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.
Formula One Statistical Overview[]
Formula One Records[]
| Year | Entrant | Team | WDC Pts. | WDC Pos. | Report |
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| 1972 |  Jock Russell
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McRae-Chevrolet* | Non-championship only | ||
| 1973 |  Hogan Racing Ltd.
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Lola-Chevrolet* | Non-championship only | ||
| 1975 | Hesketh Racing
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Hesketh-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
| 1976 | Chesterfield Team Surtees
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Surtees-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
| 1977 | Chesterfield Racing
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March-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
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| 1978 | Liggett Group with BS Fabrications
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McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
| Team Tissot Ensign
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Ensign-Ford Cosworth | ||||
- Italic donates as non-championship entrants.
- * Classified as a Formula 5000 entrant.
Career Statistics[]
Career Results[]
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| 11th | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 15th | 16th | Ret | Ret | 10th | 14th | 15th | 11th | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
| Italics | Fastest Lap | DNS | Did not start | ||
| 18th† | Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance) | NC | Non-classified finish (<90% race distance) | ||
| 4thP | Qualified for pole position | [+] More Symbols | |||