Jackie Lewis
| Born | 1 November 1936 |
|---|---|
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 British |
| Active years | 1961 - 1962 |
| Teams | non-works Cooper, non-works BRM |
| Entries | 10 (9 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 3 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1961 Belgian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1962 German Grand Prix |
Jackie Lewis (born 1 November 1936 in Stroud, Gloucestershire) is a British former racing driver, born in England to a Welsh family.
Lewis' racing career began in Formula Three. In 1958 Lewis bought a Formula Three Cooper-Norton from Cheltenham based Ivor Bueb and made his debut at Mallory Park, remarkably coming fourth. At Brands Hatch he made front page news for surviving a crash - a lucky photographer captured Jack’s upside-down Cooper showing Jack’s hand appearing to hold the car up. Just a week later he came first at Full Sutton and then won again at Oulton Park. In his first season in Formula 3 he raced 13 times - he won three of his races and was on the podium for a further four.
A year later in a Formula Two Cooper-Climax and won his first F2 race at Paris Montlhéry - winning by over two minutes. The following year Lewis' determination paid off and he took the F2 champion title - ahead of Australian World Champion Jack Brabham.
The following year he tried his hand at Formula One and purchased a Cooper T53 from the Surbiton factory. He made his Grand Prix debut at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa in June 1961. His maiden season showed much promise - qualifying often mid-grid and finishing ninth in his first ever race and at Nürburgring. He achieved fourth in Italy.
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