Ron Flockhart (racing driver)

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William Ronald Flockhart (16 June 1923 – 12 April 1962) was a British racing driver. He participated in 14 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, achieving one podium finish and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar race twice.

Racing career

Flockhart started competing in 1951 in a JP Formula 3 car. He purchased the famous ERA R4D from Raymond Mays and in 1953 had a very successful season, beating one of the works BRMs at Goodwood. He achieved podium finishes at Goodwood, Charterhall, Snetterton and Crystal Palace, as well as several hill climb successes.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Flockhart's best World Championship result was third place at the 1956 Italian Grand Prix in a Connaught Type B.[1] In 1959, driving a BRM P25, he won the Lady Wigram Trophy,[2] and qualified on pole, set fastest lap and won the non-championship Silver City Trophy.[3]

In 1956, driving for the Scottish team Ecurie Ecosse, Flockhart won the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans, sharing an ex-works Jaguar D-type with Ninian Sanderson.[4] The following year he won again for the same team, this time sharing with Ivor Bueb, setting a distance record of Script error: No such module "convert"..[5][6]

Record flight attempts and death

In the early 1960s, the United Dominions Trust made plans to break the record for the time taken to fly from Sydney to London in order to gain publicity for its UDT Laystall racing team.[7] A Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation-built Mustang World War Two fighter was purchased in Australia and Flockhart was engaged to make the attempt.[7] Flockhart departed Sydney in the Mustang, registered G-ARKD, on 28 February 1961 and after several delays due to bad weather finally ended the attempt at Athens due to engine problems.[7] Flockhart subsequently entered the London-Cardiff Air Race to be held in June that year but withdrew because G-ARKD was still in Athens.[7] G-ARKD was abandoned and another CAC Mustang, registered VH-UWB, was bought in Australia for Flockhart to make a second attempt at the Sydney-London record.[7] On 12 April 1962, while on a test flight in preparation for the record attempt, Flockhart crashed VH-UWB in poor weather near Kallista, Victoria, and was killed.[7]

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 WDC Pts
1954 Prince Bira Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 ARG 500 BEL FRA GBR
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1956 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 BRM P25 2.5 L4 ARG MON 500 BEL FRA GBR
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Connaught Engineering Connaught B Alta GP 2.5 L4 ITA
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1957 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 BRM P25 2.5 L4 ARG MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		500 FRA
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1958 R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Cooper T43 Climax FPF 2.0 L4 ARG MON
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NED 500 BEL FRA GBR GER POR ITA NC 0
Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 BRM P25 2.5 L4 MOR
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1959 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 BRM P25 2.5 L4 MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		500 NED FRA
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
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7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		USA NC 0
1960 Team Lotus Lotus 18 Climax FPF 2.5 L4 ARG MON 500 NED BEL FRA
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR POR ITA 25th 1
Cooper Car Company Cooper T51 USA
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* Shared drive with Prince Bira

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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1955 Template:Flagicon Lotus Engineering Template:Flagicon Colin Chapman Lotus Mark IX S1.1 99 DNF
(Reversed on track)
1956 Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse Template:Flagicon Ninian Sanderson Jaguar D-Type S5.0 300 1st 1st
1957 Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse Template:Flagicon Ivor Bueb Jaguar D-Type S5.0 327 1st 1st
1959 Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse Template:Flagicon John ‘Jock’ Lawrence Tojeiro S3.0 137 DNF
(Overheating)
1960 Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse Template:Flagicon Bruce Halford Jaguar D-Type S3.0 168 DNF
(Crankshaft)
1961 Template:Flagicon Border Reivers Template:Flagicon Jim Clark Aston Martin DBR1/300 S3.0 132 DNF
(Clutch)
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Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results

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1958 Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse Template:Flagicon Masten Gregory Jaguar D-Type S3.0 55 DNF
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References

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  6. ↑ The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, 12 June 1961, p. 34.
  7. ↑ a b c d e f Anderson, Peter N. Mustangs of the RAAF and RNZAF. A. H. & A. W. Reed Pty. Ltd. Terry Hills, Sydney, NSW 1975. Template:ISBN
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Sporting positions
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1956-1957
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