Tony Maggs

Tony Maggs
Born(1937-02-09)9 February 1937
Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Died2 June 2009(2009-06-02) (aged 72)
Caledon, Western Cape, South Africa
Formula One World Championship career
NationalitySouth Africa South African
Active years1961–1965
TeamsCooper; non-works BRM and Lotus
Entries27 (25 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums3
Career points26
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1961 British Grand Prix
Last entry1965 South African Grand Prix
Maggs following Phil Hill at the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix

Anthony Francis O'Connell Maggs (9 February 1937 – 2 June 2009)[1] was a racing driver from South Africa. He participated in 27 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 15 July 1961. He achieved three podiums, and scored a total of 26 championship points. He was the first South African to take part in a Formula One Grand Prix.

The son of a wealthy farmer and businessman, Tony Maggs was part of Ken Tyrrell's Formula Junior, Cooper-BMC team in 1961 and shared the European Championship with Jo Siffert.[2] He was invited into the Cooper Formula One team for 1962–1963, finishing second in the French Grand Prix both years, but was dropped at the end of 1963.[3][4]

Maggs then moved to Scuderia Centro Sud for 1964 and despite the fact that their BRM P57s were not current machinery achieved two points finishes out of three race starts.[2] He also returned to Formula Two with an MRP Lola and with David Piper won the Kyalami 9 Hours race in the latter's Ferrari GTO.[2]

In 1965, Maggs raced only once in Formula One, for Reg Parnell Racing, in the South African Grand Prix at East London but continued with success in both Formula Two and sports cars.[2] However, in a national race at Pietermaritzburg he crashed his Brabham and a young spectator standing in a restricted area was hit and killed. Maggs immediately retired from motor sport to concentrate on his business interests.[2]

Maggs died on 2 June 2009, from cancer.[1]

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 WDC Points
1961 Louise Bryden-Brown Lotus 18 Climax Straight-4 MON NED BEL FRA GBR
13 		GER
11 		ITA USA NC 0
1962 Cooper Car Company Cooper T55 Climax Straight-4 NED
5 		MON
Ret 		GER
9 		7th 13
Cooper T60 Climax V8 BEL
Ret 		FRA
2 		GBR
6 		ITA
7 		USA
7 		RSA
3
1963 Cooper Car Company Cooper T66 Climax V8 MON
5 		BEL
7 		NED
Ret 		FRA
2 		GBR
9 		GER
Ret 		ITA
6 		USA
Ret 		MEX
Ret 		RSA
7 		8th 9
1964 Scuderia Centro Sud BRM P57 BRM V8 MON NED
DNS 		BEL
DNS 		FRA GBR
Ret 		GER
6 		AUT
4 		ITA USA MEX 12th 4
1965 Reg Parnell Racing Lotus 25 BRM V8 RSA
11 		MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA MEX NC 0

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tony Maggs 1937-2009". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. p. 238. ISBN 0851127029.
  3. ^ Straw, Edd (5 June 2009). "Tony Maggs, 1937-2009". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  4. ^ Biodata