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| Stuart Lewis-Evans | |
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| Born | 20 1930 {{{birth_place}}} |
| Died | Template:Death date and age {{{death_place}}} |
| Formula One career | |
| Nationality |  British
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| Years | 1957 – 1958 |
Stuart Nigel Lewis-Evans (20 April 1930, Luton, Bedfordshire – 25 October 1958, East Grinstead, Sussex) was a British racing driver from England. He participated in 14 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 May 1957. He achieved two podiums, and scored a total of 16 championship points. He also achieved two pole positions.
Career[]
Lewis-Evans began racing in 1951 with a Cooper 500 Formula 3 car, encouraged by and sometimes racing against his father, Lewis "Pop" Evans.[1] He achieved many wins and podia and continued to race in 500s until 1956.
In his first Formula One race, the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix, Lewis-Evans finished fourth in an inferior Connaught Type B, beaten only by multiple winners Fangio and Brooks, and Masten Gregory in one of the dominant Maserati 250F cars. This performance brought him to the attention of Tony Vandervell, owner of the rising Vanwall team, and by the next Grand Prix Lewis-Evans was driving the third Vanwall. The 1957 Vanwall was fast when its engine held together, but not always reliable. Lewis-Evans took his first F1 win at the year's non-championship Moroccan Grand Prix, and pole position at the final World Championship event, the Italian Grand Prix.
The 1958 Formula One season would prove to be a much better year, at least initially, for the entire Vanwall team. Principal drivers Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks took three victories each, and Lewis-Evans added to the team's points haul with podium finishes in the Belgian and Portuguese events. He also took pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix, but failed to finish in the race. This was not his only retirement of the year – indeed his only other finish, although points-scoring, was a fourth place at the British Grand Prix.
Lewis-Evans crashed heavily at the dusty Ain-Diab circuit during the season-ending Moroccan Grand Prix. His Vanwall's engine seized and sent him lurching into barriers at high speed, and his car burst into flames. He was airlifted back to the UK, but died in hospital of his burns six days after the accident.[2] His death cast a pall over Vanwall's victory in the 1958 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers, an achievement to which Lewis-Evans had contributed significantly. Vandervell never fully recovered from Lewis-Evans' death and withdrew from motorsport at the end of 1958.
Racing record[]
Complete Formula One World Championship results[]
(key; Grands Prix in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | WDC | Points |
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| 1957 | Connaught Engineering | Connaught Type B | Alta Straight-4 | ARG | MON 4 |
12th | 5 | |||||||||
| Vandervell Products Ltd. | Vanwall | Vanwall Straight-4 | 500 | FRA Ret |
GBR 7 |
GER Ret |
PES 5 |
ITA Ret |
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| 1958 | Vandervell Products Ltd. | Vanwall | Vanwall Straight-4 | ARG | MON Ret |
NED Ret |
500 | BEL 3 |
FRA Ret |
GBR 4 |
GER DNA |
POR 3 |
ITA Ret |
MOR Ret |
9th | 11 |
Non-Championship Formula One results[]
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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| 1956 | Connaught Engineering | Connaught Type B | Alta Straight-4 | NZL | BUE | GLO | SYR | BAR | INT | NAP | AIN | VAN | CAE | SUS | BRS 2 |
AUS |
| 1957 | Connaught Engineering | Connaught Type B | Alta Straight-4 | BUE | SYR | PAU | GLV 1 |
NAP Ret |
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| Vandervell Products Ltd. | Vanwall | Vanwall Straight-4 | RMS 3 |
CAE | INT | MOD | MOR 2 | |||||||||
| 1958 | Connaught Engineering | Connaught Type B | Alta Straight-4 | BUE | GLV 5 |
SYR | ||||||||||
| Stuart Lewis-Evans | Cooper T45 | Climax Straight-4 | AIN 5 |
INT 7 |
CAE 5 |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ The Radnorian
- ↑ Motor Sport, December 1958, pp.821 & 824.
External links[]
- The 500 Owners Association
- Story of Lewis-Evans's first Grand Prix at 8W
- Career synopsis at gpracing.net
- Gallery of images at f1-facts.com
| Preceded by: Peter Collins |
Formula One fatal accidents 19 September 1958 |
Succeeded by: Jerry Unser |
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