Peter Arundell

Peter John Arundell (8 November 1933 – 16 June 2009) was a British racing driver, who competed in Formula One at 13 Grands Prix between Template:F1 and Template:F1.Template:Efn

Arundell participated in 13 World Championship Grands Prix for Lotus, debuting at the 1963 French Grand Prix. He scored 12 championship points and achieved two podiums, at the Monaco and Dutch Grands Prix in Template:F1.

Life and career

Peter John Arundell was born on 8 November 1933 in Ilford, Essex, England.<ref name=autocourse>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Arundell became a professional racing driver after finishing his time in the Royal Air Force, competing in Elva and Lotus cars. He won an early Formula Junior race held in England, the John Davy Trophy at the Boxing Day Brands Hatch meeting in an Elva-D.K.W. in 1959.<ref>Motor Sport, February 1960, Page 109. See also cover photograph.</ref> In 1962 he won the British Formula Junior championship in a Lotus 22, and also in 1963 in a Lotus 27. He also won the Monaco Formula Junior race in 1961 and 1962. He won the last Formula Junior race held in England, the Anglo-European Formula Junior Trophy, also at Brands Hatch, in September 1963, in a Lotus 27-Ford.<ref>The Autocar, September 1963, Pages 514, 540.</ref>

He marked his arrival in the Formula One World Championship in 1964 with two podium finishes. He was regarded as a strong prospect for the future and a great supporting driver for World Champion Jim Clark.<ref name=lastingtribute>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1964, while racing in Formula Two at Reims-Gueux, he had a spin and was hit at high speed by Richie Ginther; Arundell was thrown from the car in the impact, which resulted in him missing most of the 1965 season. Lotus boss Colin Chapman saved his place in the team for 1966, with Arundell finishing third on his comeback in the non-championship South African Grand Prix at East London on 1 January 1966.<ref>Motor Sport, February 1966, Page 90.</ref> He did not enjoy any great success and at the end of that year he retired from Formula One, having started only 11 races.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He retired from racing altogether in 1969, and later moved to Florida, where he set up a software company.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	WDC	Points
Template:F1	Team Lotus	Lotus 25	Climax V8	MON	BEL	NED	FRA Template:Small	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA	NC	0
Template:F1	Team Lotus	Lotus 25	Climax V8	MON Template:Small	NED Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX	8th	11
Template:F1	Team Lotus	Lotus 43	BRM H16	MON	BEL Template:Small	FRA Template:Small								17th	1
		Lotus 33	BRM V8				GBR Template:Small	NED Template:Small	GER Template:Small	ITA Template:Small		MEX Template:Small
			Climax V8								USA Template:Small
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Non-Championship Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1961	Team Lotus	Lotus 18	Climax Straight-4	LOM	GLV	PAU	BRX	VIE	AIN	SYR	NAP	LON	SIL	SOL Template:Small	KAN	DAN	MOD	FLG	OUL	LEW	VAL	RAN	NAT	RSA
1962	Team Lotus	Lotus 21	Climax Straight-4	CAP	BRX	LOM DNA	LAV	GLV	PAU	AIN	INT	NAP
		Lotus 24	Climax V8										MAL DNA	CLP		SOL DNA	KAN	MED DNA	DAN	OUL		RAN	NAT
			BRM V8												RMS Ret1
1963	Team Lotus	Lotus 25	Climax V8	LOM	GLV	PAU	IMO	SYR	AIN	INT DNA	ROM	SOL Template:Small	KAN	MED	AUT Template:Small	OUL DNA	RAN
1964	Team Lotus	Lotus 25	Climax V8	DMT Template:Small	NWT Template:Small	SYR Template:Small	AIN Template:Small	INT Template:Small	SOL	MED	RAN
1966	Team Lotus	Lotus 33	Climax V8	RSA Template:Small	SYR	INT	OUL DNS2
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¹ Following problems with his own car, Jim Clark took over Arundell's car but then ran out of fuel.

² The engine in Jim Clark's Lotus 43 blew up during practice and Clark took over Arundell's car.

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Pts	Class
1964	Team Lotus	Ford Cortina Lotus	Template:Tooltip	SNE Ret	GOO 3	OUL	AIN 4	SIL 5	CRY 2†	BRH	OUL				5th	24	2nd
1966	Team Lotus	Ford Cortina Lotus	Template:Tooltip	SNE 5	GOO 5	SIL 3	CRY Ret†	BRH	BRH 3	OUL 6†	BRH 2				3rd	38	1st
1968	Alan Mann Racing	Ford Escort TC	Template:Tooltip	BRH	THR	SIL	CRY Ret†	MAL 4†	BRH	SIL 26	CRO	OUL	BRH	BRH	38th	4	10th
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† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.