Rob Walker (motorsport)
| Full name | R.R.C. Walker Racing Team |
|---|---|
| Base | Dorking, Surrey, UK |
| Founder(s) | Rob Walker |
| Noted drivers |
 Stirling Moss Jack Brabham Maurice Trintignant Jo Bonnier Jo Siffert Graham Hill Jochen Rindt
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 1953 British Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 124 |
| Constructors |
Connaught Cooper Lotus Ferguson Brabham |
| Race victories | 9 |
| Pole positions | 10 |
| Fastest laps | 9 |
| Final entry | 1970 Mexican Grand Prix |
Rob Walker Racing Team was a privateer team in Formula One during the 1950s and 1960s. Founded by Johnnie Walker heir Rob Walker (1917-2002) in 1953, the team became F1's most successful privateer in history, being the first and (along with Giancarlo Baghetti´s team FISA) only entrant to win a World Championship Formula One Grand Prix without ever building their own car.
Born in 1918, the 35-year-old Rob Walker founded his team in 1953, debuting in the Lavant Cup Formula 2 race, entering a Connaught for driver Tony Rolt, where he achieved a third place. The next race, at Snetterton, Eric Thompson was the first winner with a Rob Walker car. Between Rolt and Thompson, the Rob Walker Racing Team had an auspicious debut season, with eight wins in British club racing series. Their international debut was at the Rouen Grand Prix, a mixed F1/F2 race, with Stirling Moss's Cooper-Alta, who managed to take 4th place among the F2 cars. The 1953 British Grand Prix was Walker's first World Championship outing, but Rolt's Connaught did not last the full distance.
Walker, who entered his cars in Scottish national colours (blue with a white stripe, instead of the more common British Racing Green), continued to race in British club events in the following years. From 1954 to 1956, Walker made a few scattered appearances, only winning a Formula 2 race at Brands Hatch in 1956 with Tony Brooks. Walker returned full-time in 1957 with an F2 Cooper-Climax. Tony Brooks, who shared driving duties during the season with Jack Brabham and Noel Cunningham-Reid, won the Lavant Cup, but the team failed to finish most of its races.
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