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Ivor Bueb

{{short description|British racing driver (1923–1959)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}

{{Infobox F1 driver

|name = Ivor Bueb

|image=Ivor-bueb-4_resize.jpg

|nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British

|birth_date = {{birth date|1923|6|6|df=y}}

|birth_place = East Ham, Essex, England, UK

|death_date = {{death date and age|1959|8|1|1923|6|6|df=y}}

|death_place = Near Clermont-Ferrand, France

|Years = {{F1|1957}}–{{F1|1959}}

|Team(s) = Connaught,
non-works Maserati, Lotus and Cooper

|Races = 6 (5 starts)

|Championships = 0

|Wins = 0

|Podiums = 0

|Points = 0

|Poles = 0

|Fastest laps = 0

|First race = 1957 Monaco Grand Prix

|First win =

|Last win =

|Last race = 1959 British Grand Prix

}}

Ivor Léon John Bueb ({{IPAc-en|'|b|w|E|b}};{{cite AV media

|people =

|last =

|first =

|date = 1957

|title = Weekend at Le Mans

|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo3Bghgoq9g

|type = Videotape

|time=17:10

|language = English

|via=YouTube

|location = Le Mans

|publisher = Periscope Film

|access-date = 11 January 2025

}} 6 June 1923 – 1 August 1959) was a British professional sports car racing and Formula One driver from England.{{cite web|url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=93 |title=Ivor Bueb at Motorsport Memorial |publisher=motorsportmemorial.org |access-date=9 April 2017}}

Career

Born in East Ham, Essex east of London, Bueb started racing seriously in a Formula Three 500cc Cooper in 1953, graduating to the Cooper works team in 1955 when he finished second in the British championship. He made occasional starts in Grands Prix in 1957 with a Connaught and a Maserati run by Gilby Engineering. The following year he raced Bernie Ecclestone's Connaught at Monaco, and drove a Formula Two Lotus at the German Grand Prix.

In 1959 he had two outings for BRP, firstly a non-qualification at Monaco, then another Formula Two entry at the British Grand Prix. He participated in six Formula One World Championship Grands Prix in all, but scored no championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races. With the death of Archie Scott Brown at Spa in May 1958, Brian Lister hired Bueb to fill the now-vacant Lister-Jaguar driver's seat. Bueb did an admirable job, scoring several first places at tracks such as Crystal Palace and Goodwood during the 1958 and 1959 sports car campaigns.

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Bueb is perhaps best known for sharing the winning works Jaguar D-type with Mike Hawthorn in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans which was marred by an accident in which 82 spectators were killed; a success he repeated with Ron Flockhart in the ex-works Ecurie Ecosse car in 1957.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bn5AAAAAIBAJ&pg=2016%2C6974050 |title=Scots win at Le Mans. Jaguars in First Four Places |work=The Glasgow Herald |date=24 June 1957 |page=7 |access-date=11 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Le_Mans-1955-06-12.html |title=1955 24 Hours of Le Mans results |publisher=racingsportscars.com |access-date=9 April 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.experiencelemans.com/contents/en-us/d176_1957_Le_Mans_24_Hours_Competitors_and_Results.html |title=1957 24 Hours of Le Mans results |publisher=racingsportscars.com |access-date=9 April 2017}}

He suffered serious injuries in 1959 when he crashed his BRP Cooper-Borgward Formula Two car at the Charade Circuit near Clermont-Ferrand, France. He crashed at Gravenoire, a multiple apex-section at the very far end of the circuit, and was thrown out of his Cooper. After being carried off the circuit by Gendarmes in a way that probably worsened his injuries, Bueb died six days later at a hospital near the circuit.

It was Ivor Bueb's death, in conjunction with Archie Scott Brown's demise, that finally led Brian Lister to shut down his very successful sports car racing effort.

Racing record

=Complete Formula One World Championship results=

(key)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! WDC

! Points

rowspan="2"| 1957

! Connaught Engineering

! Connaught
Type B

! Alta Straight-4

| ARG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
{{small|Ret}}

| 500

| FRA

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

!rowspan="2"| NC

!rowspan="2"| 0

Gilby Engineering Ltd.

! Maserati 250F

! Maserati Straight-6

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
{{small|NC}}

| GER

| PES

| ITA

|

|

|

rowspan="2"| 1958

! BC Ecclestone

! Connaught
Type B

! Alta Straight-4

| ARG

| MON

| NED

| 500

| BEL

| FRA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

|

|

!rowspan="2"| NC

!rowspan="2"| 0

Ecurie Demi Litre

! Lotus 12

! Climax Straight-4

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
11 *

| POR

| ITA

| MOR

rowspan="2"| 1959

!rowspan="2"| British Racing Partnership

!rowspan="2"| Cooper T51

! Climax Straight-4

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MON
{{small|DNQ}}

| 500

| NED

| FRA

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

!rowspan="2"| NC

!rowspan="2"| 0

Borgward Straight-4

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
13

| GER

| POR

| ITA

| USA

|

|

colspan="17"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|date=1994|publisher=Guinness|page=87|isbn=0851127029}}}}}}

* Formula 2 entry.

=Complete British Saloon Car Championship results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! Class

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! DC

! Pts

! Class

1959

! Equipe Endeavour

! Jaguar 3.4-Litre

! {{Tooltip|D|Class D}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GOO
ovr:1
cls:1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AIN
ovr:1
cls:1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL
ovr:1
cls:1

| GOO

| SNE

| BRH

| BRH

! NC

! 0

! NC

colspan="14"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite web |last1=de Jong |first1=Frank |title=British Saloon Car Championship |url=http://www.touringcarracing.net/Pages/BSCC.html |website=History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993 |access-date=18 January 2025}}}}}}

=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
Pos.|Class Position}}

1955

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jaguar Cars Ltd.

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hawthorn

|align=left| Jaguar D-Type

|S5.0

|307

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

1956

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jaguar Cars Ltd.

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hawthorn

|align=left| Jaguar D-Type FI

|S5.0

|280

| 6th

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

1957

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ecurie Ecosse

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ron Flockhart

|align=left| Jaguar D-Type

|S5.0

|327

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

1958

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} J. D. Hamilton
(private entrant)

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Duncan Hamilton

|align=left| Jaguar D-Type

|S3.0

|251

|colspan=2|DNF
(Accident)

1959

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Brian Lister Engineering

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bruce Halford

|align=left| Lister Sport

|S3.0

|121

|colspan=2|DNF
(Engine)

=Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
Pos.|Class Position}}

1956

|align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Jaguar of New York Distributors Inc.

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Duncan Hamilton

|align=left| Jaguar D-Type

|S5.0

|63

|colspan=2|DNF
(Brakes)

1957

|align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Jaguar Cars North America

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hawthorn

|align=left| Jaguar D-Type

|S5.0

|193

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

1958

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ecurie Ecosse

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ninian Sanderson

|align=left| Jaguar D-Type

|S3.0

|22

|colspan=2|DNF
(Valve springs)

1959

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} The Lister Corp.

|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stirling Moss

|align=left| Lister-Jaguar

|S3.0

|98

|colspan=2|DSQ
(Illegal refuelling)

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100921030303/http://www.500race.org/Men/bueb.htm Ivor Bueb profile at The 500 Owners Association]
  • {{IMDB name|8045535}}

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{{succession box|title=Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans |before= José Froilán González
Maurice Trintignant|after= Ron Flockhart
Ninian Sanderson|years= 1955|with=Mike Hawthorn}}

{{succession box|title=Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans |before= Ron Flockhart
Ninian Sanderson|after= Olivier Gendebien
Phil Hill|years= 1957|with=Ron Flockhart}}

{{s-end}}

{{24 Hours of Le Mans winners}}

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Category:1923 births

Category:1959 deaths

Category:People from East Ham

Category:Sportspeople from the London Borough of Newham

Category:English racing drivers

Category:European Formula Two Championship drivers

Category:British Formula Three Championship drivers

Category:24 Hours of Le Mans drivers

Category:24 Hours of Le Mans winning drivers

Category:English Formula One drivers

Category:Connaught Formula One drivers

Category:Gilby Engineering Formula One drivers

Category:British Racing Partnership Formula One drivers

Category:Racing drivers who died while racing

Category:Sport deaths in France

Category:British Touring Car Championship drivers

Category:World Sportscar Championship drivers

Category:Sportspeople from Essex

Category:12 Hours of Reims drivers

Category:Ecurie Ecosse drivers

Category:20th-century English sportsmen