Peter Ashdown

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Peter Ashdown
Nationality	British
World Championship Career
Active years	1959
Team(s)	non-works Cooper
Races	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1959 British Grand Prix
Last race	1959 British Grand Prix

Peter Ashdown (b. 16 October 1934, Danbury, Essex) is a former motor racing driver. He drove in a single Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, racing a Cooper.

Prior to Formula One, he was one of the leaders of the British Formula Junior scene, but an accident at Rouen-Les-Essarts in 1958, in which he broke his collarbone, considerably hampered his career. He continued racing in a Formula 2 Cooper-Climax entered by Alan Brown at the 1959 British Grand Prix at Aintree. From there he drove a Formula Junior Lola and many small-engined sports cars, winning his class in the 1960 and 1962 1000km Nürburgring. He retired in 1962.

[edit] Complete Formula One World Championship Results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Points
1959	Equipe Alan Brown	Cooper T45	Climax	MON	INDY	DUT	FRA	GBR 12	DEU	POR	ITA	USA	-	0