Roy Salvadori

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Roy Salvadori
Nationality  British
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1952-1962
Teams	Ferrari, Connaught, Maserati, BRM, Cooper, Bowmaker-Yeoman Lola
Races	50 (47 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	2
Career points	19
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1952 British Grand Prix
Last race	1962 South African Grand Prix

Roy Francesco Salvadori (b. 12 May 1922, Dovercourt, Essex) is a former motor racing driver and manager from England. He participated in 50 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 12 July 1952, and achieved two podiums, scoring a total of 19 Championship points.

During a varied career he also won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959, driving for Aston Martin and teamed with Carroll Shelby. After retiring from driving he returned to running his car dealership, but was tempted back to Formula One to manage the Cooper racing team in 1966 and 1967.

[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	WDC	Pts.
1952	G. Caprara	Ferrari 500	Ferrari I4	SUI	500	BEL	FRA	GBR 8	GER	NED	ITA				48th	0
1953	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A	Lea-Francis I4	ARG	500	NED Ret	BEL	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	SUI	ITA Ret			-	0
1954	Gilby Engineering Ltd.	Maserati 250F	Maserati I6	ARG	500	BEL	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER	SUI	ITA	ESP			-	0
1955	Gilby Engineering Ltd.	Maserati 250F	Maserati I6	ARG	MON	500	BEL	GER	GBR Ret	ITA					-	0
1956	Gilby Engineering Ltd.	Maserati 250F	Maserati I6	ARG	MON	500	BEL	FRA	GBR Ret	GER Ret	ITA 11				39th	0
1957	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	BRM I4	ARG	MON DNQ	500									19th	2
	Vandervell Products Ltd.	Vanwall	Vanwall I4				FRA Ret
	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T43	Climax I4					GBR 5	GER Ret	PES Ret	ITA
1958	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T45	Climax I4	ARG	MON Ret	NED 4	500	BEL 8	FRA 11	GBR 3	GER 2	POR 9	ITA 5	MOR 7	4th	15
1959	High Efficiency Motors	Cooper T45	Climax I4	MON 6	500		FRA Ret					USA Ret			43rd	0
	David Brown Corporation	Aston Martin DBR4/250	Aston Martin I6			NED Ret		GBR 6	GER	POR 6	ITA Ret
1960	High Efficiency Motors	Cooper T51	Climax I4	ARG	MON Ret	500							USA 8		37th	0
	David Brown Corporation	Aston Martin DBR4/250	Aston Martin I6				NED DNS	BEL	FRA
		Aston Martin DBR5/250	Aston Martin I6							GBR Ret	POR	ITA
1961	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper T53	Climax I4	MON	NED	BEL	FRA 8	GBR 6	GER 10	ITA 6	USA Ret				17th	2
1962	Bowmaker-Yeoman Racing Team	Lola Mk4	Climax V8	NED WD	MON Ret	BEL	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	ITA Ret	USA DNS	RSA Ret			-	0

[edit] References

• Drivers: Roy Salvadori. GrandPrix.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
• Roy Salvadori. Grand Prix Racing. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
• Drivers: Salvadori, Roy. Autocourse Grand Prix Archive. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.

Preceded by Olivier Gendebien Phil Hill

Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1959 with: Carroll Shelby

Succeeded by Olivier Gendebien Paul Frère