Ian Burgess

Ian Burgess
Born	6 July 1930; London
Died	19 May 2012 (aged 81); Harrow, London
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	British
Active years	1958 – 1963
Teams	Cooper (inc. non-works), Scirocco; Non-works Lotus
Entries	20 (16 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1958 British Grand Prix
Last entry	1963 German Grand Prix

Ian John Burgess (6 July 1930 – 19 May 2012) was a British

racing driver, born in London. He participated in 20 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix,^[1]

debuting on 19 July 1958, and numerous non-Championship Formula One races. He scored no championship points.

Racing career

Burgess began racing in 1950 with a Cooper Formula Three car and had a successful 1951 season including a win at the Nürburgring before moving up to sports cars and Formula Two, where he was less successful.^[2]

Burgess began working for Cooper, both in their factory and at their drivers' school based at Brands Hatch and raced one of the works Formula Two cars in 1957, when he achieved fourth place in the Oulton Park Gold Cup.^[2] This led to a drive with Tommy Atkins' team in 1958, with a similar machine. He won at Crystal Palace and Snetterton and gained fourth places at Reims and Montlhéry. However, a broken leg at AVUS ended his season but not before he made his Formula One debut for Cooper at the British Grand Prix.^[2]

Burgess returned in 1959 driving Scuderia Centro Sud's Cooper T51-Maserati with a best finish of sixth in the German Grand Prix. He continued with the team in 1960 with little success.

For 1961 he joined the American Camoradi International team, competing in five Grands Prix (three starts) with a best finish of 12th in the German Grand Prix.^[2] He moved to the Anglo American Equipe team in 1962 competing in three Grands Prix, finishing no higher than 11th. 1963 was his last year in racing and he competed in two Grands Prix for the Scirocco-Powell team, retiring from both.^[2]

Burgess died in Harrow, aged 81.^[3]

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC
1958	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T45	Straight-4	ARG	MON	NED	500	BEL	FRA	GBR Ret					NC
1958	High Efficiency Motors	Cooper T43 (F2)	Straight-4								GER 7	POR	ITA	MOR	NC
1959	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T51	Straight-4	MON	500	NED	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 6	POR	ITA 14	USA			NC
1960	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T51	Straight-4	ARG	MON DNQ	500	NED	BEL	FRA 10	GBR Ret	POR	ITA	USA Ret		NC
1961	Camoradi International	Lotus 18	Straight-4	MON	NED DNS	BEL DNS	FRA 14	GBR 14							NC
1961	Camoradi International	Cooper T53	Straight-4						GER 12	ITA	USA				NC
1962	Anglo American Equipe	Cooper T59	Straight-4	NED	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR 12	GER 11	ITA DNQ	USA	RSA			NC
1963	Scirocco-Powell	Scirocco 02	BRM V8	MON WD	BEL WD	NED WD	FRA WD	GBR Ret	GER Ret	ITA WD	USA	MEX	RSA		NC