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Tony Brooks

Driver Overview > Tony Brooks
Tony Brooks is a 80 year old British former Formula 1 driver who last drove for BRM-Climax in 1961.
He was born on February 25th 1932 in Dukinfield. He drove his first race for BRM during the 1956 Grand Prix of Great Britain. Brooks was active for 6 consecutive seasons between 1956 and 1961. In that period he scored 70 points in 38 races. During his career Brooks achieved 5 wins and 9 podiums. His last race was the the 1961 Grand Prix of United States.
Name: Tony Brooks
Nationality: Country flag of Great Britain British
Birthday: February 25th 1932 (80)
Birthplace: Dukinfield
Races: 38 races
Total points: 70 points
Wins: 5 wins
Podiums: 9 podiums
Pole positions: 0 poles
Retirements: 16 retirements
First race: Country flag of Great Britain 1956 Great Britain
Last race: Country flag of United States 1961 United States
First win: Country flag of Belgium 1958 Belgium
Age first win: 26 years, 3 months, 21 days
Tony Brooks by year
All years19611960195919581957
1956
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#1Best FinishTony Brooks1 (5x)
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#1Best QualifyingTony Brooks (0x)
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#1Best FP1Tony Brooks (0x)
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#1Best FP2Tony Brooks (0x)
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#1Best FP3Tony Brooks (0x)
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#1Best FridayTony Brooks (0x)
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#1Best SaturdayTony Brooks (0x)
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Wins
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
19596BerlinTony BrooksFerrari1
19594ReimsTony BrooksFerrari1
195810MonzaTony BrooksVanwall1
19588NurburgringTony BrooksVanwall1
19585Spa-FrancorchampsTony BrooksVanwall1
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#1Worst FinishTony Brooks13 (2x)
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#1Worst QualifyingTony Brooks (0x)
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#1Worst FP1Tony Brooks (0x)
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#1Worst FP2Tony Brooks (0x)
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#1Worst FP3Tony Brooks (0x)
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#1Worst FridayTony Brooks (0x)
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#1Worst SaturdayTony Brooks (0x)
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Worst finish
YearRoundRaceNameTeamFinish
19611Monte CarloTony BrooksBRM-Climax13
19613Spa-FrancorchampsTony BrooksBRM-Climax13
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Highs and lows of
Driven for1961 BRM-Climax
1960 Cooper-Climax
1960 Vanwall
1959 Ferrari
1959 Vanwall
1958 Vanwall
1957 Vanwall
1956 BRM
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Ranking: Tony Brooks
#1Average qualifying resultAyrton Senna2.49 place
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#1Average practice resultLewis Hamilton5.13 place
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#42Average race pointsTony Brooks3.33 points
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#530Average race resultTony Brooks5.24 place
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#205Ratio avoidable retirementsTony Brooks0.19 retirements
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#86Most points finishesTony Brooks14 finishes
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#201Most avoidable retirementsTony Brooks3 retirements
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#142Most race lapsTony Brooks1584 laps
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#144Most racesTony Brooks38 races
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#130Youngest driverTony Brooks24 years, 4 months, 19 days
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#532Oldest driverTony Brooks29 years, 7 months, 13 days
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#463Biggest gain in raceTony Brooks8 places gained
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#44Start from P1Tony Brooks4 starts
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#148Most retirementsTony Brooks16 retirements
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#80Most pointsTony Brooks70 points
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#73Most podiumsTony Brooks9 podiums
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#48Most winsTony Brooks5 wins
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Average qualifying result
DriverPlace
1Ayrton Senna
2.49
2Nigel Mansell
3.13
3Alain Prost
3.36
4Michael Schumacher
4.22
5Lewis Hamilton
4.84
Average practice result
DriverPlace
1Lewis Hamilton
5.13
2Michael Schumacher
6.37
3Kimi Raikkonen
7.24
4Juan Pablo Montoya
7.34
5Fernando Alonso
7.74
Average race points
DriverPoints
40Piero Taruffi
3.42
41John Surtees
3.33
41Tony Brooks
3.33
41Luigi Musso
3.33
44Jody Scheckter
3.31
Average race result
DriverPlace
527Peter Collins
5.25
527Paul Frere
5.25
530Tony Brooks
5.24
531Carlos Reutemann
5.22
532Pedro Rodriguez
5.21
Ratio avoidable retirements
DriverRetirements
203Wilson Fittipaldi
0.19
203Tim Schenken
0.19
203Tony Brooks
0.19
206Elio de Angelis
0.18
207Robert Manzon
0.18
Most points finishes
DriverFinishes
79Innes Ireland
14
79Wolfgang von Trips
14
79Tony Brooks
14
79Jean Behra
14
88Mark Blundell
13
Most avoidable retirements
DriverRetirements
167Willy Mairesse
3
167Wolfgang von Trips
3
167Tony Brooks
3
167Ron Flockhart
3
167Jimmy Daywalt
3
Most race laps
DriverLaps
140Manfred Winkelhock
1633
141Masten Gregory
1609
142Tony Brooks
1584
143Alessandro Zanardi
1574
144Peter Revson
1567
Most races
DriverRaces
140Masten Gregory
39
143Christian Danner
38
143Tony Brooks
38
143Louis Rosier
38
146Tiago Monteiro
37
Youngest driver
DriverAge
128Michele Alboreto
24 years, 4 months, 10 days
129Larry Perkins
24 years, 4 months, 17 days
130Tony Brooks
24 years, 4 months, 19 days
131Pat Flaherty
24 years, 4 months, 24 days
132Patrick Friesacher
24 years, 5 months, 8 days
Oldest driver
DriverAge
530Pat O'Connor
29 years, 7 months, 21 days
531David Piper
29 years, 7 months, 14 days
532Tony Brooks
29 years, 7 months, 13 days
533Francois Cevert
29 years, 7 months, 12 days
534Otto Stuppacher
29 years, 7 months, 7 days
Biggest gain in race
DriverGain
455Chris Irwin
8
455Chris Lawrence
8
455Tony Brooks
8
455Chuck Daigh
8
455Jack Turner
8
Start from P1
DriverStarts
40Didier Pironi
4
40Jody Scheckter
4
40Tony Brooks
4
40Jose Froilan Gonzalez
4
40Mike Hawthorn
4
Most retirements
DriverRetirements
138Mike Spence
16
138Masten Gregory
16
138Tony Brooks
16
149Sebastian Vettel
15
149Shinji Nakano
15
Most points
DriverPoints
76Pedro Rodriguez
71
79Eddie Cheever
70
79Tony Brooks
70
81Jo Siffert
68
82Alessandro Nannini
65
Most podiums
DriverPodiums
69Eddie Cheever
9
69Elio de Angelis
9
69Tony Brooks
9
74Jochen Mass
8
74Jean Pierre Beltoise
8
Most wins
DriverWins
44John Watson
5
44Clay Regazzoni
5
44Tony Brooks
5
44Nino Farina
5
50Eddie Irvine
4
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