Tony Brooks Formula one racer

Charles Anthony "Tony" Standish Brooks (born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, 25 February 1932) is a British former racing driver from England also known as the "racing dentist". He participated in 39 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 14 July 1956, achieving six wins, 10 podium finishes and 75 career points. He also scored the first win by a British driver in a British car in a Grand Prix since 1923, in 1955 driving a Connaught at Syracuse in a non World Championship race.

Personal facts

Tony Brooks
Birth dateFebruary 25, 1932
Birth place
Cheshire , England , Dukinfield
Nationality
United Kingdom

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Formula one racer

championships0
fastest lap3
first race
1956 Monaco Grand Prix
first win
1957 British Grand Prix
last race
1961 United States Grand Prix
last win
1959 German Grand Prix
podiums10
poles3
races39
wins6

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External resources

  1. http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-broton.html