Richard Seaman

Richard Seaman
Seaman, circa 1939
BornRichard John Beattie Seaman
(1913-02-04)4 February 1913
Chichester, West Sussex,
England
Died25 June 1939(1939-06-25) (aged 26)
Spa, Liège, Belgium
European Championship career
Years active19351939
TeamsScuderia Torino, Mercedes-Benz
Starts7
Championships0
Wins1
Podiums2
Poles1
Fastest laps2
Champ Car career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish6th (1937)
First race1937 Vanderbilt Cup (Westbury)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 1 0

Richard John Beattie Seaman (4 February 1913 – 25 June 1939) was a British racing driver.[1] He drove for the Mercedes-Benz team from 1937 to 1939 in the Mercedes-Benz W125 and W154 cars, winning the 1938 German Grand Prix. He died of his injuries after his car overturned at the 1939 Belgian Grand Prix.[2]

  1. ^ "Motorsport Memorial -". www.motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Car Overturns in Race". The Guardian. 26 July 1939. Retrieved 23 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.