John Riseley-Prichard

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John Riseley-Prichard
Nationality  British
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1954
Teams	Rob Walker Racing Team
Races	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1954 British Grand Prix
Last race	1954 British Grand Prix

John Henry Augustin Prichard, later Riseley-Prichard, (17 January 1924, Hereford - 8 July 1993, Thailand ^[1]) was a British insurance broker and sometime racing driver.

After getting a taste for motorsport in a road-going Riley, he bought a second-hand Connaught Type A from the Rob Walker Racing Team. Using this vehicle he participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix: the British Grand Prix on July 17, 1954. He spun out of the race, scoring no championship points. In addition to this he competed in a number of non-Championship F1 and Formula Libre races, including a victory in the 1954 I Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race.

Riseley-Prichard shared an Aston Martin in the infamous 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans race with a young Tony Brooks, but after the trauma of this event retired from race driving. Later in the same year he let Brooks take the wheel of his Connaught, giving the future Vanwall and Ferrari star his first big break.

Later in life John Riseley-Prichard became the centre of a child pornography scandal, and he emigrated to Thailand. After a lengthy illness he died in Baan Kai Thuan, a remote village approximately 200km inland of Bangkok.

[edit] Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Points
1954	RRC Walker Racing Team	Connaught A Type	Lea-Francis Straight-4	ARG	500	BEL	FRA	GBR Ret	GER	SUI	ITA	ESP	-	0

[edit] References

• DRIVER: Riseley-Pichard, John. Autocourse Grand Prix Archive. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
• Where are they now?. OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
• John Riseley-Prichard. HistoricRacing.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.