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1950 Drivers Championship Standings

In a brilliant end to the season, Paul Pietsch secures his spot in the '51 Championship as 2nd place proves enough to take the title…had he not passed Pagani in the last round he would probably have won on countback of dropped scores anyway.

De Graffenried may find it scant consolation but in order to win the title he would have had to have won the last race, and that never seemed on the cards throughout the entire Italian GP weekend.

A credible 3rd overall for Gerrard, after 3 fastest laps in the last 3 races and a hat-trick in the final race the Englishman is hot property and would have challenged for the title had he been involved in the first 2 races of the season.

Pagani in 4th looked strong at the end of the season, as did Cabantous…whilst Ascari and Fagioli did well to collect a decent points haul over the season, which will strengthen their respective cases for a berth in one of the top teams next time around.

Special mention to Serafini for clinching the potentially unenviable title of 'best driver not to score a point' with a grandstand finish to collect an inevitable 0 points after the final round concluded.
1953 Drivers Earnings

## **1953 Financial Rewards**

Money is given for the following achievements:

**Championship:**

* 1st place – £2,000
* 2nd place – £1,500
* 3rd place – £1,250
* 4th place – £1,000
* 5th place – £850
* 6th place – £750
* 7th place - £650
* 8th place - £600
* 9th place - £550
* 10th place - £500
* And so on until…
* 20th place – £10

**Race:**

* 1st place – £100
* 2nd place – £50
* 3rd place – £20

**Incidentals:**

* Pole Position – £50
* Fastest Lap – £50
* Per point (inc. dropped scores) – £5

## **Top Earners**

For next season if you lost your driver you will still carry the same financial clout with the new driver, likewise if a new player takes over a previous driver they will take over any finances associated with them.
Nino Vaccarella

Nino Vaccarella was an Italian racing driver who took part in the F1R series from 1961-1962, racing for De Tomaso and Gilby.

Vaccarella spent most of his career racing Sports Cars, before seizing a chance to join the F1R grid with De Tomaso in 1961. He raced consistently for the team until they folded, while impressing those around him with his selfless attitude - and that led to him being given a final season with the upcoming Gilby outfit, to provide an experienced racing foil for the likes of Graham Hill and John Love. However, while most expected him to be their 3rd driver securing just race finishes, he ended up not only comfortably out-scoring Love but also providing arguably Hill's greatest title challenge too!

He was offered a contract extension by Gilby but he elected to bow out of F1R, retiring to Sicily to where his Sports Car career in the Targa Florio began.
1955 Drivers Earnings

## **1955 Financial Rewards**

Money is given for the following achievements:

**Championship:**

* 1st place – £3,000
* 2nd place – £2,500
* 3rd place – £2,000
* 4th place – £1,500
* 5th place – £1,250
* 6th place – £1,000
* 7th place – £900
* 8th place – £800
* 9th place – £700
* 10th place – £600
* 11th place – £500
* 12th place – £450
* And so on until…
* 20th place – £50

**Race:**

* 1st place – £150
* 2nd place – £100
* 3rd place – £50

**Incidentals:**

* Pole Position – £50
* Fastest Lap – £50
* Per point (inc. dropped scores) – £10
* Top performer in the team - £500
* Best team (share prize between them) - £5,000 - FERRARI
* Best “bottom 5” team (share prize between them) - £3,000 - HWM
* Best improvement in a race - £100 – John Fitch (E Rohli) +17 Aintree
* Most race finishes in a season - £100
* Per objective achieved over the season - £250

## **Top Earners**

For next season if you lost your driver you will still carry the same financial clout with the new driver, likewise if a new player takes over a previous driver they will take over any finances associated with them.

Also, driver multiplier does NOT go with you to a new driver - so if you are taking on a new driver they will start with a multiplier value of just 1.
1955 Drivers Championship Standings

It is official that Giuseppe Farina has won the 1955 F1 Revisited championship! He joins such greats as Paul Piestch, Hans Herrmann and Bob Gerard in the annals of F1R history - incidentally he is the only driver to have won an F1R title and also to have won a Formula 1 championship as well!

Wharton finishes a close 2nd in the end, after a solid effort for an unknown driver and team combination, with Collins and Moss 3rd and 4th after a low-key end to the season. Lucas' last lap pass wasn't decisive in the end but he does lose out for 5th place to Karl Kling, who will be looking to build on a season that ended far better than it began!

Villoresi finishes 7th overall in the un-fancied Cooper marque, just pipping Salvadori and Bayol, with Menditeguy rounding out the top 10 as neither of the latter duo even made it to the final race of the season.

Taruffi's exploits almost earn him the reward of top Lancia, but he is pipped by Maglioli's consistency (which seems fair!). A good season for Fairman sees him come 13th overall, ahead of today's last-lap legend Cesare Perdisa in his debut season. The defending champion Hans Herrmann loses his title in ignominious fashion, finishing 15th overall - the lowest finishing position for a champion ever.

Rounding out the top 20 are Brabham for Lancia, Fitch and McAlpine for HWM, Castellotti for Maserati and Iglesias for Ferrari, which means that Hawthorn just misses out on a berth within that illustrious top 20 ranking. Further back a better showing for Pollet moves him inside the top 30, but 16th place can only take you so far in F1R.
Paul Emery

Paul Emery was an English racing driver who took part in the F1R series in 1956 and 1958, alongside owning the Emeryson F1R team.

Emery's background was in Formula 3, where he achieved some reasonable success. He took over his father's business (which designed racing specials), electing to move them into the 1956 F1R season and also to take part as a driver! He proved considerably better at hiring drivers than driving cars, with Villoresi and Maglioli regularly out-performing him, though he was a reasonably safe pair of hands (with a best result of 13th at the British GP). The costs of entering Emeryson in 1957 proved prohibitive and so he took a break for a season, before his friendship with Bernie Ecclestone led to him being given a drive at Connaught for 1958.

Though 18th at the Italian GP as a best result of the season showed that his strengths definitely lay in Team ownership as opposed to driving, which saw him retire altogether at the end of the season and bring the Emeryson team back in 1961 and 1962 before a buy-out by Sciroco after that season. Emery then carried on as a designer for the team and after that carried on designing Formula Junior cars until his retirement came later in life.
Alberto Ascari

Alberto Ascari was an Italian racing driver who took part in the F1R series from 1950-1955.

Ascari started his F1R career with a podium at the British Grand Prix, before two further points finishes made him the 2nd best Ferrari that season (and 6th best driver overall) - though he did mis two races that season, thanks to a crash at the Monaco GP after the race had finished (and he came home in 5th position). Ferrari therefore kept their faith with the Italian for 1951 and gave him a season long contract - though he could not stay with the pace of Pietsch and Whitehead (with the latter only making the final 3 races of the season), which led to him begin dropped for 1952.

There followed a succession of teams for Ascari, who drove for Cooper in '52 (and was their best driver) where he left due to the car being so monstrously slow. He was snapped up by Maserati for '53, as he was considered a very safe pair of hands behind the wheel of any car - however he found himself out-classed by no fewer than 5 of his team-mates and scored his only point with a Fastest Lap at the Dutch Grand Prix. That poor season saw him dropped by Maserati and led to him taking a drive at the flagging Gordini outfit, who never produced a car that allowed him to repeat his success from 1950. As such, Ascari left the series at the end of the 1955 season (and Gordini followed him out just 1 season later). He retired to focus on sportscar racing instead.
Dennis Poore

Dennis Poore was an English racing driver who took part in the F1R series for Cooper in 1952.

Known for his pace in the British hillclimb series, Poore was drafted in to the Cooper team for 1952, with the aim of using his racing knowledge - particularly at the British GP - to propel Cooper up the grid. However, a series of lacklustre results (with 10th at the French GP his best), including only managing 11th at the British GP, led to the contract being terminated by mutual consent at the end of the season.

Poore left the series to focus on his entrepreneurial talents in both the motorcyle and taxi cab arenas!
F1 Revisited 1958 - Season 9

**Season Summary**

A real nail-biter of a season finale sees von Trips claim the title from Gerard, after this proved to be one season too far for the Brit. Brabham made solid improvements to finish 3rd overall with Salvadori 4th as they both (along with von Trips) supported Ferrari in claiming the inaugural Teams Championship from the likes of Maserati, Cooper and BRM…

This was a season where on-track collisions were particularly telling…as the more gentlemanly races of the early 50s seemed to become a thing of the past!!!

* Season Rules
* Team Principal Rules
* Race Results
* Final Driver Standings
* Final Teams Standings
* Driver Earnings
* Driver Statistics
* Teams Statistics
David Murray

David Murray was a Scottish racing driver who took part in the F1R series for Talbot and HWM from 1951-1952.

A chartered accountant by profession, Murray secured a drive with the firmly midfield-running Talbot team during the later years of his motorsports career. His opening season had a highlight of 5th place at the French Grand Prix, though four Top 10 places in 7 races (including 2 near misses in 6th place at the final 2 rounds of the season) was testament to how well he handled the car, finishing as the 2nd best Talbot behind Claes. With Talbot bowing out of F1R for 1952, Murray took a drive with the HWM outfit, who for most of the season were woefully off the pace - though Murray still managed a Top 10 finish at the Belgian GP.

Ultimately, Murray elected to leave HWM (a good idea, given that the brilliant Peter Collins was to join them next season!) and retire at the end of the season, going on to concentre on running a Le Mans team and living abroad.
David Piper

David Piper was an English racing driver who took part in the F1R series in 1959.

Piper raced in hill-climbs and some of the junior formulae until saving up enough money to pay for a drive with the Connaught team at the end of 1959. He came in to the series with just 2 races remaining for both him and Connaught and while his results were nowhere near being impressive, he did fulfill a life long dream to take part in the series.

He went on to be involved in the filming of the 1970 film Le Mans, before retiring to run a garage near his home in Surrey.
1953 Drivers Championship Standings

In the final table Salvadori almost takes 3rd from Pietsch but is not quite able to on count-back of 3rd positions. Gerard was already champion, but is now confirmed as the best driver of the season.

Collins and Farina move up to 6th and 7th overall respectively after a good performance today. Maglioli, Bayol and Moss move down as a result.

Bira moves inside the top 20 after his top 10 today and emerges as top Connaught driver from the season, with Hawthorn up to 22nd as well. Wacker, Berger, de Tornaco and Fangio all move up after this final race as well.
1958 Drivers Championship Standings

After a thrilling season-long battle it is Wolfgang von Trips who is confirmed as the 1958 Drivers' Champion!!! After finishing 4th and 6th in the two seasons prior it is a real step-up in form that has earned him this title - and 4 race victories this season proves too much for any other driver to contend with in the end.

Gerard takes 2nd, as he brings his illustrious career to a close - having won 4 titles in total and taken practically every record on offer in the process…will we ever see his like again…?

Brabham produces a strong season to finish 3rd - a big step up from 16th last time around - even if his own title challenge did rather faulter in the final three races. Salvadori meanwhile moves up to 4th position after a very strong final three races that will throw up some interesting questions about Ferrari's driver line-up next season!

Herrmann drops to 5th in the final reckoning after a second DNS of the season…but after achieving two race victories this year (a total only bested by von Trips with 4 and only equalled by Gerard with 2) he will certainly be one to watch next season.

Gould meanwhile took advantage of the Ferrari's pace at times this season - though 6th overall is perhaps testament largely to the pace of his car than his own particular skill…though he did finish the season well. Bonnier had a consistent season with Maserati to finish 7th overall after his move from the Connaught team did wonders for his results!

Musso's 2nd place today helps lift him up to 8th in the final standings as he bows out of the championship, with Piotti also leaving in 9th after his two early-season podium finishes were as good as his year got! Gibson is another to bid farewell to the series in 11th after a stunning victory at his home Grand Prix will be a memory he can cherish for the rest of his days…

Chiron (11th), Collins (14th), Hawthorn (19th), Fangio (23rd) and Menditeguy (28th) all bow out of the F1R series after careers that will be remembered for many seasons to come…while Marsh (26th), Bridger (29th), Emery (30th) and Godia (31st) all likewise retire - but are maybe less likely to be remembered in future seasons!

That leaves Behra 12th, Graham Hill 13th after a strong season end for BRM, Flockhart 15th after a season of never quite managing to make it into the points, Fairman 16th after a year where he arguably deserved more, de Beaufort 17th, Trintignant 18th after carrying the torch for Porsche all year and Brooks 20th (though all his results came early on in the season) all likely to be back next season. That is along with Gendebien 21st, Moss in 22nd after his - and Connaught's - best finish of the season catapults him past the aforementioned Fangio and Schell in the Porsche too; the latter of whom should also return along with McLaren 25th, Scarlatti 27th, Phil Hill 32nd and then potentially even Alan Stacey and Masten Gregory after their limited involvement in the 1958 season.
Roger Penske

Roger Penske was an American racing driver who took part in the F1R series in 1962, racing for Brabham.

Having entered F1 for a couple of races, it was clear that Penske never quite had the ability as a driver to perform at the top level - though 10th place at the inaugural South African GP was a decent effort. He retired to focus on having his own car dealership, which ultimately led to him launching the Penske F1 team in 1974...
Philip Fotheringham-Parker

Philip Fotheringham-Parker was an English racing driver, who competed for HWM in the 1951 F1R series.

Fotheringham-Parker came to an agreement with the HWM team to replace the absent Chiron after their fractured relationship had caused the Monegasque to not show up for a single race. His agreement only allowed for a couple of race outings, both of which he contested and neither of which he finished.

After feeling that F1R wasn't quite his speed, he instead moved on to compete in Le Mans for several years before hanging up his driving boots to move back to his home in East Sussex.
1958 Teams Championship Standings

No change in the final standings, with Ferrari already confirmed champions after taking their 5th win of the series, followed by Maserati with two victories, Cooper with two further victories and BRM with just the one victory overall.

OSCA's surprise podium at Silverstone is enough to see them finish 5th in a position that would otherwise certainly have been occupied by the ever-consistent Vanwall team that finish 6th overall. Porsche finish 7th after their season long battle with Connaught and Lotus, where Connaught finish 8th and it is Lotus who end up bottom of the pile.

We bid farewell to OSCA this season, after their best ever season (their previous best being just one 3rd placed finish in 1951) sees them elect to bow out of the championship…though with both JBW and Aston Martin joining next season it will be interesting to see how they fare in trying to fill their shoes!!!
Jean Lucas

Jean Lucas was a French racing driver who took part in the F1R series in 1955.

Better known for being a team manager at Gordini, a dispute with the leadership of the French outfit led to him being brought in by HWM with a managerial role in mind. However, as the British marque failed to find a 4th driver, the Frenchman was persuaded to accept a drive for the season. Early challenges with the pace of the HWM meant that Lucas was only on the outskirts of the Top 10 initially, until the Belgian GP where Wharton took a hat-trick and Lucas was able to bring home his own HWM in 4th position.

2nd position at the Dutch GP for Lucas (with Wharton in 1st) gave HWM the only ever 1-2 in their history, and meant that the Frenchman was in contention for a Top 5 finish at the end of the season - but as HWM failed to keep up with the pace of development, so Lucas fell away at the end of the season.

After resolving his differences with Gordini and due to HWM folding at the end of 1955, the Frenchman returned to focus on his managerial career once more.
Josef Peters

Josef Peters was a German racing driver who took part in the F1R series for Veritas in 1952.

Peters was towards the end of his racing career, when through a family connection he secured a drive for Veritas that was initially supposed to just be a single race at the Swiss GP…however, so impressive was his performance (taking 4th in a race of real attrition!) that he was bankrolled to race for the entire season. Despite a sterling drive at the British GP (finishing 6th) his opening round drive remained the best of the season…

Finally, a retirement in the final race of the season due to a start crash caused an injury that led to his ultimate retirement from motor-racing there and then.ar career behind him.
1959 Teams Championship Standings

Ferrari were confirmed as Champions long before, though Cooper will be delighted to hold onto 2nd position - with Porsche into an impressive 3rd position after a very strong season for them capped off by a double podium! That means Maserati sink to 4th overall after an uncharacteristically difficult season for the Italians - though they do at least keep BRM behind them in the top half of the table.

In the lower half, Aston Martin make an impressive debut season happen with several Top 10 positions ensuring they finish 6th overall, while Vanwall must go back to the drawing board in 7th ahead of the other debutants JBW, who finish a very respectable 8th from Connaught saying farewell in 9th and then finally Lotus, who rather tailed off at the end of the season, in 10th and last position.
Peter Walker

Peter Walker was an English racing driver, who competed for both Alta and ERA in the 1950 & 1951 F1R series.

A talented driver, who was often drafted in by smaller British teams thanks to his expertise at the British circuits (which he knew well thanks to his sportscar pedigree) and ability to handle himself at the other circuits - indeed, two of his best performances ever came at the British GP (6th in 1951 and 1950, though thanks to a Privateer being in the Top 5 he actually received points for the latter!). However, his greatest moment was the opening round of the 1951 season, where he claimed a podium at the Swiss GP in the monstrously uncompetitive ERA chassis.

Despite regularly featuring in the lower reaches of the Top 10 that season, it proved to be his last hurrah, as he circled back to his previous love of sportscars to focus on the Le Mans 24 hours, which he in fact won in that 1951 season!
JBW

JBW was a British constructor that competed in the F1R series from 1959 to 1961.

Brian Naylor, an amateur driver from Stockport who also competed in F1R with reasonable success, financed his mechanic Fred Wilkinson to build a number of sports cars that were competitive against second-level national fields initially.

However, in 1959 Naylor wanted to step up and so entered F1R with the JBW outfit - but the car wasn't that competitive, with only a couple of Top 10 finishes all season. Although Naylor himself had done enough for Ferrari to take a chance on him for 1960, so the team remained under Team Principal Eduardo Fernandes' auspices, with another season lacking a single points finish despite several Top 10 outings.

As such, JBW had one last shot at the Team's Championship, though with Dobrev in charge for this season - and they produced a stellar set of results, including a couple of victories for Rodríguez and a Championship tilt for Bonnier...although it wasn't to be in the end, after Ferrari were just too strong. That said, 2nd place in the Championship was a strong effort for the team, but it wasn't quite enough to produce the finances needed to remain in the series and so they departed with their heads held high!

**Complete Championship Results**
Connaught

Connaught was a British constructor that competed in the F1R series from 1952 to 1959.

The name Connaught is a pun on Continental Autos, the garage in Surrey, which specialised in sales and repair of European sports cars such as Bugatti, and where the cars were built. Their cars happened to match with F1R regulations in 1952, though they were one of few teams who went on to create custom made cars after the regulations changed.

Claes and Hawthorn were the only entrants in 1952 and Claes in particular did well to record a couple of Top 10 finishes, though in 1953 the cars proved to be lacking in pace, so neither Claes, Hawthorn nor any of the other entrants were even close to scoring points (10th place at the season ending Italian GP a high point for Bira). In 1954, the car was the first Connaught to be custom-built...and it was a disater, with only Parnell entering every race that season in that horrendous excuse for an F1R car!

1955 saw an improvement, though with an ageing set of drivers the car was once again outclassed by the other teams with larger pools of resources - but with the team investing time and energy into their 1956 car as early as possible, that paid major dividends in the following season! Landi achieved three Podiums and Fangio scred points on a couple of occasions also, while a young Bonnier and Piotti both managed several Top 10 finishes.

However, Connaught couldn't keep up with the development pace - as 1957 saw just a single points finish (for González at the German GP), with several of their drivers refusing to compete in the final rounds of the season considering the lack of investment in the car's pace. In 1958 the introduction of the Team's Championship really showed the extent of their difficulties, as they were the 8th best team ahead of only a fledgling Lotus oufit - and that was repeated in 1959, with just one Top 10 finish all season long...which spelt the end of Connaught's time in F1R, as their machines were far too bulky and unable to have the pace to challenge the established F1R top-order.

**Complete Championship Results**
Piero Taruffi

Piero Taruffi was an Italian racing driver who took part in the F1R series from 1950-1956, albeit missing the 1953 season.

In 1950 Taruffi came into the season with a reputation for speed, which led Alfa Romeo to offer him a contract for 2 seasons (1950 and 1951). 1950 was very much a learning curve for him - though he was fairly consistently within the Top 10, with the high point his Fastest Lap (and therefore first point) at the Swiss GP. He finished the season as the 2nd best Alfa Romeo behind Fagioli, but ahead of the highly rated Fangio. However, in 1951 he was simply outclassed by Gerard, Cabantous and Fischer (all new signings!) with his best result a 4th placed finish at the British GP, while his team-mates won 5 races and picked up 9 podiums between them! That prompted an end to his relationship with Alfa Romeo, which left him without a drive for 1952.

He was rescued by a compatriot, who funded him as the sole runner for the Frazer-Nash team. After running regularly in the Top 10, including a Podium and Fastest Lap at the French GP, Maserati elected to draft Taruffi in to replace Hans Klenk for the final race of the season at Monza. While it may have been harsh to compare him to drivers that had run that machinery all season long, the upper echelons of F1R can be rather unforgiving. In Maserati's home race Rol finished 2nd, Farina 3rd, Taruffi 9th and Collins 12th - and it is perhaps telling that only Rol and Farina were offered contracts for 1953 (with the former ulimately rejecting his offer). Taruffi instead spent 1953 racing motorcycles and impressing enough there to return to the F1R grid in 1954.

Taruffi used some of his Italian connections to secure a limited races contract with Ferrari for 1954 - though the Ferrari 625 was a real mis-step in design, which resulted in none of the Ferrari's scoring a single point that season. That prompted Taruffi to switch over to the Lancia outfit for 1955, who looked to be on an upward trajectory at the same time that Ferrari looked to be struggling. Again, his contract was only for limited races and while his first effort resulted in a DNF (classified in 28th), before impressing with a 4th position that had rumours circulating of a new contract offer - until Lancia pulled out of the series, which meant he was again without a drive.

Taruffi negotiated for most of the season to get a race seat, which resulted in him driving once for the Cooper team at the French GP where his equipment let him down. After that his appetite for the series waned and he left to focus on his passion for car design, which eventually led him to patent his own car design!
Lance Macklin

Lance Macklin was an English racing driver who took part in the F1R series in 1954.

Macklin managed to appear in a single F1R race after the London car dealer managed to negotiate a drive with the Connaught team at the season opening Argentine GP - however, a bad accident left his car and his hopes of a 2nd opportunity in tatters with his only result being a 27th place retirement.

He went back to focusing on running his car dealership as a result…
Juan Jover

Juan Jover was a Spanish racing driver, who competed for HWM in the 1951 F1R series.

Jover was a talented race driver in other race series, including finishing 2nd at Le Mans in 1949 towards the end of his motor-racing career. As such, his single appearance at his home race in Spain was down to the HWM team hoping to use some local knowledge to their advantage - and that proved effective…as he took HWM's best finish of the season in 9th place. Though without the stamina to compete in a full F1R season and after a reported tie-up for the 1952 Spanish GP did not materialise, he went back to sportscar racing and focused on hill-climbing events for the remainder of his driving career.
André Testut

André Testut was a Monegasque racing driver who took part in the F1R series in 1959.

With Schell moving to Lotus late in the 1959 driver window, the Porsche outfit turned to the untested Testut…and initially things looked great when his 2nd GP saw him not only finish in the points but take Fastest Lap as well - although he was clearly never quite in the same league as Trintignant or Gendebien, another Fastest Lap at the following race staved off what was an impractical truth for Porsche…Testut was just not fast enough. The following four races saw him fail to even reach the Top 20 and then a DNQ at the season ending US GP was the final straw for Porsche, who looked elsewhere for 1960.

Testut went on to focus on sportscar racing, before retiring to live in France at the end of his career.
Hans Stuck

Hans Stuck was a German racing driver who took part in the F1R series from 1951-1953, racing for Gordini, Maserati & Cooper.

Stuck was brought in by Gordini to replace the absent Parnell in the 1951 season, after cementing his title of "King of the Mountains" from his hill-climbing days. His introduction saw an immediate impact, with him finshing 2nd in his 1st ever race (at the time the best ever debut since Bob Gerard's victory the season before!). However retirements in both the final races of the season thanks largely to mechanical issues saw him elect to move on to a far more appealing seat with Maserati! However, he found himself rather out of his depth at the Italian marque, finishing the season as the 5th best Maserati driver of 5 with a best finish of 9th (compared to team-mates Rol and Farina, who both won races).

That precipitated a move to Cooper for the 1953 season, where he was a constant feature in the midfield - though struggled with the more demanding F1R standards (compared to those of the hill-climbing discipline). That led to his ultimate retirement and a move back to his native Germany, where he became a circuit instructor at the Nürburgring, including teaching his own son Hans-Joachim Stuck how to tackle that most challenging of racing circuits.
Lotus

Lotus are a British constructor that have competed in the F1R series since 1959.

This article covers the history of Lotus in F1R during the 1950s, with an update to come once we reach 1970.

Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars, all of which was created by Colin Chapman (who himself was a key Designer in the F1R series for many seasons). Given their engine design fit in with F1R regulations, the team began to race in F1R from 1958 onwards. However, their opening foray was severely lacking in success, with a young McLaren and Scarlatti paired up with a retirement age Menditeguy and Bridger...but neither the youth nor experience was enough to do anything with the slow and cumbersome car they had. Team Principal Jun Ho was unable to do anything to enhance that and so he was replaced by Byrne for 1959.

However, Byrne was unable to do more - despite bringing on board Herrmann, Said and Schell's experience, along with Ward's youthful exuberance. Ultimately the car was still the problem and Lotus ended the 1950s as the whipping boys of F1R...

**1950s**
F1 Revisited 1961 - Season 12

**Season Summary**

Von Trips put on a stellar mid-season display to pull clear of a tightly closed pack to claim his 2nd title. Naylor and Fairman depart the series with a Podium finish in the standings this time, as by virtue of his victory at the Belgian GP it is Naylor that claims 2nd in the standings. Bonnier is denied by the Dropped Scores rule - though he can at least lay claim to having finished in the points most times this season!

Rodríguez's victory takes him to 5th in the standings in his debut season, as he passes both Gurney and Brooks in the final race, with Baghetti 8th overall. Meanwhile, despite a last lap rise into the points, there is nothing Scarlatti can do to deny Mairesse 9th in the standings - but the JBW driver does at least make it 3 JBWs in the Top 10 by hanging onto that 10th place.

Meanwhile in the Teams Championship, Ferrari see their lead reduced by JBW - and will be relieved that complications with their entry mean that JBW will not return in 1962. Emeryson will though, along with the rejuvenated Lotus outfit, while De Tomaso will be hoping to mix it with the likes of Cooper and BRM again - although surely these huge teams won't be outside the Top 5 again next season?!?

* Game Rules
* Team Principal Rules
* Race Results
* Final Driver Standings
* Final Teams Standings
* Driver Earnings
* Driver Statistics
* Teams Statistics
Toni Branca

Toni Branca was a Swiss racing driver, who competed for both ERA and Enrico Plate (Maserati) in the 1950 & 1951 F1R series.

1950 saw Branca in dispute with ERA, on occasion refusing to drive the incredibly slow car and on other occasions being unable to drive due to unreliability! That prompted a move to Enrico Plate (Maserati) for 1951, where he found himself in a battle with fellow Swiss Toulo de Graffenried - and unfortunately for Branca, he came off 2nd best in all but one race that season. Maserati elected to replace Branca with the exciting talent of Farina from BRM in the 1952 season, which was where his foray into the F1R world came to an end. However, he did end the season on a high thanks to setting Fastest Lap at the Spanish GP and bringing the car home in the points (his first and only points of his F1R career).

He then retired to focus on racing in hillclimbs back in his native Switzerland.
Rodney Nuckey

Rodney Nuckey was an English racing driver who took part in the F1R series in 1954.

Nuckey was a relative unknown in the racing world when he got his big break to come in and boost the team's performances thanks to Schell's struggles, given that most of the top drivers were already contracted in F1R or in other series when Cooper acted to bring him in for Race 2. His results initially were acceptable, with a handful of Top 10 finishes in a Cooper that was notoriously difficult to handle on-track…and he ultimately earned the position of best Cooper driver for the season with a brilliant drive at the 1954 Swiss GP to claim 4th place and his 1st career points. Unfortunately these would end up as his only career points, when Cooper elected to go in a different direction with their drivers for next season (likely due to Nuckey's age at the time, being one of the older drivers on the grid).

Nuckey himself decided to emigrate to Australia, where he lived out his days as a builder.
Giorgio Scarlatti

Giorgio Scarlatti was an Italian racing driver who took part in the F1R series from 1957-1961, racing for Porsche, Lotus and JBW.

Scarlatti's start in F1R was something of an odd one, after Porsche entered the series but were then informed by Trintignant that he would not complete the season with them...and they had to find a replacement mid-season for the engimatic Frenchman! The Italian had just finished 4th at the Targa Florio and Porsche took a punt on the relatively unknown driver...but he never got to grips with the car and that led to him being forced to look elsewhere for the following season...

...and that is where his career began to gain a little momentum, as he was hired by Lotus for their new F1R venture...and while a combination of money difficulties and injuries meant he didn't compete in every round, he did manage to finish the season ahead of the veteran Carlos Menditeguy, which led to JBW giving him a drive for 1959.

He found an instant home at JBW, who clearly enjoyed having the affable Italian around - and so despite a string of poor performances, his contract was extended (largely down to how helpful he was at going out early in qualifying to report back how the track was running!)...and he repaid that loyalty by being the best JBW driver in the field in 1960 thanks to a stellar 7th place finish in the season ending US GP at Riverside.

1961 was to bring a whole new level of competitiveness for the JBW chassis, which allowed Scarlatti to take an impressive 2nd place finish (plus Fastest Lap) at the Dutch GP in wet/dry conditions! He also drove well to pick up a point in the final race of the season to claim a Top 10 position in the standings; but with JBW bowing out of the series, he could not see himself at another team and so elected to retire from F1R at that point.

He went back to sportscar racing, having some reasonable success but nothing spectacular, until he passed away many years later.
Wolfgang Seidel

Wolfgang Seidel was a German racing driver who took part in the F1R series in 1962, racing for Brabham.

Having had several efforts to join the F1R grid, Seidel finally made it as far as signing a contract in 1962...and though he appeared on the official entry lists for the Dutch and Monegasque GPs, controversies with his racing license meant he was unable to attend either race. That spelled the end for Seidel's hopes of appearing in an F1R race, as he left the series to concentrate on other racing endeavours.
Yves-Girard Cabantous

Yves-Giraud Cabantous was a French racing driver who took part in the F1R series from 1950-1952.

In 1950 Cabantous took part in the inagural race of the F1R series, setting Pole Position and finishing in 4th position in a Privately entered Ferrari - and though his Pole is recorded, his 4th placed finish is not given the rules for Privately entered cars at the time. However, this was enough for Alta to offer him a full-time contract - and he repayed them in spades with a Podium in his 1st race for the team, before 2 further points finishes and another Pole Position followed by the end of the season to give Cabantous a very respectable 5th placed finish for the overall champsionship!

That prompted Alfa Romeo to snap up the talented Frenchman, who was given a race winning package for the 1st time - and, quelle surprise, he promptly took a hat-trick at the British GP, along with a Pole and Fastest Lap at the following German GP. He proved himself a solid pair of hands and - although he was comprehensively defeated by Gerard - would almost certainly have been offered another season at the helm, if it wasn't for Alfa Romeo pulling the plug at the end of the 1951 season.

Ferrari of course stepped in to pick up the option for Cabantous, though he never really settled into the Maranello environment and - having finished last of his team-mates without scoring a single point (despite Pietsch and Whitehead finishing 1-2 in the Championship) - he was dropped for the following season. That suited Cabantous though, as he retired back to his home in Paris to live out his days there.
Élie Bayol

Élie Bayol was a French racing driver who took part in the F1R series from 1952-1953 and 1955-1956, racing for Gordini, Vanwall and Maserati.

Following success in hillclimbing, Bayol was given his shot in F1R where his first season with Gordini showcased the talent he possessed, including 2 Pole Positions in his opening 2 races, then victory at the British GP and podiums at the Belgian and Dutch GP. That success prompted a move to Maserati for 1953, where a Fastest Lap, a Pole Position and a Podium all happened within the space of the opening two races. However, his 3rd race saw a horrific start crash at the Belgian GP (in which he started as one of the favourites given his result there the year before) that ruled him out not just for the remainder of the 1953 season but also for 1954 as well.

He returned in 1955 with Vanwall, where he showcased his pace immediately with 3 points finishes in a row at the start of the season - and while another start crash at the Dutch GP ruled him out for the final races of the season, his performances had shown enough for Maserati to bring him back into the fold for 1956. However, by this point he was towards the end of his racing career - and that 2nd crash had arguably caused him to lose the edge to his pace that allowed him to compete for podiums. As such, while he was in his final season he was a consistent Top 10 finisher, though a best result of 7th was testament to the fact that he no longer seemed like the driver he once was.

Bayol chose to bow out before the end of the season (in order not to draw attention away from Gerard's dominant championship victory), though his legacy remains intact in F1R circles. He retired to focus more on F2 and sportscar racing instead.
Tom Bridger

Tom Bridger was an English racing driver who took part in the F1R series in 1958.

Bridger performed well in the lower Formulae, before accepting an offer from the brand new Lotus team to come and race for them. However, he soon found himself struggling towards the rear of the field and a series of DNQs led to his contract not being renewed for the following season.

He did take part in several sportscar races after his enforced F1R retirement, before moving to Scotland in later life.
Ted Whiteaway

Ted Whiteaway was an English racing driver who took part in the F1R series in 1955.

Whiteaway was one of the drivers who paid to appear with Arzani-Volpini in the shortened 1955 season, with a moderate amount of success as the gentleman racer did finish in the Top 20 on a few occasions. However, he did not do enough to be courted by any other teams and he left the series to focus on Le Mans and other sportscar racing…
Luigi Musso

Luigi Musso was an Italian racing driver who took part in the F1R series from 1953-1954 and then again from 1957-1958, racing for BMW, Ferrari and BRM.

Musso began his career driving sports cars, before making his debut in a BWM at the Argentine GP. The BMW entry in 1953 was lacking in aerodynamic efficiency, among other issues, which ensured Musso would be a fair way down the grid - but solid performances in Argentina (20th) and then the Netherlands (14th) generated some interest at Ferrari - before the 4th race of the season at Reims in France, where he sustained a neck injury after an opening lap crash that hospitalised him and prevented him from successfully competing for the remainder of the season (despite a pair of abortive qualification attempts later on in the season). However, before all of this he managed to get a contract agreed - which saw him have the chance to race for Ferrari in 1954.

Though, having rushed his recovery, his attempt to qualify for the 1954 Argentine GP ended in disaster as he not only failed to make the grid - but also exacerbated his old neck injury and was thus forced to take several years out to recuperate. Through the remainder of 1954, 1955 and 1956 he never stopped believing that he could be a success - and after a series of strong performances in non-Championship F1 races towards the end of 1956, the BRM team took a punt on him for 1957. He proved to be an able deputy to the veteran Maglioli, including a career-high finish of 2nd at the season finale that year, at his home race in Italy. That, along with a points score in Argentina at the start of the season earned him 8th in the overall standings for the season.

In 1958, Musso once again book-ended the season with great performances, as he took 3rd plus the Fastest Lap at the season opener in Argentina (always a favourite track of his) before a run of 8 races with only 1 point score (at the British GP) led to the season finale in Morocco. There he pursued eventual race winner and F1R World Champion Wolfgang von Trips throughout the race, finishing less than 4 seconds behind his rival and ultimately signalling the end of his F1R career - as he decided to retire at his peak, with another 8th placed finish in the standings to his name.
Talbot

Talbot was a British constructor that competed in the F1R series from 1950 to 1951.

The team was founded by Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, though the 20th Earl of Shrewsbury stepped back during the 1st World War so it was actually Antonio Lago who took them into the F1R series in 1950 when their car (the Talbot-Lago T26C) turned out to be eligible for F1R competition.

Talbot started their time in F1R strongly when Whitehead achieved a 2nd place finish in the opening race of the season, but it was all downhill from there with no other points scored by any Talbot driver in 1950.

In 1951 Claes and Murray both scored points, but when the regulations changed Talbot elected not to design a new car and instead ended their association with the F1R series before 1952.

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Theo Helfrich

Theo Helfrich was a German racing driver who took part in the F1R series in 1954.

Helfrich was one of the drivers that Cooper elected to bring in after their disasterous 1953 season - though Helfrich was always better regarded for his results in the Le Mans series, he did put in some acceptable performances for Cooper with 8th at the Swiss GP the highlight of that year for the German.

His first love was always sportscar racing though, and he retired from F1R after 1954 to concentrate on Le Mans and other associated series instead.
Ron Flockhart

Ron Flockhart was a Scottish racing driver who took part in the F1R series in 1954 and then again from 1956-1960, racing for the likes of HWM, Aston Martin and Cooper.

In 1954 a young and eager Flockhart managed to scrape together enough money to buy a drive with HWM at the season opening Argentine GP - he unfortunately retired from that race, but did show flashes of pace…and that led to HWM extending an offer to race at both the British and German GPs that same season, where he recorded 12th and 14th positions to end up as comfortably the top HWM driver that season! In 1955, new ownership at HWM saw them go in a different direction though, and he was forced to bide his time before eventually getting another chance with Bugatti in 1956.

The Bugatti project only lasted a single season, with the car notoriously unreliable - though Flockhart was the only driver to actually reach the finish line in the Bugatti, with a Top 20 at the Belgian GP a definite achievement considering how both the more experienced duo of Rosier and Trintignant struggled! That led to a move to the far more established Cooper outfit in 1957, where a 7th place at his home race showed a glimmer of his pace in a season where he was mostly learning the ropes (indeed only Behra of his team-mates even managed to score points for them). In 1958 he narrowed the gap to Behra from 10 points/15 positions, down to 6 points/3 positions…though 6th place at the Italian GP meant he was still without a point in F1R.

That would all change in 1959, where he put his Cooper on Pole Position at the season opening Monaco GP and managed to convert that into 2nd position - and he repeated that podium finish at the Portuguese GP to end up 8th in the final standings (including finally finishing ahead of Behra after 2 seasons in his shadow!). That led to one final hurrah with Aston Martin, who lured him away to appear as part of their star line-up alongside fellow veteran Salvadori and the highly rated Brooks…and that resulted in 5th place at the season opener in Argentina before it was clear that the Scot was struggling to keep with the pace, particularly towards the end of races where he often faded from Top 10 contention.

Flockhart retired to focus on his other passion; flying. That included endeavouring to break several flight records, with his love of speed clearly still firmly intact…!
Sergio Mantovani

Sergio Mantovani was an Italian racing driver who took part in the F1R series from 1953-1955, racing for HWM, Ferrari and Gordini.

When Mantovani joined the F1R grid back in 1953, he was considered to be an exciting new talent - albeit with a dislike for overbearing authority. He announced himself on the scene in his 3rd ever race, at the Belgian GP of 1953, where he took Pole and Fastest Lap - and though mechanical gremlins caused him to finish down in 10th place that, plus two 7th placed finishes at the end of the season, was enough to make him 2nd best HWM driver for the season (only behind the incredibly talented Peter Collins). That precipitated a move to Ferrari for 1954, where he was comfortably their best driver - but had the misfortune to be driving one of the worst Ferrari cars in the history of the F1R World Championship!

A best finish of 8th meant he finished lower in the Championship than he did when he was at HWM - and after a disagreement with Enzo Ferrari himself, Mantovani left and moved to the Gordini outfit where he clearly had little motivation to even try and compete, as he only turned up to the British GP thanks to coinciding with a friend's birthday party…and even then was rather the worse for wear when he got behind the wheel! That proved to be his final drive in the F1R series, as the crash that eliminated him from the race caused him to lose a leg a few days later and saw him take over a leadership position at the Italian Sporting Commission, where he worked for the remainder of his days…