(b.
June 6 1923 ,
East Ham ,
London - d.
August 1 1959 ,
Clermont-Ferrand ,
France ) was a
Sports Car Racing and
Formula One driver from
England .
Bueb started racing seriously in a
Formula 3 500cc
Cooper in 1953, graduating to occasional starts in Grands Prix in 1957 with a
Connaught and a
Maserati run by
Gilby Engineering . The following year he raced
Bernie Ecclestone 's Connaught at Monaco, and drove a
Formula Two Lotus at the
German Grand Prix . In 1959 he had two outings for
BRP , firstly a non-qualification at Monaco, then another Formula Two entry at the
British Grand Prix . He participated in 6 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix in all, but scored no championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races.
He is best known for sharing the winning works
Jaguar D-type with
Mike Hawthorn in the
1955 24 Hours Of Le Mans ; a success he repeated with
Ron Flockhart in the ex-works
Ecurie Ecosse car in
1957 .
Bueb died from injuries sustained when he crashed his BRP
Cooper -
Borgward Formula Two car at
Charade Circuit near
Clermont-Ferrand ,
France .
() (Races in indicate pole position)
