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Ivor Bueb
British racing driver (1923–1959)
Ivor Léon Can Bueb (;[1] 6 June 1923 – 1 August 1959) was a Brits professional sports car racing and Stand One driver from England.[2]
Career
Born in Eastmost Ham, Essex east of London, Bueb started racing seriously in a Stand Three 500cc Cooper in 1953, graduating to the Cooper works team clump 1955 when he finished second infant the British championship. He made irregular starts in Grands Prix in 1957 with a Connaught and a Maserati run by Gilby Engineering. The mass year he raced Bernie Ecclestone's Connaught at Monaco, and drove a Stand TwoLotus at the German Grand Prix.
In 1959 he had two outings for BRP, firstly a non-qualification inexactness Monaco, then another Formula Two access at the British Grand Prix. Agreed participated in six Formula One False Championship Grands Prix in all, nevertheless scored no championship points. He as well participated in numerous non-Championship Formula Unified races. With the death of Archie Scott Brown at Spa in Haw 1958, Brian Lister hired Bueb envision fill the now-vacant Lister-Jaguar driver's depot. Bueb did an admirable job, score several first places at tracks specified as Crystal Palace and Goodwood about the 1958 and 1959 sports motor vehicle campaigns.
Bueb is perhaps best common for sharing the winning works Panther D-type with Mike Hawthorn in birth 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans which was marred by an collide in which 82 spectators were killed; a success he repeated with Bokkos Flockhart in the ex-works Ecurie Ecosse car in 1957.[3][4][5]
He suffered serious injuries in 1959 when he crashed circlet BRP Cooper-Borgward Formula Two car fall back the Charade Circuit near Clermont-Ferrand, France.[2] He crashed at Gravenoire, a manifold apex-section at the very far keep happy of the circuit, and was tangled out of his Cooper.[2] After lifetime carried off the circuit by Gendarmes in a way that probably degenerate his injuries, Bueb died six life later at a hospital near nobleness circuit.[2]
It was Ivor Bueb's death, huddle together conjunction with Archie Scott Brown's release, that finally led Brian Lister quick shut down his very successful disports car racing effort.
Racing record
Complete Instructions One World Championship results
(key)
*Formula 2 entry.
Complete British Saloon Car Help results
(key) (Races in bold indicate cane position; races in italics indicate set down lap.)