George Eaton
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| George Eaton | |
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Nationality  Canadian |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Active years | 1969 - 1971 |
| Teams | BRM |
| Races | 13 (11 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1969 United States Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1971 Canadian Grand Prix |
George Ross Eaton (born in Toronto, November 12, 1945) was the youngest son of Signy and John David Eaton. He gained fame as a Canadian race driver who drove sports cars, Can Am, Formula One and Formula A cars. He served as president of the family company for ten years.
His Formula One career with British Racing Motors included 13 World Championship Grands Prix and one non-Championship race, debuting on October 5, 1969. He scored no championship points.
George raced in the Can-Am series in 1968, 69 and 70. He was the top Canadian in the Can-Am Series in 1969. He participated in the Canadian Formula A series in 1969 and the Continental Series in 1969 and 1971.
George Eaton was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 1994.
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[edit] Complete World Championship Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WDC | Points |
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| 1969 | Owen Racing Organisation |
BRM P138 | BRM | RSA |
ESP |
MON |
NED |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
ITA |
CAN |
USA Ret |
MEX Ret |
- | 0 | ||
| 1970 | Owen Racing Organisation |
BRM P139 | BRM | RSA Ret |
- | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Owen Racing Organisation |
BRM P153 | BRM | ESP DNQ |
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| Yardley Team BRM |
BRM P153 | BRM | MON DNQ |
BEL |
NED Ret |
FRA 12 |
GBR Ret |
GER |
AUT 11 |
ITA Ret |
CAN 10 |
USA Ret |
MEX |
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| 1971 | Yardley Team BRM |
BRM P160 | BRM | RSA |
ESP |
MON |
NED |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
AUT |
ITA |
CAN |
USA 15 |
- | 0 |
[edit] Business career
Served as president of the family company from 1988–1997.
In 1993, the Retail Council of Canada recognized his work in leading Eaton's to outstanding business success. In recognition of this accomplishment he was presented with the Distinguished Canadian Retailer of the Year Award.
He was to be the last Eaton to run the family business before it filed for protection under Canada's Companies Creditors Arrangements Act in 1997. Restructered and recaptilized through a public share offering, the company failed and declared bankruptcy in 1999.
[edit] See also
List of Canadians in Champ Car
