Roy Francesco Salvadori (12 May 1922 – 3 June 2012) was a British racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . In endurance racing, Salvadori won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in with Aston Martin.
Born in Dovercourt to parents of Italian descent, Salvadori began competing in Grand Prix motor racing after World War II. His early career successes at tracks such as Silverstone and Snetterton earned him the nickname "King of the Airfields". He graduated to Formula One by 1952 and competed regularly until 1962 for a succession of teams including Cooper, Vanwall, BRM, Aston Martin and Connaught. Also a competitor in other formulae, he won the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans in an Aston Martin with co-driver Carroll Shelby.
In 47 starts, Salvadori achieved two F1 Championship podium finishes: third place at the 1958 British Grand Prix and second place at that year's German Grand Prix, and won non-championship races in Australia, New Zealand and England. In 1961, he was lying second in the United States Grand Prix when his Cooper's engine failed. At the end of 1962, he retired from F1, and stopped racing altogether a couple of years later to concentrate on the motor trade. He returned to the sport in 1966 to manage the Cooper-Maserati squad for two seasons, and eventually retired to Monaco.
Racing career
Early career
With his ambition thwarted by World War II, Salvadori began his career in 1946, racing purely for pleasure, in minor events, in a MG and an ex-Brooklands offset Riley racer before stepping up to an ex-Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo P3 in 1947. It was with this car, he raced in the 1947 Grand Prix des Frontières, where late into the race, his Alfa would remain stuck in top gear. Despite this, Salvadori still cruised home to record an impressive fifth place. He then decided to become a professional racing driver, and drove a number of different makes as his career progressed.
King of the Airfields
Salvadori knew his limitations, and realized that chasing the likes of Stirling Moss at circuits like steeply cambered, high-banked Dundrod or Pescara, with its blind bends and flat-out blinds, was futile, verging on suicidal. Though he was not alone in that, he became known as "King of the Airfields", accumulating wins at Silverstone, Snetterton and flat English airfield tracks.
Salvadori twice won the Oulton Park's International Gold Cup where there were plenty of trees to hit and a lake to plunge into, which he did once driving a Jaguar Mk.II 3.8 saloon. Nor was the Le Mans Mulsanne Straight at night a place for the careless or nervous, nevertheless he scored his most notable success there in an Aston Martin DBR1/300 in 1959.
Salvadori's association with tractor magnate David Brown and his Feltham-built Aston Martin sports cars, GTs and F1 underscored his career; he joined Brown's team in mid-1953, and would label his 1963 defeat of Ferrari's 250 GTO at Monza in its DP214 in the Inter-Europa Cup, as his favourite victory.
Formula One
thumb|left|1956 Silverstone GP Formula 2 race winner Salvadori with foot on tyre of Cooper T41
Salvadori recovered sufficiently from his Silverstone accident to make his first entry into Grand Prix racing in 1952 when he drove a two-litre four cylinder Ferrari 500 in the British Grand Prix for G. Caprara, finishing eighth, three laps down. He would continue to race the Ferrari, winning the Joe Fry Memorial Trophy. For the 1953 season, Salvadori joined the Connaught team and competed in five Grands Prix with the Connaught "A type" but retired from all of them. marked him out as a potential top-level driver. However, he remained particularly active in domestic motor sport and in sports cars for Aston Martin. But this all changed in 1957, when he signed with Cooper achieving only one fifth place at RAC British Grand Prix. However, 1958 (as teammate to Jack Brabham) was his most successful season, finishing fourth in the World Drivers' Championship for Cooper, behind Mike Hawthorn, Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks. Over the course of the season, he would earn two podium finishes, However he was not retained by Cooper for 1959 (when Brabham would win the first of his titles) but drove a privately entered Cooper, as well as the works Aston Martin, in which he achieved two sixth-place finishes. He continued with Parnell for 1962, now under the Bowmaker Racing Team name with the Lola Mk4-Climax, but eight attempts yielded seven retirements and one failure to start (as John Surtees took the car).
Sports cars
Throughout his Formula One career, Salvadori continued to participate in many other classes, particularly within the United Kingdom and became very well-known domestically as a result. He would follow this victory up with another at Snetterton and Goodwood later on in the season. He impressed with his aggressive press-on attitude, when he finished second in the Internationales ADAC-1000 km Rennen Weltmeisterschaftslauf Nürburgring in an Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar C-Type, shared with Ian Stewart
Ever since he started racing sportscars in the upper levels during the 1950s, he was usually a sure bet to finish in the top five, whether it was in national or international races. However, in 1959, he would achieve a run of success of which even the best would find themselves envious. Although he only finished one race in the year to March, over the next three months Salvadori would go on an incredible run of success. The run started with a second place in the British Empire Trophy race but followed that with two straight victories in the Aintree 200 and an International race at Silverstone. And then, a pair of second-place finishes and another victory, this time at the National Open race at Crystal Palace in the middle of May. It was on to the Circuit de la Sarthe for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
1959 24 Hours of Le Mans
Salvadori was entered in the race by David Brown Racing Dept. in an Aston Martin DBR1/300, partnered by the same co-driver he had had at the 12 Hours of Sebring earlier on in the year, Texan Carroll Shelby. Attrition would be a constant participant and the field would be down to just 13 cars, heading the surviving cars was that of Salvadori and Shelby. The Englishman would bring the car across the finish line giving himself and Brown the Le Mans victory each had been longing for many years. This would be the high point of his sports car career, especially as Shelby was afflicted by dysentery, therefore Salvadori did the lion's share of the driving. Before the end of the season, he would score four more victories to make it his best season. 1961 would see him take two victories at Crystal Palace on the same day, plus a string of other podium finishes A year later, he spun on oil dropped by Bruce McLaren's Aston Martin DP214 during the early stages of the race and flipped his E-Type onto its roof; the car then burst into flames. Jean-Pierre Manzon in his Aerodjet LM6 hit Salvadori and stopped in the middle of the track. Christian Heins was unable to avoid the wreckage; his car swerved out of control, hit another car, spun into a lamp car, and exploded in flames. Salvadori and Manzon were both injured; Heins died instantly. The accident ultimately led to Salvadori retiring from racing in early 1965, after finished second in the Whitsun Trophy race at Goodwood, abroad a Ford GT40. His last sportscar victory came the season before in the Scott-Brown Memorial at Snetterton.
Salvadori returned to Formula One as a team manager for the Cooper racing team in 1966 and 1967.
Salvadori retired to Monaco in the late 1960s.
Family life
Salvadori married Susan Hindmarsh, one of the daughters of racing driver, long distance record breaker and 'round the world' driver Violette Cordery and her husband, the racing driver and aviator John Stuart Hindmarsh.
Racing record
Career highlights
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Season
! Series
! Position
! Team
! Car
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1952
| Joe Fry Memorial Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| G, Caprara
| Ferrari 500
|-
| Goodwood Nine Hours
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| G. Caprara
| Ferrari 225 S
|-
| Charterhall International
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| B. Baird
| Ferrari 225 S
|-
| rowspan="8" | 1953
| WECC Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Connaught Engineering
| Connaught-Les Francis Type A
|-
| Madgwick Cup
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Connaught Engineering
| Connaught-Les Francis Type A
|-
| Lavant Cup
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Connaught Engineering
| Connaught-Les Francis Type A
|-
| AMOC Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Connaught Engineering
| Connaught-Les Francis Type A
|-
| Crystal Palace Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Connaught Engineering
| Connaught-Les Francis Type A
|-
| Internationales ADAC-1000 km Rennen Weltmeisterschaftslauf Nürburgring
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Ecurie Ecosse
| Jaguar C-Type
|-
| Newcastle Journal Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati 250F
|-
| WECC Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati 250F
|-
| British Empire Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati A6GCS
|-
| Lavant Cup
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati 250F
|-
| Chichester Cup
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati 250F
|-
| Penya Rhin Grand Prix
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Ecurie Ecosse
| Jaguar C-Type
|-
| Whitsuntide Race
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati 250F
|-
| Goodwood Trophy
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati 250F
|-
| rowspan="13" | 1955
| Glover Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati 250F
|-
| Lavant Cup
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| John Young
| Connaught-Les Francis Type A
|-
| WHDCC Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
|
| Maserati 250F
|-
| WECC Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati 250F
|-
| Daily Telegraph Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati 250F
|-
| Chichester Cup
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati 250F
|-
| Silverstone International
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Aston Martin
| Aston Martin DB3S
|-
| Snetterton International
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Gilby Eng.
| Maserati 250F
|-
| BARC Trophy
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati 250F
|-
| Aintree International
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Roy Salvadori
| Aston Martin DB3S
|-
| rowspan="10" | 1956
| Circuito do Porto [S1.5]
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Cooper Car Company
| Cooper-Climax T39
|-
| RAC British F2 Grand Prix
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Cooper Car Co.
| Cooper-Climax T41
|-
| Vanwall Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati 250F
|-
| Bank Holiday F2 Race
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Cooper Car Co.
| Cooper-Climax T41
|-
| Sussex Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Cooper Car Co.
| Cooper-Climax T41
|-
| International Gold Cup
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Cooper Car Co.
| Cooper-Climax T41
|-
| Glover Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati 250F
|-
| British Empire Trophy
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Cooper
| Cooper-Climax T39
|-
| Rheinland-Pfalz Preis Nürburgring
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Cooper Car Co.
| Cooper-Climax T39
|-
| Grand Prix de Caen
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Gilby Engineering
| Maserati 250F
|-
| rowspan="8" | 1957
| Woodcote Cup
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Cooper Car Co.
| Cooper-Climax T43
|-
| British Empire Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| D. Brown (Aston Martin) Ltd.
| Aston Martin DBR1
|-
| Sussex Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Aston Martin
| Aston Martin DBR1
|-
| Grand Prix de Spa
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Aston Martin
| Aston Martin DBR1
|-
| London Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Cooper Car Co.
| Cooper-Climax T43
|-
| Aintree International
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Aston Martin
| Aston Martin DBR1
|-
| Grand Prix de Caen
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
|
| Cooper-Climax T43
|-
| FIA Formula One World Championship
| 18th
| Owen Racing Organisation<br>Vandervell Products<br>Cooper Car Company
| BRM P25<br>Vanwall VW5<br>Cooper-Climax T43
|-
| rowspan="8" | 1958
| Aintree 200
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| David Brown
| Aston Martin DBR2
|-
| Daily Express BRDC International Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Cooper Car Co.
| Cooper-Climax T45
|-
| Großer Preis von Deutschland
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Cooper Car Company
| Cooper-Climax T45
|-
| RAC Tourist Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| David Brown Ltd.
| Aston Martin DBR1/300
|-
| Glover Trophy
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
|
| Cooper-Climax T45
|-
| RAC British Grand Prix
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Cooper Car Company
| Cooper-Climax T45
|-
| FIA Formula One World Championship
| 4th
| Cooper Car Company
| Cooper-Climax T45
|-
| USAC Road Racing Championship
| 14th
| Cooper Car Company
| Cooper-Climax T45
|-
| rowspan="9" | 1959
| Aintree 200
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| John Coombs
| Cooper-Maserati Monaco T49
|-
| London Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| High Efficiency Motors
| Cooper-Climax T43
|-
| 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| David Brown Racing Dept.
| Aston Martin DBR1/300
|-
| Lavant Cup
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| High Efficiency Motors
| Cooper-Climax T43
|-
| Fordwater Trophy for Saloon Cars
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| John Coombs Racing Organisation
| Jaguar 3.4
|-
| Daily Express BRDC International Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| David Brown Corporation
| Aston Martin DBR4/250
|-
| British Empire Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| John Coombs
| Cooper-Maserati Monaco T49
|-
| John Davy Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| High Efficiency Motors
| Cooper-Climax T43
|-
| BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship
| 9th
| John Coombs Racing Organisation
| Jaguar 3.4
|-
| rowspan="11" | 1960
| Sussex Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| John Coombs
| Cooper-Maserati Monaco T49
|-
| Aintree 200
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| John Coombs
| Cooper-Maserati Monaco T49
|-
| Lancashire & Cheshire C.C. F2
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| High Efficiency Motors
| Cooper-Climax T51
|-
| Silverstone International – Sports Cars
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| John Coombs
| Cooper-Maserati Monaco T49
|-
| Brands Hatch International
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| J. Coombs
| Cooper-Climax Monaco T49
|-
| Fordwater Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| John Coombs Racing Organisation
| Jaguar Mk II
|-
| RAC Tourist Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Essex Racing Team
| Aston Martin DB4 GT
|-
| Oulton Park Trophy
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| High Efficiency Motors
| Cooper-Climax T51
|-
| 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Border Reivers
| Aston Martin DBR1/300
|-
| Lavant Cup
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| High Efficiency Motors
| Cooper-Climax T51
|-
| International Formula Libre Grand Prix
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| John Coombs
| Cooper-Climax Monaco T49
|-
| rowspan="15" | 1961
| Longford Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Ecurie Vitesse
| Cooper-Climax T51
|-
| Lombank Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| J. Ogier
| Aston Martin DB4 GT
|-
| London Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Yeoman Credit Racing Team
| Cooper-Climax T53
|-
| Silverstone International – Sports Car
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| John Coombs Racing Organisation
| Cooper-Climax Monaco T49
|-
| Peco Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| John Coombs
| Jaguar E-Type
|-
| Scott-Brown Memorial Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| John Coombs
| Jaguar E-Type
|-
| Molyslip Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
|
| Jaguar E-Type
|-
| Glover Trophy
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Yeoman Credit Racing Team
| Cooper-Climax T53
|-
| B.R.D.C. International Trophy
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Yeoman Credit Racing Team
| Cooper-Climax T53
|-
| Peco Trophy
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| John Coombs
| Jaguar E-Type
|-
| RAC Tourist Trophy
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Essex Racing Team
| Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato
|-
| Grote Prijs van Danske
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Yeoman Credit Racing Team
| Cooper-Climax T53
|-
| BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship
| 5th
| John Coombs
| Jaguar Mk II 3.8
|-
| Inter-Continental Championship
| 6th
| Yeoman Credit Racing Team
| Cooper-Climax T53
|-
| FIA Formula World Championship
| 17th
| Yeoman Credit Racing Team
| Cooper-Climax T53
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1962
| Lavant Cup
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
|
| Lola-Climax T4
|-
| Crystal Palace Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
|
| Lola-Climax T4
|-
| Kanonloppet
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Bowmaker Racing Team
| Lola-Climax T4
|-
| Peco Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| John Coombs
| Ferrari 250 GTO
|-
| rowspan="13" | 1963
| Lavant Cup
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
|
| Cooper-Climax Monaco T61
|-
| Aintree 200
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| C. T. Atkins
| Cooper-Climax Monaco T61
|-
| Silverstone International – Sports Cars
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| C. T. Atkins
| Cooper-Climax Monaco T61
|-
| The Motors 6 Hours
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Tommy Atkins
| Jaguar Mk II 3.8
|-
| Coppa Inter-Europa (+2.0)
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| David Brown/Aston Martin Lagonda
| Aston Martin DP214
|-
| St. Mary's Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Tommy Atkins
| Jaguar Mk II 3.8
|-
| Norbury Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Tommy Atkins
| Jaguar Mk II 3.8
|-
| Guards Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| C. T. Atkins
| Cooper-Climax Monaco T61
|-
| Sussex Trophy
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Tommy Atkins
| Jaguar E-Type
|-
| Grovewood Trophy
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| C. T. Atkins
| Jaguar E-Type Lightweight
|-
| The Slip Molyslip Trophy
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Tommy Atkins
| Jaguar Mk II 3.8
|-
| RAC Tourist Trophy
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| C. T. Atkins
| Jaguar E-Type Lightweight
|-
| BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship
| 4th
| Tommy Atkins
| Jaguar Mk II 3.8
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1964
| Whitsun Trophy
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Tommy Atkins
| Cooper-Maserati
|-
| Coppa Inter-Europa
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Maranello Concessionaires
| Ferrari 250 LM
|-
| 1965
| Whitsun Trophy
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| F. English Ltd.
| Ford GT40
|}
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! WDC
! Pts.
|-
|
! G. Caprara
! Ferrari 500
! Ferrari I4
| SUI
| 500
| BEL
| FRA
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
| GER
| NED
| ITA
|
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
|
! Connaught Engineering
! Connaught Type A
! Lea-Francis I4
| ARG
| 500
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED<br />
| BEL
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br />
| SUI
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
|rowspan=2|
! Gilby Engineering Ltd.
! Maserati 250F
! Maserati I6
| ARG
| 500
| BEL
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
| GER
|
| ITA
| ESP
|
|
!rowspan=2|NC
!rowspan=2|0
|-
! Officine Alfieri Maserati
! Maserati 250F
! Maserati I6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"|SUI<br />†
|
|
|
|
|-
|
! Gilby Engineering Ltd.
! Maserati 250F
! Maserati I6
| ARG
| MON
| 500
| BEL
| GER
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
| ITA
|
|
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
|
! Gilby Engineering Ltd.
! Maserati 250F
! Maserati I6
| ARG
| MON
| 500
| BEL
| FRA
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
|
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
|rowspan="4"|
! Owen Racing Organisation
! BRM P25
! BRM I4
| ARG
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MON<br />
| 500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
!rowspan="4"| 19th
!rowspan="4"| 2
|-
! Vandervell Products Ltd.
! Vanwall
! Vanwall I4
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!rowspan="2"| Cooper Car Company
! Cooper T43
!rowspan="2"| Climax I4
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR<br />
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PES<br />
| ITA
|
|
|
|-
! Cooper T43 (F2)
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br>
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|
!rowspan=2|Cooper Car Company
! Cooper T45
!rowspan=2|Climax I4
| ARG
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON<br />
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOR<br />
!rowspan=2|4th
!rowspan=2|15
|-
! Cooper T44
|
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED<br />
| 500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|
! High Efficiency Motors
! Cooper T45
! Maserati I6
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON<br />
| 500
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA<br />
|
|
!rowspan="2"| NC
!rowspan="2"| 0
|-
! David Brown Corporation
! Aston Martin DBR4/250
! Aston Martin I6
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED<br />
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
| GER
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|
! High Efficiency Motors
! Cooper T51
! Climax I4
| ARG
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON<br />
| 500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| USA<br />
|
!rowspan="3"| NC
!rowspan="3"| 0
|-
!rowspan="2"| David Brown Corporation
! Aston Martin DBR4/250
! Aston Martin I6
|
|
|
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NED<br />
| BEL
| FRA
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! Aston Martin DBR5/250
! Aston Martin I6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
| POR
| ITA
|
|
|-
|
! Yeoman Credit Racing Team
! Cooper T53
! Climax I4
| MON
| NED
| BEL
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA<br />
|
|
|
! 17th
! 2
|-
| 1962
! Bowmaker-Yeoman Racing Team
! Lola Mk4
! Climax V8
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON<br />
| BEL
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| USA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA<br />
|
|
! NC
! 0
|}
† Car driven, in the race, by Sergio Mantovani.
|}
- Car over 1000cc - Not eligible for points.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
!
!
|-
! 1953
|align="left"| Aston Martin Ltd.
|align="left"| George Abecassis
|align="left"| Aston Martin DB3S
| S3.0
| 72
| colspan=2|DNF<br>Clutch
|-
! 1954
|align="left"| David Brown
|align="left"| Reg Parnell
|align="left"| Aston Martin DB3S
| S5.0
| 222
| colspan=2|DNF<br>Head gasket
|-
! 1955
|align="left"| Aston Martin Ltd.
|align="left"| Peter Walker
|align="left"| Aston Martin DB3S
| S3.0
| 105
| colspan=2|DNF<br>Engine
|-
! 1956
|align="left"| David Brown
|align="left"| Peter Walker
|align="left"| Aston Martin DB3S
| S3.0
| 175
| colspan=2|DNF<br>Accident
|-
! 1957
|align="left"| D. Brown
|align="left"| Les Leston
|align="left"| Aston Martin DBR1/300
| S3.0
| 112
| colspan=2|DNF<br>Oil pipe
|-
! 1958
|align="left"| David Brown Racing Dept.
|align="left"| Stuart Lewis-Evans
|align="left"| Aston Martin DBR1/300
| S3.0
| 49
| colspan=2|DNF<br>Accident
|-
! 1959
|align="left"| David Brown Racing Dept.
|align="left"| Carroll Shelby
|align="left"| Aston Martin DBR1/300
| S3.0
| 323
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
|-
! 1960
|align="left"| Border Reivers
|align="left"| Jim Clark
|align="left"| Aston Martin DBR1/300
| S3.0
| 306
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
|-
! 1961
|align="left"| Essex Racing Team
|align="left"| Tony Maggs
|align="left"| Aston Martin DBR1/300
| S3.0
| 243
| colspan=2|DNF<br>Fuel leak
|-
! 1962
|align="left"| Briggs Cunningham
|align="left"| Briggs Cunningham
|align="left"| Jaguar E-Type
| GT4.0
| 310
| 4th
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
|-
! 1963
|align="left"| Briggs S. Cunningham
|align="left"| Paul Richards
|align="left"| Jaguar E-Type Lightweight
| GT+3.0
| 40
| colspan=2|DNF<br>Accident => fire
|}
Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
!
!
|-
! 1954
|align="left"| Aston Martin Ltd.
|align="left"| Reg Parnell
|align="left"| Aston Martin DB3S
| S3.0
| 24
| colspan=2|DNF<br>Engine
|-
! 1956
|align="left"| David Brown & Sons, Ltd.
|align="left"| Carroll Shelby
|align="left"| Aston Martin DB3S
| S3.0
| 187
| 4th
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
|-
! 1957
|align="left"| Maserati Factory
|align="left"| Carroll Shelby
|align="left"| Maserati 250S
| S3.0
| 68
| colspan=2|DISQ<br>Illegal refuel
|-
! 1958
|align="left"| David Brown
|align="left"| Carroll Shelby
|align="left"| Aston Martin DBR1/300
| S3.0
| 62
| colspan=2|DNF<br>Transmission
|-
! 1959
|align="left"| David Brown-Aston Martin
|align="left"| Carroll Shelby
|align="left"| Aston Martin DBR1/300
| S3.0
| 32
| colspan=2|DNF<br>Gear level
|}
Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
!
!
|-
| 1964
|align=left| Dawnay Racing
|align=left| Mike Salmon
|align=left| Aston Martin DP214
|GT+2.0
|34
|colspan=2|DNF<br>(Engine)
|}
Complete 12 Hours of Reims results
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
!
!
|-
! 1953
|align="left"|
|align="left"| Tony Crook
|align="left"| Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica
| S2.0
|
| colspan=2|started<br>result unknown
|-
|-
! 1954
|align="left"|
|align="left"| Cliff Davis
|align="left"| Maserati A6GCS
|
|
| colspan=2|DNS<br>Engine
|}
Complete 12 Hours of Casablanca results
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers
! Car
! Class
!
!
|-
! rowspan=2| 1953
|align="left"| "Mike Sparken"
|align="left"| "Mike Sparken"
|align="left"| Aston Martin DB3
| S+2.0
| 4th
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
|}
References
Further reading
- Roy Salvadori/Anthony Pritchard. Roy Salvadori: Racing Driver Patrick Stephens. 1985 978-0850596342.