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Vic Elford
Elford in 2010 at Watkins Glen
Born(1935-06-10)10 June 1935
Peckham, London, England[1]
Died13 March 2022(2022-03-13) (aged 86)
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityBritish
Active years1968–1969, 1971
TeamsCooper, McLaren, BRM
Entries13
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points8
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1968 French Grand Prix
Last entry1971 German Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1967–1974, 1983
TeamsPorsche System
Porsche Salzburg
Martini Racing
Autodelta SpA
Automobiles Charles Pozzi
Robert Buchet
Rondeau
Best finish6th (1973)
Class wins2 (1967, 1973)

Victor Henry Elford (10 June 1935 – 13 March 2022) was an English sports car racing, rallying, and Formula One driver. He participated in 13 World Championship F1 Grands Prix, debuting on 7 July 1968. He scored a total of 8 championship points.

Nicknamed "Quick Vic" by his peers Elford was mainly a famous sports car competitor as well as a successful rally driver, associated often with Porsche.

  1. ^ "Database - Vic Elford". Motor Sport. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

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Vic Elford

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"Quick Vic" by his peers Elford was mainly a famous sports car competitor as well as a successful rally driver, associated often with Porsche. Elford started...

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Porsche 917

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those races, but privateers used the 917K at the Nürburgring 1000 km, and Vic Elford drove a lap of the 44-mile Targa Florio course in the 917K at Ferdinand...

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1968 Formula One season

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hillclimbing race in Germany. The team then hired Lucien Bianchi and Vic Elford. Jo Schlesser was signed by Honda to drive the experimental air-cooled...

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1969 Formula One season

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the four-wheel drive Lotus, slowed down during the first lap and saw Vic Elford crashing into him and flying into the trees. The McLaren driver broke...

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Porsche Holding

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development, but Salzburg continued. Usually two cars were entered, for Vic Elford and Hans Herrmann. Salzburg operated the winning Porsche 908/3 in the...

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Porsche 907

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the banking, his teammate Rolf Stommelen supported the #54 driven by Vic Elford/Jochen Neerpasch. When the #52 car of the longtime leaders Jo Siffert/Hans...

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Colin Crabbe Racing

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that entered a single car in 17 Formula One races in 1969 and 1970. Vic Elford and Ronnie Peterson drove for the team, the cars used being a Cooper T86...

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1969 24 Hours of Le Mans

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and three works entries were at Le Mans in langheck (longtail) form for Vic Elford/Richard Attwood and Rolf Stommelen/Kurt Ahrens, with Herbert Linge in...

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1967 24 Hours of Le Mans

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Wyer’s J.W. Automotive. Porsche entered a standard 906 for Ben Pon and Vic Elford, making his Le Mans debut, as well as French privateer Christian Poirot...

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1969 Monaco Grand Prix

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race for Cooper as a constructor and Maserati as an engine supplier, Vic Elford finishing seventh and last in a car entered by Colin Crabbe. Note: Only...

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Brands Hatch

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of 218-laps. Two laps further down in third was another 907 driven by Vic Elford and Jochen Neerpasch and fourth place went to another GT40, driven by...

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Toyota 7

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blue), Kanie was partnered by Kiyoshi Misaki in the #6 (yellow), and Vic Elford was recruited to drive the #7 (green) entry, joined by Toshiaki Takahashi...

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Lotus Cortina

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end needing constant attention. The A-bracket was persevered with by Vic Elford and David Seigle-Morris for the 1964 Tour de France Automobile, a 10-day...

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Helmut Marko

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International Racing Team Gijs van Lennep Porsche 917K S 5.0 397 1st 1st 1972 Autodelta SpA Vic Elford Alfa Romeo Tipo 33TT3 S 3.0 232 DNF DNF Source:...

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1971 German Grand Prix

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race distance was shortened to 12 laps. Notable driver changes included Vic Elford replacing Pedro Rodríguez, who had been killed in a sports car race at...

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24 Hours of Daytona

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failure in the banking, his teammate Rolf Stommelen supported the car of Vic Elford and Jochen Neerpasch.[clarification needed] When the car of the longtime...

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1972 24 Hours of Le Mans

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picked up a number of ex-Porsche drivers for the three cars entered: Vic Elford/Helmut Marko, Rolf Stommelen/”Nanni” Galli and Nino Vaccarella/Andrea...

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Martini Racing

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Rally Championship as a works team, running a 911 SC for Björn Waldegård and Vic Preston Jr. in the Safari Rally. The project did not continue past this one-off...

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Porsche 928

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performance of the 928 to North America. The drivers Richard Attwood (GB), Vic Elford (GB), Howard Meister (USA) and Bob Hagestad (USA) were told to just "drive...

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Porsche 908

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on the first lap; Brian Redman was badly injured after crashing), but Vic Elford did manage to set the fastest lap. The next race at the Nürburgring saw...

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1969 German Grand Prix

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Wippermann, causing a crash that also took out Vic Elford, whose car flipped upside down and landed in the trees. Elford broke his arm in 3 places. In the race...

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Mario Andretti

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July 10, 2007. Keyser, Michael, The Speed Merchants, Mario Andretti, Vic Elford, retrieved July 6, 2018 Lawrence, Andrew (May 19, 2015). "After winning...

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Chaparral 2J

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"Petroleum Museum | Chaparral 2J". "'Out of this world' Chaparral 2J fan car: Vic Elford on the machine that blew rivals away". November 2020. "1970 Chaparral...

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1970 24 Hours of Le Mans

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Ferry Porsche and mother of company Technical Director Ferdinand Piëch. Vic Elford/Kurt Ahrens ran the 4.9-litre 917L, while Swiss-pairing Rico Steinemann/Dieter...

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Formula One drivers from the United Kingdom

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Anthony Davidson Paul di Resta Martin Donnelly Johnny Dumfries Guy Edwards Vic Elford Bob Evans Jack Fairman Ron Flockhart Peter Gethin Horace Gould Brian Henton...

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Sports car racing

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(3 vols) – extensive history of Porsche. Vic Elford, "Reflections on a Golden Era of Motorsport" – covers Vic's rallying, single seater and mostly sports...

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McLaren M7A

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Meanwhile, the Colin Crabbe Antique Automobiles team bought the M7B and Vic Elford drove it at the Dutch Grand Prix, finishing 10th. McLaren was fourth,...

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