Horace Gould

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English {{#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 }} Horace Gould (born Horace Harry Twigg 20 September 1921 – 4 November 1968) was a British racing driver from Bristol.

Career

Known for his portly frame and larger-than-life character, Gould began racing sports cars in 1952 at the wheel of a Cooper-MG. He moved into Formula One in 1954, competing as a privateer and using the team name Gould's Garage (Bristol).<ref name="Motor Sport">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He participated in 17 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 17 July 1954, plus numerous non-Championship races.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He scored a total of two championship points, thanks to driving his Maserati 250F to fifth place in the 1956 British Grand Prix, enough to earn him joint 19th place in that season's World Championship. He won minor non-championship Formula One races at Castle Combe in 1954 and Aintree in 1956, and also won two points in the 1957 World Sportscar Championship, finishing in fifth place in that season's 1000km of Nürburgring, sharing a Maserati 300S with teammates Stirling Moss, Juan Manuel Fangio and Chico Godia.<ref name="Motor Sport"/>

Although most of Gould's career was spent in England, he also had spells living and racing in New Zealand and Modena, Italy, home of the Maserati factory.<ref name="Motor Sport"/>

The similarity of Gould's build and driving style to those of José Froilán González led to him being dubbed "the Gonzalez of the West Country".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Gould died suddenly, in Southmead, Bristol, of a cerebral haemorrhage, at the age of 47. His sons Martin, Stephen and Richard still live in Bristol.<ref name="Motor Sport"/> Martin went into motor racing and raced in Formula 3, and two of his grandchildren Daniel Gould and James Gould also had careers at a young age in motorsport.

Complete Formula One World Championship Results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Points
1954	Goulds' Garage (Bristol)	Cooper T23	Bristol Straight-6	ARG	500	BEL	FRA	GBR Template:Small	GER	SUI	ITA	ESP			NC	0
1955	Goulds' Garage (Bristol)	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	ARG	MON	500	BEL	NED Template:Small	GBR Template:Small						NC	0
	Officine Alfieri Maserati									ITA Template:Small
1956	Goulds' Garage (Bristol)	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	ARG	MON Template:Small	500	BEL Template:Small	FRA DNA	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	ITA				19th	2
1957	H H Gould	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	ARG	MON Template:Small	500	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	PES Template:Small	ITA Template:Small				NC	0
1958	H H Gould	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	ARG Template:Small	MON Template:Small	NED Template:Small	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	MOR	NC	0
1960	H H Gould	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	ARG	MON	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	POR	ITA Template:Small	USA		NC	0