caption years death_date death_place championships birth_place races nationality points name birth_date poles wins image article_title birth_name podiums
pryce at brands hatch in 1974 1974 -- 77 5 march 1977 midrand , south africa 0 ruthin , denbighshire , wales 42 gbr british 19 tom pryce 11 june 1949 1 0 tompryce brandshatch.jpg tom pryce
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thomas maldwyn pryce -lrb- 11 june 1949 -- 5 march 1977 -rrb- was a welsh racing driver , famous for winning the brands hatch race of champions , a non-championship formula one race , in 1975 and for the circumstances surrounding his death .
pryce is the only welsh driver to have won a formula one race and is also the only welshman to lead a formula one world championship grand prix : two laps of the 1975 british grand prix .
pryce started his career in formula one with the small token team , making his only start for them at the 1974 belgian grand prix .
shortly after an impressive performance at the formula three support race for the 1974 monaco grand prix , pryce joined the shadow team and scored his first points in germany in only his fourth race .
pryce later claimed two podium finishes , his first in austria in 1975 and the second in brazil a year later .
pryce was considered by his team as a great wet-weather driver .
during the practice session for the 1977 south african grand prix , run in wet conditions , pryce was faster than everyone , including world champion drivers niki lauda and james hunt .
during the race , he collided at high speed with a safety marshal , frederik jansen van vuuren , and both men were killed .
a memorial to pryce was unveiled in 2009 in his home town of ruthin .
