Don Beauman
Race car driver, Deceased Person
1928 – 1955
Who was Don Beauman?
Donald Beauman was a British Formula One driver who took part in one World Championship Grand Prix.
Beauman ran a Cooper 500 for two years in Formula Three before switching to sports car racing, and took on Formula One in 1954 with a Connaught A-Type, sponsored by wealthy privateer Sir Jeremy Boles. He finished eleventh in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. He achieved some success in Formula Two, with several third and fourth place finishes and a second place in the Madgwick Cup at Goodwood. In 1955, the weekend before the British Grand Prix, he was killed when he crashed his Connaught during the Leinster Trophy race.
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- Born
- Jul 26, 1928
Farnborough - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 9, 1955
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on July 23, 2013
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