Born | Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, United Kingdom | 26 February 1955
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | British |
Active years | 1977–1978, 1980, 1982 |
Teams | Hesketh, Surtees, RAM, March |
Entries | 37 (25 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1977 Spanish Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix |
British Formula One Championship career | |
Active years | 1979 |
Races | 13 |
Championships | 1 |
Wins | 5 |
Podium finishes | 6 |
Career points | 65 |
Pole positions | 5 |
Fastest laps | 4 |
Rupert Keegan (born 26 February 1955) is a former racing driver from England. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 8 May 1977. He scored no championship points.
Keegan won the 1976 British Formula 3 Championship, which propelled him into Formula One. After seasons with Hesketh and Surtees, neither of them particularly competitive teams, he won the Aurora Formula One Championship in 1979. A return to the Formula One World Championship with RAM driving their Williams FW07B yielded little in the way of results, as did a few races with March.
After Formula One, Keegan raced in the United States in CART, and also in endurance racing. After his retirement, he pursued business interests and also worked as a racing instructor.
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | WDC | Pts. |
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1977 | Penthouse Rizla Racing | Hesketh 308E | Ford V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP Ret | MON 12 | BEL Ret | SWE 13 | FRA 10 | GBR Ret | GER Ret | AUT 7 | NED Ret | ITA 9 | USA 8 | CAN Ret | JPN | NC | 0 |
1978 | Durex Team Surtees | Surtees TS19 | Ford V8 | ARG Ret | BRA Ret | RSA Ret | USW DNS | MON Ret | BEL DNQ | NC | 0 | |||||||||||
Surtees TS20 | Ford V8 | ESP 11 | SWE DNQ | FRA Ret | GBR DNQ | GER DNQ | AUT DNQ | NED DNS | ITA | USA | CAN | |||||||||||
1980 | RAM Williams Grand Prix Engineering | Williams FW07 | Ford V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | BEL | MON | FRA | GBR 11 | NC | 0 | |||||||||
RAM Penthouse Rizla Racing | GER DNQ | AUT 15 | NED DNQ | ITA 11 | CAN DNQ | USA 9 | ||||||||||||||||
1982 | Rothmans March Grand Prix Team | March 821 | Ford V8 | RSA | BRA | USW | SMR | BEL | MON | DET | CAN | NED | GBR | FRA | GER DNQ | AUT Ret | SUI Ret | ITA DNQ | CPL 12 | NC | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pos. | Points |
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1979 | C. W. Clowes Racing | Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ZOL | OUL 11 | BRH Ret | MAL 1 | SNE 1 | THR Ret | ZAN NC | DON 1 | OUL Ret | NOG | MAL Ret | BRH DNS | THR 1 | SNE 1 | SIL 2 | 1st | 65 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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1985 | Machinists Union Racing | LBH | INDY | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | MCH | ROA | POC | MDO 19 | SAN | MCH | LAG 12 | PHX | MIA 10 | 35th | 4 | [1] | ||
1986 | Gohr Racing | PHX | LBH | INDY DNQ | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | TOR | MIC | POC | MDO | SAN | MIC | ROA | LAG | PHX | MIA | NC | - | [2] |
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