Stanley Robson

Stanley Robson is a British racing driver who previously raced for McLaren in Formula One. He has also competed in the Indianapolis 500 for Patrick Racing.
== Formula One Career ==
=== Williams (1978 - 1980) ===
==== 1978 ====
Making his Formula One debut at the 1978 Argentine Grand Prix, Robson scored his first points of his career with a 5th placed finish after trouble in Qualifying prevented him from setting a lap time, causing him to start from the back of the grid for the race.
In his second race at Kyalami, Robson spent most of the race battling for second with Nino Tempestini but was overtaken by Gervais Trémaux on the last lap due to his tyres being down to the canvas, finishing in fourth.
At round three at Long Beach, he hit the wall by going wide out of the final hairpin and broke his steering and causing him to retire from the race, he then missed the fourth Race at Monaco due to him competing in the 1978 Indy 500 race.
=== McLaren (1981 - 1983) ===
== Indy 500 ==
=== 1978 Indianapolis 500 ===
Robson chose to accept an invite to race for Patrick Racing at the 1978 Indianapolis 500 (which resulted in him missing the 1978 Monaco Grand Prix).
He qualified on the 5th row of the grid in 14th with a 191.167mph (307.653 km/h) lap. He got off to a good start, making his way up to 9th after ten laps before suffering a slow puncture from debris from a Lap 36 crash. Robson spent most of the following run racing around the back of the pack until a big crash involving seven cars brought out another caution on Lap 131 which promoted Robson back up to 13th after pitstops. Robson fought his way back up in the remaining laps to finish 6th on his debut (as the highest rookie). Team Penske have reportedly signed Robson to race in the 1979 Indianapolis 500.
== Personal Life ==
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Category:British
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Category:F1
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