Ron Flockhart (auto racing)

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Ron Flockhart
Nationality  British
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1954, 1956 - 1960
Teams	Maserati, BRM, Connaught, Cooper, Lotus
Races	14 (13 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	1
Career points	5
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1954 British Grand Prix
Last race	1960 United States Grand Prix

Ron Flockhart (b. 16 June 1923, Edinburgh - d. 12 April 1962, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia) was a Scottish racing driver. Ron started competing in 1951 in a Joe Potts Formula 3 car. He participated in 14 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on July 14, 1956. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 5 championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races. In 1956, driving an ex-works Jaguar D-type for the small Scottish team Ecurie Ecosse, he won the Le Mans 24 hours endurance race with co-driver Ninian Sanderson. The following year he won again for the same team, this time with Ivor Bueb. Flockhart died in an air crash in 1962.

Contents 1 Early career 2 Formula One World Championship results 3 Record flight attempts and death 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Early career

Flockhart purchased the famous ERA R4D from Raymond Mays and in 1953 had a very successful season, beating one of the works BRMs at Goodwood. With podium finishes at Goodwood, Charterhall, Snetterton and Crystal Palace, as well as several hill climb successes, his rise to prominence had begun.

[edit] Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Pts.
1956	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	BRM L4	ARG	MON	500	BEL	FRA	GBR Ret	GER					14th	4
	Connaught Engineering	Connaught B Type	Alta L4								ITA 3
1957	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	BRM L4	ARG	MON Ret	500	FRA Ret	GBR	GER	PES	ITA				-	0
1958	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	BRM L4	ARG	MON DNQ	NED	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	MOR Ret	-	0
1959	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	BRM L4	MON Ret	500	NED	FRA 6	GBR Ret	GER	POR 7	ITA 13	USA			-	0
1960	Team Lotus	Lotus 18	Climax L4	ARG	MON	500	NED	BEL	FRA 6	GBR	POR	ITA			25th	1
	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T51	Climax L4										USA Ret

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mike Hawthorn Ivor Bueb	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1956 with: Ninian Sanderson	Succeeded by Ron Flockhart Ivor Bueb
Preceded by Ron Flockhart Ninian Sanderson	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1957 with: Ivor Bueb	Succeeded by Olivier Gendebien Phil Hill

[edit] Record flight attempts and death

In the early 1960s the United Dominions Trust made plans to break the record for the time taken to fly from Sydney to London in order to gain publicity for its UDT Laystall racing team.^[1] A Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation-built Mustang World War Two fighter was purchased in Australia and Flockhart was engaged to make the attempt.^[1] Flockhart departed Sydney in the Mustang, registered G-ARKD, on 28 February 1961 and after several delays due to bad weather finally ended the attempt at Athens due to engine problems.^[1] Flockhart subsequently entered the London-Cardiff Air Race to be held in June that year but withdrew because G-ARKD was still in Athens.^[1] G-ARKD was abandoned and another CAC Mustang, registered VH-UWB, was bought in Australia for Flockhart to make a second attempt at the Sydney-London record.^[1] On 12 April 1962, while on a test flight in preparation for the record attempt, Flockhart crashed VH-UWB in poor weather near Kallista, Victoria and was killed.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• List of Formula 3 drivers