Howden Ganley#Ganley F1 Car
{{Short description|New Zealand racing driver (born 1941)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}}
{{Infobox F1 driver
| image = HowdenGanleyNZFMR2015.jpg
| name = Howden Ganley
| nationality = {{flag|NZL|name=New Zealander}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|12|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hamilton, New Zealand
| Years = {{F1|1971}} – {{F1|1974}}
| Team(s) = BRM, Iso–Marlboro, March, Maki
| Races = 41 (35 starts)
| Championships = 0
| Wins = 0
| Podiums = 0
| Poles = 0
| Points = 10
| Fastest laps = 0
| First race = 1971 South African Grand Prix
| First win =
| Last win =
| Last race = 1974 German Grand Prix
}}
James Howden Ganley (born 24 December 1941) is a former racing driver from New Zealand. From 1971 to 1974 he participated in 41 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix. He placed 4th twice and scored points 5 times for a total of 10 championship points (only the top 6 places scored points). He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races.
Personal and early life
When he was thirteen years old, he attended the 1955 New Zealand Grand Prix at Ardmore{{cite book
| editor = Bruce Jones
| title = The Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One
| publisher = Carlton Books
| year = 1998
| isbn = 1-85868-515-X
| page = 105}} which inspired him and provided him with an impetus to follow a career in racing.{{cite web
| title = Drivers: Howden Ganley
| publisher = GrandPrix.com
| url = http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-ganhow.html
| access-date = 2007-01-08}} Immediately after leaving school, Ganley became a reporter for the Waikato Times{{cite web
|title=Howden Ganley – BRDC Archive Biography
|publisher=British Racing Drivers Club
|url=http://www.brdc.co.uk/brdcarchive.cfm/flag/2/member_id/109
|access-date=2007-01-08
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206133942/http://www.brdc.co.uk/brdcarchive.cfm/flag/2/member_id/109
|archive-date=6 December 2006
|url-status=dead
}} and wrote a column for Sports Car Illustrated. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1961 and pursued a career as a mechanic.
Career
= Early career =
Between 1960 and 1962, Ganley competed in many events throughout New Zealand driving a Lotus Eleven. Throughout this period, he was earning a living by working as a foreman for a concreting company.
In 1970, Ganley finished second to Peter Gethin in the European Formula 5000 championship. This caught the attention of the BRM Formula One team, who signed him to a contract for 1971.
= Formula 5000 =
In 1970, Ganley finished the European Formula 5000 Championship in 2nd place with help from his friend and mechanic Barry Ultahan.
= Formula One =
In {{F1|1971}}, Ganley started off the season promisingly with fifth place at the non-championship Race of Champions.{{cite web
| title = Race of Champions Brands Hatch 1971
| publisher = Gerald's Motor Sport Pictures
| url = http://f3history.co.uk/Racingpics/bh_roc71/roc71.htm
| access-date = 2007-01-08
| archive-date = 7 May 2018
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180507153510/http://f3history.co.uk/Racingpics/bh_roc71/roc71.htm
| url-status = dead
}} At the end of 1971, having scored two points finishes during the year, Ganley was awarded the Wolfgang von Trips Memorial Trophy for the best performance by a newcomer to Grand Prix racing.
In {{F1|1972}} Ganley raced for the Marlboro BRM team and finished 13th in the Championship with 4 points. His highest finish for the season was 4th at the Nürburgring.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AwX6i3BX84 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/8AwX6i3BX84| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Germany gp 1972 |via=YouTube |access-date=28 March 2016}}{{cbignore}} For the {{F1|1973}} season Ganley signed up to drive an Iso–Marlboro car for Frank Williams Racing. At the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix he was almost declared the winner because of a timing mix up with the pace car; when the results were corrected, Ganley was classified sixth.
A suspension failure in practice for the 1974 German Grand Prix while driving for the Maki team left Ganley with serious foot and ankle injuries that ended his Grand Prix career.
= Ganley F1 Car =
In 1975 a Ganley F1 project was initiated. The Ganley-Cosworth 001 car was hand-built by Howden Ganley on his premises at Windsor. It was almost readied, and Ganley had two DFV engines at hand, but it never ran in anger.{{cite web |url=http://8w.forix.com/6thgear/neverraced.html |title=Grand Prix Cars that never raced |publisher=8W |access-date=28 March 2016}} Ganley eventually used the equipment to start Tiga Race Cars with fellow driver Tim Schenken the following year.
= Sportscars =
Ganley and François Cevert drove a Matra-Simca MS670 to second place in the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans.
= Tiga Race Cars =
File:Tiga SC83 of Malcom Miller.JPG SC83 Sports 2000 car]]
In 1976 Ganley and former Formula One driver Australian Tim Schenken founded Tiga Race Cars as a British-based race car constructor and race team.{{cite web |url=http://www.tigaracecars.com/news6.shtml |title=AD Team Tiga – Event Partner at Spa Franchorchamps |work=tigaracecars.com |date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104081133/http://www.tigaracecars.com/news6.shtml |archive-date=4 November 2013 |access-date=28 March 2016}} The team had plans to compete in Formula One in 1978, but the project did not proceed due to sponsorship withdrawal.{{cite web
| title = Interview with Mikko Kozarowitzky
| publisher = F1 Rejects
| url = http://f1rejects.com/interviews/kozarowitzky/index.html
| access-date = 2007-01-08
| archive-date = 15 November 2004
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041115062633/http://f1rejects.com/interviews/kozarowitzky/index.html
| url-status = dead
}}
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Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |
| Year
! Team ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! WDC ! Points |
|---|
| rowspan=2| 1971
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ESP |style="background:#ffcfcf;"| MON |style="background:#cfcfff;"| NED |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| 15th !rowspan=2| 5 |
| BRM P160
| | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| CAN |style="background:#dfffdf;"| USA | | | | |
| rowspan=3| 1972
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| ARG |style="background:#cfcfff;"| RSA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| FRA | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=3| 13th !rowspan=3| 4 |
| BRM P180
| | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON | | | | | | | | | | | |
| BRM P160C
| | | | | | |GBR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER |style="background:#dfffdf;"| AUT |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CAN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA | | | |
| rowspan=2| 1973
!rowspan=2| Frank Williams Racing Cars !rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ARG |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| RSA | | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| 19th !rowspan=2| 1 |
| Iso–Marlboro IR
| | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON |style="background:#cfcfff;"| SWE |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| NED |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| GER |style="background:#cfcfff;"| AUT |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| USA |
| rowspan=2| 1974
!rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ARG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRA |RSA |ESP |BEL |MON |SWE |NED |FRA | | | | | | !rowspan=2| NC !rowspan=2| 0 |
| Maki Engineering
| | | | | | | | | |style="background:#ffcfcf;"| GBR |style="background:#ffcfcf;"| GER |AUT |ITA |CAN |USA |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |
| Year
! Team ! Co-drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class |
|---|
| 1972
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Equipe Matra Simca Shell |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} François Cevert |align="left"| Matra-Simca MS670 | S 3.0 | 333 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |
| 1973
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Gulf Research Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Derek Bell |align="left"| Mirage M6-Cosworth | S 3.0 | 163 | DNF | DNF |
| 1975
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Gelo Racing Team |align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Schenken |align="left"| Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | GTS | 106 | DNF | DNF |
| 1976
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Gelo Racing Team |align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Clemens Schickentanz |align="left"| Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | Gr. 5 SP | 74 | DNF | DNF |
Footnotes
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{{Formula One drivers from New Zealand}}
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Category:New Zealand Formula One drivers
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Category:Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand
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Category:Williams Formula One drivers
Category:March Formula One drivers