Roy Salvadori
Salvadori at the 12 hours of Sebring (1958)
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| Born |
12 May 1922 Dovercourt, Essex, England, |
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| Died | 3 June 2012 (aged 90) | ||||||||||
| Formula One World Championship career | |||||||||||
| Nationality |
 British |
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| Active years | 1952–1962 | ||||||||||
| Teams | Ferrari, Connaught, Maserati, BRM, Vanwall, Cooper, Aston Martin, Lola | ||||||||||
| Entries | 50 (47 starts) | ||||||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||||||
| Podiums | 2 | ||||||||||
| Career points | 19 | ||||||||||
| Pole positions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||||||
| First entry | 1952 British Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last entry | 1962 South African Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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| Participating years | 1953–1963 |
| Teams | Aston Martin Ltd., David Brown Racing Dept., Border Reivers, Essex Racing Team, Briggs Cunningham |
| Best finish | 1st (1959) |
| Class wins | 2 (1959 & 1962) |
Roy Francesco Salvadori (12 May 1922 – 3 June 2012) was a British racing driver and team manager. He was born in Dovercourt, Essex, to parents of Italian descent. He graduated to Formula One by 1952 and competed regularly until 1962 for a succession of teams including Cooper, Vanwall, BRM, Aston Martin and Connaught. Also a competitor in other formulae, he won the 1959 24 Heures du Mans in an Aston Martin with co-driver Carroll Shelby.
In 47 starts he achieved one F1 Championship podium finish—third place at the RAC British Grand Prix—and won non-championship races in Australia, New Zealand and England. In 1961 he was lying second in the United States Grand Prix when his Cooper's engine failed. At the end of 1962 he retired from F1, and he stopped racing altogether a couple of years later to concentrate on the motor trade. He returned to the sport in 1966 to manage the Cooper-Maserati squad for two seasons, and eventually retired to Monaco.
With his ambition thwarted by World War II, Salvadori began his career in 1946, racing purely for the pleasure of it, in minor events, in a MG and an ex-Brooklands offset Riley racer before stepping up to an ex-Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo P3 in 1947. It was with this car, he raced in the 1947 Grand Prix des Frontières, where late into the race, his Alfa would remain stuck in its highest gear. Despite this, Salvasdori still cruised home to record an impressive fifth place. He then decided to pursue a professional career, and drove a number of different makes as his career progressed.
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