Robert Brett Lunger (born November 14, 1945 in Wilmington, Delaware) is a retired driver. Between 1975 and 1978 he entered 43 races, qualifying in 34 of them. He drove as a privateer, because he was one of the heirs to the multi-billion dollar DuPont fortune. He primary claim to fame is as the actual person who pulled Niki Lauda out of his burning car at the Nürburgring in the 1976 German Grand Prix.
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Formula One Statistical Overview[edit | edit source]
Formula One Records[edit | edit source]
Year | Entrant | Team | WDC Points | WDC Pos. | Report |
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1975 | Hesketh Racing | Hesketh-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
1976 | Team Surtees | Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
1977 | Chesterfield Racing | March-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
McLaren-Ford Cosworth | |||||
1978 | Liggett Group/BS Fabrications | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
Team Tissot Ensign | Ensign-Ford Cosworth |
Career Statistics[edit | edit source]
Career Results[edit | edit source]
Complete Formula One results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pts | Pos | |||
1975 | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||||||||||
[1] |
13th [2] |
10th | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||
1976 | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||||||||||
11th | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 15th | 16th | Ret | Ret | 10th | 14th | 15th | 11th | |||||||||||
1977 | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||||||||||
14th | Ret | 10th | DNS | 11th | DNQ | 13th | Ret | 10th | 9th | Ret | 10th | 11th | ||||||||||
1978 | 0 | NC | ||||||||||||||||||||
13th | Ret | 11th | DNQ | DNPQ | 7th | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 8th | DNPQ | 8th | Ret | Ret | 13th | ||||||||
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Symbol | Meaning | Symbol | Meaning | ||
1st | Winner | Ret | Retired | ||
2nd | Podium finish | DSQ | Disqualified | ||
3rd | DNQ | Did not qualify | |||
5th | Points finish | DNPQ | Did not pre-qualify | ||
14th | Non-points finish | TD | Test driver | ||
NC | Non-classified finish (<90% race distance) | DNS | Did not start | ||
Italics | Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap | [+] More Symbols |
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