Teddy Pilette

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Theodore "Teddy" Pilette (Template:IPA; born 26 July 1942)<ref name="WATN">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a former racing driver from Belgium. He participated in 4 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, the first on 12 May 1974 with Bernie Ecclestone's Brabham team.

Son of André Pilette and grandson of Théodore Pilette, he followed the family path. He started his career by winning many go-kart races before being sent to England to the talent-spotting Jim Russell Racing School. This experience created the opportunity for him to be part of the cast for John Frankenheimer's movie Grand Prix, and later on Le Mans with Steve McQueen.

On the circuit, Pilette raced for Carlo Abarth in 1963 and 1965, and in 1967 he started racing for the Belgian VDS team. He won the European Formula 5000 Championship in 1973 with a Chevron B24, and again in 1975 with a Lola T400. He also competed in the US in Formula 5000. He also made 3 attempts at the Indy 500. He attempted to qualify for the 1977 Indianapolis 500 but failed to make the field. He drove in the CART Championship Car race at Watkins Glen International in 1981 but retired after 14 laps due to gearbox failure. It would be his only Champ Car start as he failed to qualify for the 1982 Indianapolis 500 and 1983 Indianapolis 500 and was entered in the Cleveland Grand Prix later that year but the car was driven by Herm Johnson.<ref>Teddy Pilette, Champ Car Stats, Retrieved 3 March 2011</ref>

In 1977, Capparelli arranged for Pilette to drive with the dying BRM team in Formula One, and also in the Aurora AFX Formula One Championship the following year.

In sports cars Pilette won the Spa 24 Hours with a Ford Capri, in the last race on the long circuit in 1978.

In 1992 he formed the Pilette Speed Tradition Formula Ford team in Europe. In 1994 he built his own Formula Three car, the Pilette PWT 94C, and raced in the German Formula 3 championship with Paolo Coloni, without success. In September 2013, he was elected vice president of the Grand Prix Drivers Club (formerly known as Club International des Anciens Pilotes de Grand-Prix F1).

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1968	Template:Flagicon Racing Team V.D.S.	Template:Flagicon Rob Slotemaker	Alfa Romeo T33/2	P 2.0	104	DNF	DNF
1969	Template:Flagicon Racing Team V.D.S.	Template:Flagicon Rob Slotemaker	Alfa Romeo T33B	P 3.0	36	DNF	DNF
1970	Template:Flagicon Racing Team V.D.S.	Template:Flagicon Gustave Gosselin	Lola T70 Mk. IIIB-Chevrolet	S 5.0	109	DNF	DNF
1971	Template:Flagicon Racing Team V.D.S.	Template:Flagicon Gustave Gosselin	Lola T70 Mk. IIIB-Chevrolet	S 5.0	14	DNF	DNF
1972	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Francorchamps	Template:Flagicon Derek Bell Template:Flagicon Richard Bond	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	GT 5.0	301	8th	4th
1975	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Francorchamps	Template:Flagicon Jean-Claude Andruet Template:Flagicon Hughes de Fierlandt	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	GTS	293	12th	6th
1978	Template:Flagicon Ecurie Francorchamps	Template:Flagicon Jean Blaton Template:Flagicon Raymond Touroul	Ferrari 512BB	IMSA +2.5	39	DNF	DNF
1987	Template:Flagicon Dahm Cars Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Peter Fritsch Template:Flagicon Jean-Paul Libert	Argo JM19-Porsche	C2	12	DNF	DNF
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Complete European F5000 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	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1971	Racing Team V.D.S.	McLaren M10B	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	MAL	SNE	BRH	MON	SIL	CAS	MAL	MNZ	MAL	THR Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	OUL	SNE Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	BRH Template:Small		8th	18
1972	Racing Team V.D.S.	McLaren M18/M22	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	NIV Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	MON						OUL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small					5th	25
		McLaren M22									OUL Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	SIL	BRH
1973	Racing Team V.D.S.	McLaren M18/M22	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH Template:Small	MAL																	1st	136
		Chevron B24				SIL Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	MIS Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	JYL Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	BRH Template:Small
1974	Chevron Racing Team V.D.S.	Chevron B28	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	MNZ Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	THR Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	4th	108
1975	Racing Team V.D.S.	Lola T400	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	THR Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small			1st	174

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	12	13	14	15	16	17	Template:Abbr	Pts
1974	Hitachi Team Brabham	Brabham BT42	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL Template:Small	MON	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA			NC	0
1977	Stanley BRM	BRM P207	BRM P202 3.0 V12	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	AUT	NED Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	USA	CAN	JPN	NC	0

Complete Formula One non-championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1971	Racing Team V.D.S.	McLaren M10B (F5000)	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	ARG	ROC	QUE	SPR	INT	RIN	OUL	VIC Template:Small
1972	Racing Team V.D.S.	McLaren M18/M22 (F5000)	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	ROC Template:Small	BRA	INT Template:Small			VIC Template:Small
		McLaren M22 (F5000)					OUL Template:Small	REP
1973	Racing Team V.D.S.	McLaren M18/M22 (F5000)	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	ROC Template:Small
		Chevron B24 (F5000)			INT Template:Small
1974	Racing Team V.D.S.	Chevron B28 (F5000)	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	PRE	ROC Template:Small	INT Template:Small
1975	Racing Team V.D.S.	Lola T400 (F5000)	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	ROC Template:Small	INT	SUI

Complete British Formula One 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	12	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1978	Stanley BRM	BRM P207	BRM P202 3.0 V12	OUL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	ZAN	DON	THR Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	THR Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	13th	20

External links

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