# Héctor Rebaque

Héctor Alonso Rebaque (born 5 February 1956) is a Mexican former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1977 to 1981.
Born and raised in Mexico City, Rebaque participated in 58 Formula One Grands Prix. He founded Rebaque in 1978, entering a privateer Lotus 78 before constructing the Rebaque HR100 in collaboration with Penske, which he entered the final three Grands Prix of 1979 with. Rebaque also competed in Formula One for Hesketh and Brabham.
Rebaque transitioned to CART for 1982, winning the Road America 200 in his rookie season; he retired from oval racing following a testing incident at Michigan International Speedway one week later. Rebaque returned to Europe for the non-championship 1983 Race of Champions with Brabham, before retiring from motor racing aged 27. Since his retirement, Rebaque has moved into business, operating several architectural firms across Mexico.

## Early life

Héctor Alonso Rebaque was born on 5 February 1956 in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Racing career

Rebaque participated in 58 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 1977 Belgian Grand Prix, the first participation of a Mexican driver in the category since the death of Pedro Rodríguez in a Interserie's race in Norisring in 1971. He scored a total of 13 championship points. He also ran his own Formula One team, Rebaque, in 1978 and 1979; usually he raced Lotuses but for the last three races in 1979 he fielded his own car designed by Penske which he called the HR100.
In the middle of 1980, he substituted for Ricardo Zunino as team mate to Nelson Piquet at Brabham, where he stayed throughout the 1981 season achieving his best Formula One results, finishing 10th in the Championship.
He also drove in the 1982 CART IndyCar season for Forsythe Racing including the 1982 Indianapolis 500 where he finished 13th after a pit fire on lap 151. He won his final CART race, which was the first one held at Road America. However, he was injured a week later in a testing crash at Michigan International Speedway. From there he decided to return to road racing as he felt oval racing was too dangerous.
His final race was the 1983 Race of Champions, a Formula One non-points race at Brands Hatch.

## Helmet

Rebaque's helmet was black with a green, white and red design surrounding the visor area. The colours used are the colours of the Mexican flag.

## Business

After his retirement from racing track, Rebaque now works in architecture related businesses in Mexico.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 1973 | World Sportscar Championship | John Buffum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC |
| 1974 | John Player British Formula Atlantic | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27th |
| 1974 | MCD/Southern Organs British Formula Atlantic | Fred Opert Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14th |
| 1974 | World Sportscar Championship | Ecurie Ecosse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 1974 | World Sportscar Championship | Rebaque-Rojas Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 1974 | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Rebaque-Rojas Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 1974 | IMSA GT Championship | Héctor Rebaque Sr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | N/A | DNF |
| 1975 | Formula Atlantic | Fred Opert Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16th |
| 1975 | European Formula Two | Fred Opert Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22nd |
| 1975 | 24 Hours of Daytona | Héctor Rebaque Sr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th |
| 1976 | CASC Formula Atlantic | Carl Haas Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14th |
| 1976 | IMSA Formula Atlantic | Fred Opert Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9th |
| 1977 | Formula One | Hesketh Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 1978 | Formula One | Rebaque | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19th |
| 1979 | Formula One | Rebaque | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 1980 | Formula One | Parmalat Racing Team | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20th |
| 1981 | Formula One | Parmalat Racing Team | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10th |
| 1981–82 | USAC Championship Car | Carta Blanca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 33rd |
| 1982 | CART PPG Indy Car World Series | Forsythe Racing | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 15th |

### Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans Results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 1974 | Rebaque-Rojas Racing Team | Memo Rojas, Sr. Freddy Van Beuren | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | S 3.0 | 60 | DNF | DNF |

### Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Pts |
| 1975 | Fred Opert Racing | Chevron B29 | Ford | EST Ret | THR 4 | HOC 9 | NÜR 12 | PAU | HOC | SAL | ROU | MUG | PER | SIL | ZOL Ret | NOG DNQ | VAL | 22nd | 3 |

### Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | WDC | Pts |
| 1977 | Hesketh Racing | Hesketh 308E | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP | MON | BEL DNQ | SWE DNQ | FRA DNQ | GBR | GER Ret | AUT DNQ | NED DNQ | ITA | USA | CAN | JPN | NC | 0 |
| 1978 | Team Rebaque | Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG DNQ | BRA Ret | RSA 10 | USW DNPQ | MON DNPQ | BEL DNPQ | ESP Ret | SWE 12 | FRA DNQ | GBR Ret | GER 6 | AUT Ret | NED 11 | ITA DNQ | USA Ret | CAN DNQ | | 19th | 1 |
| 1979 | Team Rebaque | Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG Ret | BRA DNQ | RSA Ret | USW Ret | ESP Ret | BEL Ret | MON | FRA 12 | GBR 9 | GER Ret | AUT DNQ | NED 7 | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 1979 | Team Rebaque | Rebaque HR100 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | ITA DNQ | CAN Ret | USA DNQ | | | | NC | 0 |
| 1980 | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT49 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | BEL | MON | FRA | GBR 7 | GER Ret | AUT 10 | NED Ret | ITA Ret | CAN 6 | USA Ret | | | | 20th | 1 |
| 1981 | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT49C | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | USW Ret | BRA Ret | ARG Ret | SMR 4 | BEL Ret | MON DNQ | ESP Ret | FRA 9 | GBR 5 | GER 4 | AUT Ret | NED 4 | ITA Ret | CAN Ret | CPL Ret | | | 10th | 11 |

### American open-wheel racing

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

#### CART PPG Indy Car World Series

| Year | Team | No. | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Pts | Ref |
| 1982 | Forsythe Racing | 32 | March 82C | Cosworth DFX V8t | PHX | ATL 13 | MIL DNS | CLE 18 | MCH 25 | MIL | POC | RIV 20 | ROA 1 | MCH | PHX | 15th | 48 | |

#### Indianapolis 500

| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
| 1982 | March 82C | Cosworth | 15 | 13 | Forsythe Racing |