Tony Brooks

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Tony Brooks
Nationality	British
World Championship Career
Active years	1956 -1961
Team(s)	BRM, Vanwall, Ferrari and Cooper
Races	38
Championships	0
Wins	6
Podium finishes	9
Pole positions	4
Fastest laps	3
First race	1956 Monaco Grand Prix
First win	1958 Belgian Grand Prix
Last win	1959 German Grand Prix
Last race	1961 United States Grand Prix

Charles Anthony Standish Brooks (born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, February 25, 1932) is a former Formula One driver from England also known as the "racing dentist". He participated in 38 grands prix, debuting on July 14, 1956, but did score the first win by a British Driver in a British car in a Grand Prix since 1923, in 1955 driving a Connaught at Syracuse in a non World Championship race. He won 6 races for Vanwall and Ferrari, secured 4 pole positions, achieved 9 podiums, and scored a total of 74 championship points. He drove for BRM but retired from the team at the end of 1961, just before their most successful season.

Had he stayed with Ferrari for 1961 or BRM for 1962, he could well have been World Champion as he was certainly capable of it.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Yr	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Team	WDC	Points
1956	BRM	ARG	MON	IND	BEL	FRA	GBR ret	GER	ITA				BRM	NA	0
1957	Vanwall	ARG	MON 2	IND	FRA	GBR 1	GER 9	PES ret	ITA 7				Vanwall	5th	11
1958	Vanwall	ARG	MON ret	DUT ret	IND	BEL 1	FRA ret	GBR 7	GER 1	POR ret	ITA 1	MOR ret	Vanwall	3rd	24
1959	Ferrari	MON 2	IND	DUT ret	FRA 1	GBR ret	GER 1	POR 9	ITA ret	USA 3			Ferrari	2nd	26
1960	Cooper	ARG	MON 4	IND	DUT ret	BEL ret	FRA ret	GBR 5	POR 5	ITA	USA ret		Cooper	11th	7
1961	BRM	MON 13	DUT 9	BEL 13	FRA ret	GBR 9	GER NC	ITA 5	USA 3				BRM	10th	6

Tony Brooks won the 1957 British Grand Prix sharing his car with Stirling Moss. Both were awarded half points for their victory (4 intead of 8). Brooks was also awarded one point in the 1957 Italian Grand Prix for recording the fastest lap.