Tony Brooks

Tony Brooks

Charles Anthony Standish Brooks (born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, February 25, 1932) is a British former racing driver from England also known as the "racing dentist". He participated in 39 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on July 14, 1956, and scored the first win by a British driver in a British car in a Grand Prix since 1923, in 1955 driving a Connaught at Syracuse in a non World Championship race. He won 6 races for Vanwall and Ferrari, secured 4 pole positions, achieved 10 podiums, and scored a total of 74 championship points. He drove for BRM but retired from the team at the end of 1961, just before their most successful season.

Complete World Championship Formula One results

(F1 driver results legend 2) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Yr Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 WDC Points
1956 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 BRM Straight-4

ARG
MON
DNS

500

BEL

FRA
GBR
Ret

GER

ITA
- 0
1957 Vandervell Products Vanwall Vanwall
Straight-4

ARG
MON
2

500

FRA
GBR
1*
GER
9
PES
Ret
ITA
7**
5th 11
1958 Vandervell Products Vanwall Vanwall
Straight-4

ARG
MON
Ret
NED
Ret
500
BEL
1
FRA
Ret
GBR
7
GER
1
POR
Ret
ITA
1
MOR
Ret
3rd 24
1959 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Dino 246 Ferrari V6 MON
2

500
NED
Ret
FRA
1
GER
1**
POR
9
ITA
Ret
USA
3
2nd 27
Vandervell Products Vanwall Vanwall
Straight-4
GBR
Ret
1960 Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T51 Climax
Straight-4

ARG
MON
4

500
NED
Ret
BEL
Ret
GBR
5
POR
5

ITA
USA
Ret
11th 7
Vandervell Products Vanwall Vanwall
Straight-4
FRA
Ret
1961 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48/57 Climax
Straight-4
MON
13
NED
9
BEL
13
FRA
Ret
GBR
9
GER
Ret
ITA
5
USA
3
10th 6

* Tony Brooks won the 1957 British Grand Prix sharing his car with Stirling Moss. Both were awarded half points for their victory (4 instead of 8).
** Brooks was also awarded one point in the 1957 Italian Grand Prix and 1959 German Grand Prix for recording the fastest lap.

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