(born
June 6 ,
1923 in
Cheltenham ,
Dulwich ,
London - dead
August 1 ,
1959 in
Clermont-Ferrand ,
France ) was a
Sports Car Racing and
Formula One driver from
England .
He participated in 6 grands prix, debuting on
May 19 ,
1957 . He scored 0 championship points.
Bueb started racing seriously in a
Formula 3 500cc Cooper in 1953, graduating to occasional starts in Grands Prix with a Connaught and a private Maserati. He is best known for sharing the winning
Jaguar D-type with
Mike Hawthorn in the 1955
24 Hours Of Le Mans , a success he repeated with
Ron Flockhart in the Ecurie Ecosse car in 1957.
He died from injuries sustained when he crashed his
British Racing Partnership Cooper -
Borgward Formula Two car at
Charade Circuit near
Clermont-Ferrand .
