Brian McGuire

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Brian McGuire
Formula One World Championship career
Born	(1945-12-13)13 December 1945 East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	29 August 1977(1977-08-29) (aged 31) Brands Hatch, Kent, England, UK
Nationality	Australian
Active years	1976–1977
Teams	McGuire
Races	2 (0 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1976 British Grand Prix
Last race	1977 British Grand Prix

Brian McGuire (13 December 1945 in East Melbourne – 29 August 1977 at Brands Hatch, UK) was a racing driver and constructor from Australia.

Racing career

McGuire travelled over to the UK from Australia with another hopeful young driver, Alan Jones, but did not enjoy his countryman's success. McGuire entered two Formula One British Grands Prix. With his privately run Williams FW04 at the 1976 British Grand Prix, he found himself as a reserve entry and was denied a chance to compete.

For the 1977 race, he modified his Williams FW04 and renamed it the McGuire BM1, but failed to pre-qualify. McGuire was killed practicing this car during a Shellsport G8 Championship race at Brands Hatch later that year.

Career results

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1976	Brian McGuire	Williams FW04	Cosworth V8	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR DNP	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN		NC	0
1977	Brian McGuire	McGuire BM1	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR DNPQ	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN	NC	0

Complete Shellsport International Series results

(key) (note: results shown in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
1976	Williams FW04	Cosworth V8	MAL	SNE Ret	OUL Ret	BRH Ret	THR Ret	BRH 3	MAL Ret	SNE Ret	BRH Ret	THR 1	OUL DNS	BRH Ret	BRH		8	34
1977	Williams FW04	Cosworth V8	MAL Ret	SNE DNS	OUL Ret	BRH Ret	MAL Ret	THR Ret	BRH Ret	OUL 5	MAL	DON Ret	BRH DNS	THR	SNE	BRH	21	8

References

"The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
1976 Shellsport International Series, GEL Motorosport Information - The Formula One Archive, Retrieved 27 April 2011.
1977 Shellsport G8 International Series, GEL Motorosport Information - The Formula One Archive, Retrieved 27 April 2011.

Preceded by Tom Pryce	Formula One fatal accidents 29 August 1977	Succeeded by Ronnie Peterson

Persondata
Name	McGuire, Brian
Alternative names
Short description	Australian racing driver
Date of birth	13 December 1945
Place of birth	East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of death	29 August 1977
Place of death	Brands Hatch, Kent, England, UK

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