| Born | 12 November 1945 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Canadian |
| Active years | 1969 – 1971 |
| Teams | BRM |
| Entries | 13 (11 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1969 United States Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1971 Canadian Grand Prix |
George Ross Eaton (born 12 November 1945) is a Canadian former racing driver who is a member of the prominent Eaton family.
Eaton was born in Toronto, he is the youngest son of John and Signy Eaton. He gained attention as a Canadian race driver who participated in Can Am, Formula One and Formula A races.
He served as president of the family company for ten years. Under his leadership, Eaton's continued its precipitous decline from its historic dominance in the Canadian retail market.
His Formula One career with British Racing Motors included 13 World Championship Grands Prix and one non-Championship race, debuting on 5 October 1969. He scored no championship points.
Eaton raced in the Can-Am series in 1968, 1969 and 1970. 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 but retired from racing after 1972. [1] He was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 1994, and received an honorary doctor of laws degree from St Francis Xavier University at a special convocation in April 1996.
He attempted one NASCAR Grand National Series event in 1970 at Charlotte Motor Speedway but failed to qualify.
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| 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 P142 3.0 V12 | RSA | ESP | MON | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | CAN | USA Ret | MEX Ret | NC | 0 | ||
| 1970 | Owen Racing Organisation | BRM P139 | BRM P142 3.0 V12 | RSA Ret | NC | 0 | ||||||||||||
| BRM P153 | ESP DNQ | MON DNQ | BEL | |||||||||||||||
| Yardley Team BRM | NED Ret | FRA 12 | GBR Ret | GER | AUT 11 | ITA Ret | CAN 10 | USA Ret | MEX | |||||||||
| 1971 | Yardley Team BRM | BRM P160 | BRM P142 3.0 V12 | RSA | ESP | MON | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN 15 | USA | NC | 0 |
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