Peter Walker (racing driver)
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| Born | Peter Douglas Conyers Walker 7 October 1912 Huby, Yorkshire, England |
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| Died | 1 March 1984 (aged 71) Newtown, Worcestershire, England |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
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| Active years | 1950–1951, 1955 |
| Teams | privateer ERA and Maserati, BRM, Connaught |
| Entries | 4 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1950 British Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1955 British Grand Prix |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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| Participating years | 1951–1956 |
| Teams | P. D. C. Walker, Jaguar Cars Ltd., Aston Martin, David Brown. |
| Best finish | 1st (1951) |
| Class wins | 1 (1951) |
Peter Douglas Conyers Walker (7 October 1912 – 1 March 1984) was an English racing driver. He was born in Huby, Yorkshire and died in Newtown, Worcestershire. He proved a strong driver in most disciplines, but was most adept in sports cars, winning the 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans race, and the Goodwood Nine-Hours in 1955. He effectively retired after a crash in 1956 left him with serious injuries.
Peter ‘Skid’ Walker was born in Yorkshire in October 1912. He really started his racing career in 1935, after linking up with Peter Whitehead. He enjoyed success in both circuit racing and hillclimbing with an ERA prior to World War II, with victories at Brooklands and Donington Park. Throughout this period, he could be found racing Whitehead’s ERAs. His aggressive, sliding style made him a crowd favourite and gained him a little bit of notoriety. After the hostilities finished, he returned to the sport.
Although competitive before the war, Walker’s aggressive style and experience helped him become even more successful. In fact, he was one of handful of driver who could get the ERA E-type to perform. In 1948, he was able to put together some impressive performances both in hillclimbing, but in Grand Prix Racing. One of those races was the inaugural British Grand Prix, at RAF Silverstone. However, the race did not go to plan. He entered the race driving an ERA E-type, but the manufacturer was unable to deliver the chassis in time, so Walker used his older B-type. During the race, he survived the massive attrition to finish in 11th place, 12 laps adrift of the winner, Luigi Villoresi.
In the inaugural World Championship of Drivers, Walker was present at the very first race, the RAC British Grand Prix at Silverstone. In fact, he was one of the first to enter the event, in his own ERA E-type. After qualifying tenth, he shared the race driving duties with Tony Rolt, pitting after just two laps to hand the car over. Unfortunately, the pace show in qualifying wasn’t matched by its endurance, was Rolt retiring the car on the fifth lap due to gearbox problems. Walker’s inaugural Formula One season ended there, as he did not contest another Grand Prix that season.
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