur William Owen (23 March 1915 in Lambeth, London – 27 April 2002 in Vilamoura, Portugal[1]) was a British racing driver from England. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, the 1960 Italian Grand Prix, driving a privately entered 2.2-litre Cooper. He crashed on the first lap of the race at the South Corner, due to brake failure.[2] He retired with suspension damage and scored no championship points.
On 17 October 1955 Arthur Owen, Jim Russell and William Knight drove a 'bobtail' Cooper sports car at the Autodrome de Montlhéry to set thirteen international speed and distance records in Class G on this banked track. Owen went on to set further records at Monza in Italy.[3]
On 5 September 1959, driving a Cooper-Climax, Owen made fastest time of the day at the Brighton Speed Trials.[4] In 1962, Owen won the British Hill Climb Championship at the wheel of a Cooper-Climax T53,[5] prepared by fellow-competitor Patsy Burt's PMB Garages team. Arthur Owen competed in the 1962 Macau Grand Prix in a Cooper single-seater, qualifying on pole position but crashing early in the race.[6] He finished third in the first Japanese Grand Prix, held at Suzuka on 3 and 4 May 1963, driving a Lotus 23 sports car.[7]
Complete Formula One World Championship results
[edit]Key | |
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Colour | Result |
Gold | Winner |
Silver | Second place |
Bronze | Third place |
Green | Other points position |
Blue | Other classified position |
Not classified, finished (NC) | |
Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) | |
Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
White | Did not start (DNS) |
Race cancelled (C) | |
Light blue | Practiced only (PO) |
Thursday/Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) | |
Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
Excluded (EX) | |
Did not arrive (DNA) | |
Withdrawn (WD) | |
Text formatting | Meaning |
Bold | Pole position |
Italics | Fastest lap |
Superscript | Sprint race result |
Abbreviation | Meaning |
WDC | World Drivers' Championship position |
WCC | World Constructors' Championship position |
NC | Not classified |
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | WDC | Points |
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1960 | Arthur Owen | Cooper T45 | Climax Straight-4 | ARG | MON | 500 | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | POR | ITA Ret |
USA | NC | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers – Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
- ^ Motor Sport, October 1960, Page 827.
- ^ Cooper Cars, by Doug Nye, MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company, 2003.
- ^ The Autocar, 11 September 1959, Page 191; Motor Sport, October 1959, Page 795.
- ^ Motor Sport, October 1962, Page 781.
- ^ Colour and Noise, by Philip Newsome, Pages 71–72.
- ^ Motor Sport, June 1963, Page 448.
Books
[edit]- The Racing Coopers, by Arthur Owen, Cassell, 1959, 243 Pages.