Alan Rees (racing driver)

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Alan Rees
Born (1938-01-12) 12 January 1938 (age 84)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Active years 1966-1967
Teams Cooper, non-works Brabham
Entries3
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 1966 German Grand Prix
Last entry 1967 German Grand Prix

Alan Rees (born 12 January 1938 in Langstone, Newport, Monmouthshire) [1] is a British former racing driver from Wales. He participated in three World Championship Grands Prix in the 1960s, although two of those appearances were driving Formula 2 cars. He scored no championship points. His best result was seventh place (second in the Formula Two class) in the 1967 German Grand Prix. [2]

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Rees drove for the works Lotus Formula Junior team in 1962, and won three races before a crash at the Nürburgring 1000 km sports car race ended his season. [3] From 1963 to 1968, he drove for the Roy Winklemann Racing team in Formula Two and frequently achieved victories over experienced drivers such as Jackie Stewart and Jochen Rindt. [3]

Formula One team management

In 1969 Rees co-founded March Engineering; his initials being the "AR" in "March", alongside Max Mosley, Graham Coaker and Robin Herd. At the end of 1971 he moved to a Shadow Racing Cars where he became team principal. In 1977 he left Shadow to co-found Arrows. [4] In 1996 he and the other remaining founders sold Arrows to Tom Walkinshaw. Following the death of Max Mosley in 2021, he is the sole March co-founder still alive.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011WDCPoints
1966 Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT18 (F2) Cosworth
Straight-4 1.0L
MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER
Ret
ITA USA MEX NC0
1967 Cooper Car Company Cooper T81 Maserati V12 RSA MON NED BEL FRA GBR
9
NC0
Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23 (F2) Cosworth
Straight-4 1.6L
GER
7
CAN ITA USA MEX
Source: [2]

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References

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  3. 1 2 Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. p. 308. ISBN   0851127029.
  4. Henry, Alan. "Me and my Arrows". Motor Sport Magazine (February 2003): 62. Retrieved 7 February 2019.