Ivor Bueb

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Ivor Bueb
Formula One Career
Nationality	British
Active years	1957 - 1959
Team(s)	Connaught, Gilby, non-works Lotus and British Racing Partnership
Grands Prix	6
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First Grand Prix	1957 Monaco Grand Prix


Last Grand Prix	1959 British Grand Prix

Ivor Léon John Bueb (b. June 6, 1923, East Ham, London - d. August 1, 1959, Clermont-Ferrand, France) was a sports car racing and Formula One driver from England.

Bueb started racing seriously in a Formula 3 500cc Cooper in 1953, graduating to occasional starts in Grands Prix in 1957 with a Connaught and a Maserati run by Gilby Engineering. The following year he raced Bernie Ecclestone's Connaught at Monaco, and drove a Formula Two Lotus at the German Grand Prix. In 1959 he had two outings for BRP, firstly a non-qualification at Monaco, then another Formula Two entry at the British Grand Prix. He participated in 6 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix in all, but scored no championship points.

He is best known for sharing the winning works Jaguar D-type with Mike Hawthorn in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans; a success he repeated with Ron Flockhart in the ex-works Ecurie Ecosse car in 1957.

Bueb died from injuries sustained when he crashed his BRP Cooper-Borgward Formula Two car at Charade Circuit near Clermont-Ferrand, France.

[edit] Complete Formula One Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Team	WDC
1957	Connaught	ARG	MON Ret	INDY	FRA	GBR NC	GER	PES	ITA				Gilby	-
1958	Bernie Ecclestone	ARG	MON	DUT	INDY	BEL	FRA	GBR Ret	GER 11	POR	ITA	MOR	Ecurie Demi-Litre (F2)	-
1959	BRP	MON DNQ	INDY	DUT	FRA	GBR 13	DEU	POR	ITA	USA			BRP (F2)	-