Peter Arundell

Peter Arundell
Born	(1933-Template:MONTHNUMBER-08)8 1933 Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Died	Template:Death date and age near King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK
Formula One career
Nationality	British
Years	1963–1964, 1966

Peter Arundell (Ilford, Essex, 8 November 1933 – 16 June 2009) was a British racing driver from England, who raced in Formula One for the Lotus team. He participated in 13 World Championship Grands Prix, scoring 12 championship points.

Arundell became a professional racing driver after finishing his time in the Royal Air Force, competing in Elva and Lotus cars. He won an early Formula Junior race held in England, the John Davy Trophy at the Boxing Day Brands Hatch meeting in an Elva-D.K.W. in 1959. In 1962 he won the British Formula Junior championship in a Lotus 22, and also in 1963 in a Lotus 27. He also won the Monaco Formula Junior race in 1961 and 1962. He won the last Formula Junior race held in England, the Anglo-European Formula Junior Trophy, also at Brands Hatch, in September 1963, in a Lotus 27-Ford.

He marked his arrival in the Formula One World Championship in 1964 with two podium finishes. He was regarded as a strong prospect for the future and a great supporting driver for World Champion Jim Clark.

In 1964, while racing in Formula Two at Reims-Gueux, he had a spin and was hit at high speed by Richie Ginther; Arundell was thrown from the car in the impact, which resulted in him missing most of the 1965 season. Lotus boss Colin Chapman saved his place in the team for 1966, finishing third on his comeback in the non-championship South African Grand Prix at East London on 1 January 1966. He did not enjoy any great success and at the end of that year he retired from Formula One, having started only 11 races.

He retired from racing altogether in 1969, and later moved to Florida, where he set up the software company Mystique, responsible for amongst other games the notorious Custer's Revenge.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	WDC	Points
1963	Team Lotus	Lotus 25	Climax V8	MON	BEL	NED	FRA DNS	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA	NC	0
1964	Team Lotus	Lotus 25	Climax V8	MON 3	NED 3	BEL 9	FRA 4	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX	8th	11
1966	Team Lotus	Lotus 43	BRM H16	MON	BEL DNS	FRA Ret								17th	1
		Lotus 33	BRM V8				GBR Ret	NED Ret	GER 12	ITA 8		MEX 7
			Climax V8								USA 6

Non-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	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1961	Team Lotus	Lotus 18	Climax Straight-4	LOM	GLV	PAU	BRX	VIE	AIN	SYR	NAP	LON	SIL	SOL DNS	KAN	DAN	MOD	FLG	OUL	LEW	VAL	RAN	NAT	RSA
1962	Team Lotus	Lotus 21	Climax Straight-4	CAP	BRX	LOM DNA	LAV	GLV	PAU	AIN	INT	NAP
		Lotus 24											MAL DNA	CLP	RMS NC	SOL DNA	KAN	MED DNA	DAN	OUL	MEX	RAN	NAT
1963	Team Lotus	Lotus 25	Climax Straight-4	LOM	GLV	PAU	IMO	SYR	AIN	INT DNA	ROM	SOL 2	KAN	MED	AUT DNS	OUL DNA	RAN
1964	Team Lotus	Lotus 25	Climax Straight-4	DMT Ret	NWT 2	SYR 3	AIN 3	INT 3	SOL	MED	RAN
1966	Team Lotus	Lotus 43	BRM H16	RSA 3	SYR	INT	OUL DNS

References

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