David Murray (racing driver)

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} David Hugh Murray (28 December 1909 – 5 April 1973<ref name="WATN">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) was a British racing driver from Scotland. He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 May 1950, and also founded the Ecurie Ecosse Scottish motor racing team, based at Merchiston Mews in Edinburgh.

Murray was a chartered accountant by profession<ref name="ReferenceA">Template:Cite book</ref> and raced an ERA and subsequently a Maserati 4CLT both domestically and in European events, before forming Ecurie Ecosse in 1952.<ref name="WATN"/> He also participated in rallies and hill-climbs.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> After one World Championship event, for Ecosse, Murray retired as a driver to concentrate on running the team.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="WATN"/> Ecurie Ecosse won the Le Mans 24-hour race in both 1956 and 1957 each time with a Jaguar D-Type.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Murray moved abroad and was killed in a road accident in the Canary Isles on 5 April 1973.<ref name="WATN"/>

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1937	Template:Flagicon David Murray	Template:Flagicon Pat Fairfield	BMW 328	2.0	8	DNF	DNF
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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1950	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s	GBR Template:Small	MON	500	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA Template:Small		NC	0
1951	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4 s	SUI	500	BEL	FRA	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	ITA	ESP	NC	0
1952	Ecurie Ecosse	Cooper T20	Bristol BS1 2.0 L6	SUI	500	BEL	FRA	GBR Template:Small	GER	NED	ITA	NC	0
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Complete Formula One non-championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
1950	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 1.5 s/c L4	PAU	RIC	SRM	PAR	EMP Template:Small	BAR	JER Template:Small	ALB	NED Template:Small	NAT Template:Small	NOT	ULS Template:Small	PES	STT	INT Template:Small	GOO	PEN Template:Small
1951	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 1.5 s/c L4	SYR	PAU	RIC Template:Small	SRM Template:Small	BOR	INT Template:Small	PAR	ULS Template:Small	SCO Template:Small	NED	ALB
		Ferrari 125	Ferrari 1.5 s/c V12												PES Template:Small	BAR	GOO

External links

• Ecurie Ecosse

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