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David Piper Great Britain
- Full name David Piper
- Birth date December 2, 1930
- Birthplace Edgware, Middlesex, Great Britain
- Current age 82 years 200 days
- Teams Team Lotus
World Championship Career
| Year | Car | Race | Start | Won | Pod | Class | Best | Pole | Front | Best | Lap | Hat | Pts | Pos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Team Lotus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| 1960 | Team Lotus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| Total | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Race | Circuit | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First race | British Grand Prix | Aintree | July 18, 1959 | Race results |
| Last race | British Grand Prix | Silverstone | July 16, 1960 | Race results |
Profile
David Piper was a privateer who competed in three grand prix in 1959 and 1960 but only qualified for two of them. With Ferrari he enjoyed success in sports car racing - he was the team's most successful privateer - but in 1966 while filming the Steve McQueen film Le Mans he crashed his Porsche 917 and lost a leg. He later recalled: "I suddenly found myself sitting in only half a car, surrounded by smoke and dust, and I thought, `Good Lord, that's my shoe over there - and my foot is still in it'." Undaunted, he returned to the track within months and in 2005 celebrated 60 years of competitive racing.
Martin Williamson November 2009
