Tony Brooks (racing driver)

Tony Brooks
BornCharles Anthony Standish Brooks
(1932-02-25)25 February 1932
Dukinfield, Cheshire, England
Died3 May 2022(2022-05-03) (aged 90)
Ottershaw, Surrey, England
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityBritish
Active years19561961
TeamsBRM, Vanwall, Ferrari and non-works Cooper
Entries39 (38 starts)
Championships0
Wins6
Podiums10
Career points75
Pole positions3
Fastest laps3
First entry1956 Monaco Grand Prix
First win1957 British Grand Prix
Last win1959 German Grand Prix
Last entry1961 United States Grand Prix

Charles Anthony Standish Brooks (25 February 1932 – 3 May 2022) was a British racing driver. Also known as the "Racing Dentist", he participated in 39 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, competing for the first time on 14 July 1956, and achieved six wins, 10 podium finishes and 75 career points. He was third in the World Drivers' Championship in 1958 with Vanwall and second in 1959 with Ferrari. He also scored the first win by a British driver in a British car in a Grand Prix since 1923, driving a Connaught at Syracuse in 1955 in a non-championship race. After the death of Stirling Moss in 2020 and before his own death in 2022, Brooks was the last surviving Grand Prix winner from the 1950s.


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