Ron Flockhart (racing driver)

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William Ronald Flockhart (16 June 1923 – 12 April 1962) was a British racing driver. He participated in 14 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, achieving one podium finish and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar race twice.

Racing career

Flockhart started competing in 1951 in a JP Formula 3 car. He purchased the famous ERA R4D from Raymond Mays and in 1953 had a very successful season, beating one of the works BRMs at Goodwood. He achieved podium finishes at Goodwood, Charterhall, Snetterton and Crystal Palace, as well as several hill climb successes.

Flockhart's best World Championship result was third place at the 1956 Italian Grand Prix in a Connaught Type B.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1959, driving a BRM P25, he won the Lady Wigram Trophy,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and qualified on pole, set fastest lap and won the non-championship Silver City Trophy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1956, driving for the Scottish team Ecurie Ecosse, he won the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans, sharing an ex-works Jaguar D-type with Ninian Sanderson.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The following year he won again for the same team, this time sharing with Ivor Bueb, setting a distance record of Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, 12 June 1961, p. 34.</ref>

Record flight attempts and death

In the early 1960s, the United Dominions Trust made plans to break the record for the time taken to fly from Sydney to London in order to gain publicity for its UDT Laystall racing team.<ref name="PA"/> A Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation-built Mustang World War Two fighter was purchased in Australia and Flockhart was engaged to make the attempt.<ref name="PA"/> Flockhart departed Sydney in the Mustang, registered G-ARKD, on 28 February 1961 and after several delays due to bad weather finally ended the attempt at Athens due to engine problems.<ref name="PA"/> Flockhart subsequently entered the London-Cardiff Air Race to be held in June that year but withdrew because G-ARKD was still in Athens.<ref name="PA"/> G-ARKD was abandoned and another CAC Mustang, registered VH-UWB, was bought in Australia for Flockhart to make a second attempt at the Sydney-London record.<ref name="PA"/> On 12 April 1962, while on a test flight in preparation for the record attempt, Flockhart crashed VH-UWB in poor weather near Kallista, Victoria, and was killed.<ref name="PA">Anderson, Peter N. Mustangs of the RAAF and RNZAF. A. H. & A. W. Reed Pty. Ltd. Terry Hills, Sydney, NSW 1975. Template:ISBN</ref>

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	11	WDC	Pts
Template:F1	Prince Bira	Maserati 250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	ARG	500	BEL	FRA	GBR Template:Small	GER	SUI	ITA	ESP			NC	0
Template:F1	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	BRM P25 2.5 L4	ARG	MON	500	BEL	FRA	GBR Template:Small	GER					14th	4
	Connaught Engineering	Connaught B	Alta GP 2.5 L4								ITA Template:Small
Template:F1	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	BRM P25 2.5 L4	ARG	MON Template:Small	500	FRA Template:Small	GBR	GER	PES	ITA				NC	0
Template:F1	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper T43	Climax FPF 2.0 L4	ARG	MON Template:Small	NED	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA		NC	0
	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	BRM P25 2.5 L4											MOR Template:Small
Template:F1	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	BRM P25 2.5 L4	MON Template:Small	500	NED	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER	POR Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	USA			NC	0
Template:F1	Team Lotus	Lotus 18	Climax FPF 2.5 L4	ARG	MON	500	NED	BEL	FRA Template:Small	GBR	POR	ITA			25th	1
	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T51											USA Template:Small
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* Shared drive with Prince Bira

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Lotus Engineering	Template:Flagicon Colin Chapman	Lotus Mark IX	S1.1	99	DNF (Reversed on track)
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse	Template:Flagicon Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar D-Type	S5.0	300	1st	1st
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse	Template:Flagicon Ivor Bueb	Jaguar D-Type	S5.0	327	1st	1st
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse	Template:Flagicon John ‘Jock’ Lawrence	Tojeiro	S3.0	137	DNF (Overheating)
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse	Template:Flagicon Bruce Halford	Jaguar D-Type	S3.0	168	DNF (Crankshaft)
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Border Reivers	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	Aston Martin DBR1/300	S3.0	132	DNF (Clutch)
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Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1958	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse	Template:Flagicon Masten Gregory	Jaguar D-Type	S3.0	55	DNF (Engine)
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External links

• Ron Flockhart profile at The 500 Owners Association