Piers Courage




Piers Raymond Courage (27 May 1942 – 21 June 1970) was a British racing driver. He participated in 29 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debutingflatmate Piers Courage. After Williams backed Courage in a successful 1968 Formula Two season, he purchased a Brabham Formula One car for Courage in 1969June while testing his McLaren M8D Can-Am car at Goodwood Circuit. Piers Courage, driver for Frank Williams's team, was killed during the Dutch Grandincluding Piers Courage, for several years in Formula Two and Formula Three. Williams purchased a Brabham Formula One chassis, which Courage drove throughoutMemorial. Retrieved December 14, 2011. Edworthy, Sarah (July 19, 2003). "Piers Courage lived life to the full and was tipped for GP greatness". The Daily TelegraphClark was killed, and within two years both of Mosley's 1968 teammates, Piers Courage and Chris Lambert, were dead in racing accidents. Mosley's best result1969 24 Hours of Le Mans with a four car entry. Jean-Pierre Beltoise/Piers Courage in the MS650, Jean Guichet/Nino Vaccarella in the MS630, Nanni Galli/RobinAspinall. In 1972, his father married Lady Sarah "Sally" Courage, widow of the racing driver Piers Courage and daughter of Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe. FromWilliams. He bought a Brabham BT26A and promoted his Formula Two driver Piers Courage. Going into the second half of the season, Chris Amon left Ferrari.won by Lotus driver Jochen Rindt after he started from pole position. Piers Courage finished second for the Brabham team and BRM driver John Surtees camethe first win for a driver wearing a full face helmet in Formula One. Piers Courage finished second in a Brabham-Ford entered by Frank Williams, with JoHaving started from pole position, he traded the lead with Stewart and Piers Courage several times. During the last lap, Rindt, Stewart, McLaren, and Jean-PierrePrix, the De Tomaso 505/38 flipped and caught fire, killing driver Piers Courage. The team persevered, first with Brian Redman, then Tim Schenken. HoweverRindt behind the wheel. However, tragedy struck during the race: Briton Piers Courage, driving for Frank Williams, crashed heavily near the notoriously fastto change a battery. This dropped him behind Amon and Graham Hill. Piers Courage in the BRM had spun out on the hill just out of Sainte Devote by lapthe year. Disaster struck at the following Dutch Grand Prix. Driver Piers Courage was killed in an accident that saw his De Tomaso 505 flip and catchAnthony Courage (1875 – 1944), one of the British First World War cavalry generals James Courage (1903–1963), New Zealand novelist Piers Courage (1942–1970)Concessionaires-entered 275 GTB/C (chassis 09035) driven by Roy Pike and Piers Courage finished 8th overall and 1st in class, while the Ecurie Francorchampstrouble while Beltoise broke his suspension running over a curb and Piers Courage (Reg Parnell Racing BRM) stopped because his car was handling so badlyremembers F1 driver Piers Courage. During development, however, Courage Compétition has been taken over by ORECA , so the original name Courage LC70 has beenthe other customer teams: Maranello Concessionaires (Richard Attwood/Piers Courage), Scuderia Filipinetti (Jean Guichet/Herbert Müller) and the North AmericanLotus-BRM 25 BRM P60 2.1 V8 F D G Piers Courage 1 Chris Irwin 3 BRM P261 P83 BRM P60 2.1 V8 BRM P75 3.0 H16 Piers Courage 2, 6 Chris Irwin 4–11 John Lovebeen finished (just before scrutineering ) for Jean-Pierre Beltoise / Piers Courage, while two former 630 chassis were converted (christened 630/650) forForces Piers Coleman, British physicist Piers Corbyn (born 1947), British weather forecaster, climate change denier and conspiracy theorist Piers Courage (1942–1970)slow him and he dropped away, leaving Ickx in a dominant position. Piers Courage had an accident at Breidscheid when he slipped on some oil and crashedCarrera 6 Porsche 1991cc F6 330 8 GT 5.0 29 Maranello Concessionaires Piers Courage Roy Pike Ferrari 275 GTB Competizione Ferrari 3.3L V12 313 9 P 1.3 62Jim Clark took four race victories in 1968, followed by one win for Piers Courage and two victories for Jochen Rindt in 1969. Derek Bell drove a DFW versionthe race was marred by the violent fatal accident of British driver Piers Courage driving the Frank Williams-entered De Tomaso-Ford on lap 22, at TunnelLotus-Ford 44 Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4 D Gerhard Mitter 6 Pedro Rodríguez 6 Piers Courage 6 Reg Parnell Racing Lotus-BRM 33 BRM P60 2.0 V8 F Mike Spence All FerrariHobbs BRM 1:30.1 +4.8 15 14 Alan Rees Cooper-Maserati 1:30.3 +5.0 16 16 Piers Courage BRM 1:30.4 +5.1 17 19 Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 1:30.7 +5.4 18 17in May 1986 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in south-east France; British Piers Courage burned to death at the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix; Jim Clark hit a tree onStommelen (from Porsche) and ‘Nanni’ Galli (from Matra). The others had Piers Courage/Andrea de Adamich, Masten Gregory/Toine Hezemans and Carlo Facetti/TeodoroMcLaren-Ford 3:35.4 +6.8 6 5 Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 3:37.1 +8.5 7 14 Piers Courage BRM 3:37.2 +8.6 8 11 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 3:37.8 +9.2 9 3 Jo SiffertSiffert March-Ford 3:32.9 10 11 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 3:32.9 11 12 Piers Courage De Tomaso-Ford 3:33.0 12 13 John Miles Lotus-Ford 3:33.8 13 14 JackieBlundell Tony Brise Martin Brundle Ian Burgess Max Chilton Peter Collins Piers Courage Anthony Davidson Paul di Resta Martin Donnelly Johnny Dumfries Guy Edwardspodium finishes, Attwood was replaced by Piers Courage and Chris Irwin for the Australian rounds. Although Courage failed to make a mark, Irwin finishedChampionship, aided by second places at Monaco and Watkins Glen scored by Piers Courage, driving a Brabham for the Frank Williams Racing Cars privateer squadHenri Pescarolo Matra 1:25.7 7 8 Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 1:25.9 8 9 Piers Courage De Tomaso-Ford 1:26.1 9 10 Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 1:26.1 10 11 JoAttwood BRM 2:00.8 +4.7 14 4 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 2:00.8 +4.7 15 36 Piers Courage BRM 2:01.1 +5.0 16 32 Johnny Servoz-Gavin Cooper-BRM 2:01.2 +5.1 17Rodríguez BRM 1:30.4 +2.2 10 12 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:30.4 +2.2 11 16 Piers Courage BRM 1:30.6 +2.4 12 2 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:31.2 +3.0 13 10 Jackiesecond heat, as was Robert Lamplough. Beltoise won again, this time with Piers Courage in second with Pescarolo third. not classified Frey's car was used in1:32.6 +4.3 16 12 Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 1:32.8 +4.5 17 20 Luki Botha Brabham-Climax 1:33.1 +4.8 18 16 Piers Courage Lotus-BRM 1:33.8 +5.5 Source:Bailey John Clarke Walter Wolf Harvey Postlethwaite Notable drivers Piers Courage Henri Pescarolo Carlos Pace Howden Ganley Gijs van Lennep Arturo Merzariodid not grant championship points, was won by Andrea De Adamich and Piers Courage driving an Alfa Romeo 33. 2nd and 3rd were a Porsche 908/02 and theBrabham-Repco 1:25.79 +2.25 13 21 Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 1:25.86 +2.32 14 20 Piers Courage BRM 1:26.07 +2.53 15 16 Richard Attwood BRM 1:26.72 +3.18 16 17 Jean-PierreBeltoise Matra 1:31.6 +2.7 15 11 Richard Attwood BRM 1:31.7 +2.8 16 20 Piers Courage BRM 1:32.3 +3.4 17 15 Vic Elford Cooper-BRM 1:33.0 +4.1 18 16 Robindriving rainstorm and thick fog. In 1970, after the fatal crash of Piers Courage at Zandvoort, the F1 drivers decided at the French Grand Prix to boycott The Grand Prix was won by Jochen Rindt, driving the Lotus 59B. Jean-Pierre Beltoise finished second and Piers Courage third. "F2 Register - Index".11 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford Rob Walker Racing Team 1:21.6 +2.3 20 22 Piers Courage De Tomaso-Ford Frank Williams Racing Cars 1:22.0 +2.7 21 24 Peter deLotus-Ford 1:18.5 +1.1 9 4 Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 1:18.5 +1.1 10 21 Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 1:19.5 +2.1 11 3 John Miles Lotus-Ford 1:20.0 +2.6 12 15

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