Walt Hansgen
| Born | October 28, 1919 |
|---|---|
| Died | April 7, 1966 (aged 46) |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 American |
| Active years | 1961, 1964 |
| Teams | Lotus, Cooper |
| Entries | 2 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 2 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1961 United States Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1964 United States Grand Prix |
Walter Edwin Hansgen (October 28, 1919, Westfield, New Jersey – April 7, 1966, Orléans, France) was a racecar driver from the United States. His racing career began as a road racing driver. He was aged forty-one at the time of his Grand Prix debut and forty-six when he died, several days after crashing during testing for the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.
A four-time SCCA Road Racing Champ, Hansgen participated in two Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on October 8, 1961, at Watkins Glen, New York. He scored a total of two championship points. In 1964 he raced the MG Liquid Suspension Special, an Offenhauser-powered car, for Kjell Qvale, at the Indianapolis 500. He finished 13th in that race. He raced there again in 1965, in the MG-Huffaker-Offenhauser, when he finished 14th.
In addition to Formula One, Walt Hansgen was a dominant road racer from the early 1950s and 1960s, winning numerous races at VIR, the famed course at Bridgehampton, and Watkins Glen through to his death at Le Mans in France in 1966.
He drove for Briggs Cunningham and John Mecom. Hansgen won the Formula Junior race at the inaugural United States Grand Prix meeting at Sebring, Florida, on December 12, 1959, driving a Stanguellini. Hansgen won the Monterey Grand Prix, at Laguna Seca Raceway, on October 17, 1965, driving John Mecom's Lola T70-Ford. He participated in several races of the 24 Hours of Daytona and Le Mans as well as the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance races. He also was notable for introducing Mark Donohue to professional road racing.
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