Connaught Engineering

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An ex-Rob Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A Formula One car.
An ex-Rob Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A Formula One car.

Connaught Engineering, often referred to simply as Connaught, was a Formula One and sports car constructor from Britain. Their cars participated in 18 grands Prix, entering a total of 52 races with their A, B, and C Type Grand Prix Cars. They achieved 1 podium and scored 17 championship points. The name Connaught is a pun on Continental Autos, the garage in Send, Surrey, which specialised in sales and repair of european sports cars such as Bugatti, and where the cars were built.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

(Note: grands prix in bold denote points scoring races.)

Yr Main drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1952 D.Poore, E.Thompson SUI 500 BEL FRA GBR GER NED ITA      
1953 A.Pilette, I.Stewart ARG 500 NED BEL FRA GBR GER SUI ITA    
1954 B.Whitehouse, D.Beauman ARG 500 BEL FRA GBR GER SUI ITA ESP    
1955 K.McAlpine, L.Marr ARG MON 500 BEL NED GBR ITA        
1956 A.Scott Brown, D.Titterington ARG MON 500 BEL FRA GBR GER ITA      
1957 I.Bueb, S.Lewis ARG MON 500 FRA GBR GER PES ITA      
1958 B.Ecclestone, B.Kessler ARG MON NED 500 BEL FRA GBR GER POR ITA MOR
1959 B.Said MON 500 NED FRA GBR GER POR ITA USA    

[edit] Sports cars

In addition they built a small number of road going sports cars developed on the Lea Francis Sports Chassis, which achieved considerable competition success. These were of types L2 and L3, and three examples of the stark Cycle Winged L3/SR Sports Racer. Two sports cars, based on the A Type Formula 2 cars, the ALSRs were also built for competition work. In 1962, Jack Fairman attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in a Connaught race car, but failed to find the necessary speed to make the field.

In 2004, the Connaught name was revived by Connaught Motor Company for their Type D Syracuse and Type D-H hybrid supercars.

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