Roy Salvadori

Roy Salvadori

Salvadori at the 12 hours of Sebring (1958)
Born	(1922-05-12)12 May 1922 Dovercourt, Essex, England,
Died	3 June 2012(2012-06-03) (aged 90) Monaco
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	British
Active years	1952–1962
Teams	Ferrari, Connaught, Maserati, BRM, Vanwall, Cooper, Aston Martin, Lola
Entries	50 (47 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Career points	19
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1952 British Grand Prix
Last entry	1962 South African Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 1953–1963 Teams Aston Martin Ltd., David Brown Racing Dept., Border Reivers, Essex Racing Team, Briggs Cunningham Best finish 1st (1959) Class wins 2 (1959 & 1962)

Roy Francesco Salvadori (12 May 1922 – 3 June 2012) was a British racing driver and team manager. He was born in Dovercourt, Essex, to parents of Italian descent.^[1][2] He graduated to Formula One by 1952 and competed regularly until 1962 for a succession of teams including Cooper, Vanwall, BRM, Aston Martin and Connaught. Also a competitor in other formulae, he won the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans in an Aston Martin with co-driver Carroll Shelby.

In 47 starts he achieved two F1 Championship podium finishes: third place at the 1958 British Grand Prix and second place at that year's German Grand Prix, and won non-championship races in Australia, New Zealand and England. In 1961 he was lying second in the United States Grand Prix when his Cooper's engine failed. At the end of 1962 he retired from F1, and stopped racing altogether a couple of years later to concentrate on the motor trade. He returned to the sport in 1966 to manage the Cooper-Maserati squad for two seasons, and eventually retired to Monaco.