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Tony Rolt
Tony Rolt, Great Britain
1918-10-16 - 2008-02-06
F1 Career: British 1950, 53 & 55
Races
Wins
Pole
Podiums
FastLaps
Points
3
0
0
0
0
0
% Wins
% Poles
% Podiums
% FastLap
Points/Race
0,00%
0,00%
0,00%
0,00%
0,00p
Rolt was an Army officer during WWII in the rifle brigade. He was captured at Calais in 1940 and escaped seven times before eventually being sent to Castle Colditz. He was one of the masterminds behind the famous plan to build an escape glider, but the prison was liberated before the aircraft was completed. Tony was the last remaining survivor from the first world championship Grand Prix, the British GP 1950. He was also the last remaining member of the British Racing Drivers' Club to have been elected before the war. After the war, he was a part of Dixon Rolt Developments, which, among other projects, developed four-wheel drive systems, built the Jensen FF road car 1966, the Ferguson P99 which became the only four-wheel drive car to win an F1 race, driven by Stirling Moss at the Oulton Park Gold Cup in 1961.
Year
Plac
Points
Nr / Team / Car
Wins
2:nd
3:rd
Poles
FastL
Races
Ret
Notes
1955
-
0
Connaught B Type
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
RRC Walker Racing
1953
-
0
Connaught A Type
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
RRC Walker Racing
1950
-
0
ERA E Type
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
R , Peter Walker
Non F1
Year
Series
Result
Team/Car
Notes
1956
24h LeMans
ret
Jaguar D-type
.
1955
24h LeMans
ret
Jaguar D-type
.
.
Formula 2 & Libre events
.
Walker-Connaught
.
.
Silverstone International
3rd
Jaguar D-type
.
.
Glover Trophy
ret
Connaught B
.
1954
24h LeMans
2nd
Jaguar D-Type
.
.
12h Reims
2nd
Jaguar D-Type
.
.
August Bank Holiday Cup
3rd
Connaught A-Lea Francis A Type
.
.
BRDC Int. Trophy
7th
Connaught A
.
.
Lavant Cup
7th
Connaught A
.
.
Tourist Trophy
ret
Jaguar D-Type
.
1953
24h LeMans
winner
Jaguar C-Type
.
.
Mille Miglia
ret
Jaguar C-type
.
.
Formula 2 & Libre events
.
Walker-Connaught
.
.
Bristol MC & LCC Trophy
winner
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
.
Coronation Trophy
winner
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
.
Snetterton Coronation Trophy
winner
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
.
United States Air Force Trophy
winner
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
.
Mid-Cheshire MC Formula 2 Race
winner
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
.
Crystal Palace Trophy
winner
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
.
Chichester Cup
2nd
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
.
London Trophy
2nd
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
.
Madgwick Cup
3rd
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
.
AMOC Trophy
3rd
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
.
Lavant Cup
3rd
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
.
Daily Express Int. Trophy
3rd
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
.
Glover Trophy
5th
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
.
Newcastle Journal Trophy
5th
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
.
BRDC International Trophy
3rd
Connaught A-Lea Francis
.
1952
24h LeMans
ret
Jaguar C-type
.
.
BRDC Int. Trophy
2nd
HWM 52
.
.
Richmond Trophy
dns
Delage 15-S8
.
1951
24h LeMans
6th
Nash Healey Sport Coupe
.
.
Goodwood Trophy
3rd
Delage 15-S8
.
.
Woodcote Cup
3rd
Delage 15-S8
.
.
BRDC Int. Trophy
7th
Delage 15-S8
.
1950
24h LeMans
4th
Nash Healey
.
.
British Empire Trophy
7th
Delage 15-S8
.
.
Glover Trophy
ret
Delage 15-S8
.
1948
Zandvoort GP
2nd
Aitken Alfa-Romeo
.
.
24h Spa
ret
Aston Martin Speed Model
.
.
12h Spa
ret
Alta
.
1947
British Empire Trophy
ret
Aitken Alfa-Romeo
.
1939
British Empire Trophy
winner
ERA B
.
1937
British Empire Trophy at Donington
winner
.
.
.
Coronation Trophy
winner
Triumph Dolomite
.
.
12h Donington
dnf
Triumph
.
1936
24h Spa
11th
Triumph Gloria Vitesse
.