Emeryson

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Emeryson as a Formula One chassis constructor
Emeryson car badge.jpg
Founder(s) Paul Emery
Formula One World Championship career
Engines Alta S4, Climax S4, Maserati S4
EntrantsEmeryson,
André Pilette,
Ecurie Nationale Belge,
Ecurie Maarsbergen
First entry 1956 British Grand Prix
Last entry 1962 Monaco Grand Prix
Races entered7 (4 starts)
Race victories0
Constructors' Championships 0
Drivers'
Championships 		0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0

Emeryson was a Formula One constructor briefly in 1956, and then again briefly in 1961 and 1962.

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History

The company was named for Paul Emery, whose father George had built specials before the war; in 1948, one of the specials was extended to take a 4 litre Duesenberg engine for the Northern Irish racer Bobbie Baird, and entered for the 1948 British Grand Prix, but various issues prevented the car from starting. [1]

In 1949, George and his brother Peter built a 500cc formula racing car, which Paul raced. The company continued building cars to the formula for much of the 1950s, while Paul himself built an Alta-engined Formula 2 car in 1953, [2] followed by an Aston Martin-engined special which qualified for the new Formula 1 in 1954.

The car made its Formula 1 debut in the hands of Colin Chapman at the 1954 BRDC International Trophy, but, proving slow and unreliable, finished 17th and last, so Emery replaced the engine with an Alta engine bored out to 2.5 litres. [3] In this configuration, the car proved much more of a prospect, Emery finishing second in the London Trophy at Crystal Palace in 1956 after dicing for the win with Stirling Moss' Maserati 250F, [4] and Emery made his sole world championship start in the 1956 British Grand Prix, albeit retiring early with an ignition problem after running last. [5]

In 1960, Emery teamed up with Alan Brown and planned a run of 50 two-litre racing cars. [6] The outcome was a run of Formula Junior cars and a new Formula 1 model, with a Coventry Climax engine; the Ecurie Nationale Belge team bought three cars, fitting two with Maserati engines, and one of the latter recorded a 4th place in the 1961 Brussels Grand Prix with Lucien Bianchi driving. [7]

During the year, American heir Hugh Powell bought the company with a view to running Tony Settember in the car. Settember was joined by John Campbell-Jones in 1962 and by the end of the year the cars had been modified into the new Scirocco marque. [8]

Complete Formula One World Championship results

Works entries

(key)

YearChassisEngineTyresDrivers123456789PointsWCC
1956 Emeryson Mk1 Alta S4 D ARG MON 500 BEL FRA GBR GER ITA -*-*
Paul Emery Ret
1962 Emeryson Mk2 Climax S4 D NED MON BEL FRA GBR GER ITA USA RSA 0NC
Tony Settember 11Ret

* Constructors' Championship not awarded until 1958

Results of other Emeryson cars

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngineTyresDrivers123456789
1961 MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER ITA USA
Equipe Nationale Belge Emeryson P Climax S4 D André Pilette DNQ
Emeryson 1001
Emeryson Mk2 		Maserati S4 D Lucien Bianchi DNQ
Olivier Gendebien DNQ
1962 NED MON BEL FRA GBR GER ITA USA RSA
Ecurie Maarsbergen Emeryson 1006 Climax S4 D Wolfgang Seidel NC

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "1947 Emeryson Single Seater". Bonhams. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "Emeryson". 500race. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  3. ↑ Diepraam, Mattijs. "Colin Chapman's single Emeryson appearance".
  4. ↑ "At Crystal Palace". Kentish Independent: 10. 25 May 1956.
  5. ↑ "32 Paul Emery". forix.com. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  6. ↑ "UK: NEW BRITISH RACING CAR - "EMERYSON" (1961)". Pathé News. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  7. ↑ "1961 Emeryson Formula 1". Classic Driver. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  8. ↑ "Scirocco-Powell Racing". grandprix. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
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