years death_date death_place championships birth_place races nationality points birth_date wins poles article_title name podiums
1952 22 august 2015 guildford , surrey 0 ditton uk hill , surbiton , surrey , england , 1 gbr british 2 4 november 1919 0 0 eric thompson -lrb- racing driver -rrb-
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eric thompson -lrb- racing driver -rrb-

eric thompson -lrb- 4 november 1919 -- 22 august 2015 -rrb- was a british motor racing driver , book dealer and insurance broker .
he participated in sports car racing between 1949 and 1955 taking his greatest success by finishing third in the 1951 24 hours of le mans and took part in the 1952 british grand prix .
thompson worked as a broker for lloyd 's of london .
his racing career started in 1948 , racing cars for hrg .
he won the 1.5-litre class in the 24 hours of le mans in 1949 and drove for aston martin driving a db2 to third place in the 1951 24 hours of le mans .
he also drove in formula libre , tourist trophy and formula two achieving minor success .
he took part in his only formula one race in the 1952 british grand prix finishing fifth , and later spent more time working at lloyd 's .
he retired from motor racing at the end of 1955 .
thompson resigned from lloyd 's in the 1980s and became a dealer of rare books on motorsport .
