years championships races nationality points birth_date wins poles article_title name podiums
1952 -- 1953 , 1955 0 7 gbr british 0 21 september 1920 0 0 kenneth mcalpine
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kenneth mcalpine

kenneth mcalpine -lrb- born 21 september 1920 -rrb- is a british former racing driver from england .
he was born in cobham , surrey .
he participated in 7 formula one world championship grands prix , debuting on 19 july 1952 .
he scored no championship points .
during the development of the connaught racing team based at send in surrey , mcalpine became a considerable financial backer and enjoyed several team owner triumphs including tony brooks 's memorable f1 victory at syracuse , italy in 1955 .
the team was eventually broken up in 1958 and cars sold off , including one or more to a young bernie ecclestone .
after grands prix , mcalpine established a successful english wine growing and bottling business at his estate in lamberhurst , kent .
he is a member of the mcalpine family that started the famous civil engineering company of the same name .
he is also a member of the air squadron .
