For the murder victim, see Murder of Tom ap Rhys Pryce. For people with a similar name, see Tom Price.
Tom Pryce
Pryce at Brands Hatch in 1974
Born
Thomas Maldwyn Pryce (1949-06-11)11 June 1949 Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
Died
5 March 1977(1977-03-05) (aged 27) Midrand, South Africa
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
British
Active years
1974–1977
Teams
Token, Shadow
Entries
42
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
2
Career points
19
Pole positions
1
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1974 Belgian Grand Prix
Last entry
1977 South African Grand Prix
Thomas Maldwyn Pryce (11 June 1949 – 5 March 1977) was a British racing driver from Wales known for winning the Brands Hatch Race of Champions, a non-championship Formula One race, in 1975 and for the circumstances surrounding his death. Pryce is the only Welsh driver to have won a Formula One race and is also the only Welshman to lead a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix: two laps of the 1975 British Grand Prix.
Pryce started his career in Formula One with the small Token team, making his only start for them at the 1974 Belgian Grand Prix. Shortly after winning the Formula Three support race for the 1974 Monaco Grand Prix, Pryce joined the Shadow team and scored his first points in Germany in only his fourth race. Pryce later claimed two podium finishes, his first in Austria in 1975 and the second in Brazil a year later. Pryce was considered by his team and most of its contemporaries as a great wet-weather driver.
In his four seasons in the sport with the Shadow team from 1974 to 1977, Pryce was identified as a potential future race winner and future world champion. Although the car was often unreliable and rarely in the points, it was on occasion quick enough to grab headlines.
During the practice session for the 1977 South African Grand Prix, run in wet conditions, Pryce was faster than everyone, including world champion drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt. During the race, he collided at high speed with a safety marshal, Frederik Jansen van Vuuren, and both men were killed. A memorial to Pryce was unveiled in 2009 in his home town of Ruthin.
Pryce was unveiled in 2009 in his home town of Ruthin. TomPryce was born on 11 June 1949 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, to Jack and Gwyneth Pryce (née...
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TomPryce fastest in the Shadow despite brake problems. Three drivers did not take part in either timed session thus far: Patrick Depailler, Pryce's team-mate...
was killed by a suspension failure on his DN3 car. He was replaced by TomPryce. The new DN5 driven by Jarier gained pole position in the two first Grands...
season was marred by a horrific accident during the South African GP: TomPryce was unable to avoid hitting 19-year-old race marshal Frederik Jansen van...
streets of Monaco was next. Lauda took pole ahead of the Shadow of TomPryce, with Pryce's teammate Jarier third. Rain before the race meant that it was started...
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miles into the 10th lap and was passed by Carlos Reutemann, James Hunt, TomPryce and Jacques Laffite; Lauda made it back to the pits with a damaged front...
names, Tony and Ken) made their debut at the Belgian Grand Prix with TomPryce at the wheel. Famous America racing team Penske entered the Canadian and...
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F1 driver, TomPryce, is remembered at the circuit through both having a straight named after him and since 2019 the running of the TomPryce Memorial Trophy...
race. Its best finish in a race was third (twice), both times driven by TomPryce. The Shadow DN5 was designed by Tony Southgate. A development of the previous...
Silverstone, with Welshman TomPryce at the wheel. Its first Championship race came the following month, at the Belgian Grand Prix, where Pryce qualified 20th but...
prix. TomPryce, who had made his Formula One debut earlier in the year with Token Racing, then took over for the remainder of the season. Pryce finished...
Grand Prix. TomPryce finished third in a Shadow DN5B in his second podium in six months. It would prove to be the season highlight for Pryce and for Shadow...
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claimed the lives of race marshal Frederick Jansen van Vuuren and driver TomPryce. In recent years, the area surrounding the circuit has developed into...
but also arguments that it was necessary in the interests of safety. TomPryce gained his only career pole position in his home race, whilst the Ferraris...
defence with victory, with Patrick Depailler second in the Tyrrell, and TomPryce completing the podium in the other Shadow. At the Kyalami circuit near...
Ferrari, claimed pole position, but sensationally sharing the front row was TomPryce, driving a Shadow, who just 12 months earlier had been deemed 'too inexperienced'...
the season he won a Grovewood Award for the second time, shared with TomPryce. Brise wished to move up to Formula 2 for the 1974 seasons, but was unable...
1977 with the Shadow team as team-mate to the highly-rated Welsh driver TomPryce, backed by their Italian sponsor Franco Ambrosio. Ambrosio demanded an...
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lead. Jean-Pierre Jarier and Brambilla stopped to change tyres, whilst TomPryce and Tony Brise tangled. Stommelen was now in the top spot, followed by...
Hunt also found himself eliminated in accidents with TomPryce, firstly in the Netherlands where Pryce collided with him at the first corner, and then two...
Formula One season and featured actual drivers, including Carlos Pace, TomPryce, James Hunt, Patrick Depailler and Mario Andretti. Vincent Canby of The...
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