David Purley

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David Charles Purley, GM (26 January 1945 – 2 July 1985) was a British Formula One racing driver, born in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, who participated in 11 Grands Prix, debuting at Monaco in 1973.

Purley is known for being heroic during the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix, as he stopped his car and tried to save his countryman Roger Williamson, who was unable to saved after his car had a massive crash and set on fire, eventually killing him. For his attempted heroism, Purley was given the George Medal.

After his racing career ended, Purley went in to professional aerobatics. But he was killed when his specially modified biplane crashed into the English Channel, offshore from his home town.

Formula One Statistical OverviewEdit

Formula One RecordEdit

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Pos.	Report
1973	LEC Refrigeration Racing	March-Ford Cosworth	NC	Report
1974	Token Racing	Token-Ford Cosworth	NC	Report
1977	LEC Refrigeration Racing	LEC-Ford Cosworth	NC	Report

Career ResultsEdit

Complete Formula One results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pts	Pos
1973																		0	NC
1973						Ret			DNS	Ret	15th		9th					0	NC
1974																		0	NC
1974										DNQ								0	NC
1977																		0	NC
1977					DNQ		13th	14th	Ret	DNPQ								0	NC

Key
Symbol	Meaning	Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner	Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish	DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Podium finish	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
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Teams and Drivers

1973 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Brabham • BRM • Ensign • Ferrari • Iso-Marlboro • Lotus • March • McLaren • Shadow • Surtees • Tecno • Tyrrell
Engines	BRM • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Tecno
Non-works Entrants	Blignaut Lucky Strike Racing • Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing • Embassy Racing • Hesketh Racing • Hexagon of Highgate • LEC Refrigeration Racing • Scribante Lucky Strike Racing • Team Pierre Robert
Drivers	De Adamich • Ahrens • Amon • Andretti • Attwood • Bell • Beltoise • Bonnier • Brabham • Brack • Charlton • Clark • Courage • Elford • Gardner • Gurney • Hart • Hahne • Hill • Hobbs • Hulme • Ickx • Love • McLaren • Moser • Oliver • Pease • Pescarolo • Pretorius • Redman • Rindt • Rodríguez • Van Rooyen • Scarfiotti • Schlesser • Servoz-Gavin • Siffert • Solana • Spence • Stewart • Surtees • Tingle • Unser • Widdows

1974 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Amon · Brabham · BRM · Ensign · Ferrari · Hesketh · Iso-Marlboro · Lola · Lotus · Lyncar · Maki · March · McLaren · Parnelli · Penske · Shadow · Surtees · Token · Trojan · Tyrrell
Engines	BRM · Ferrari · Ford Cosworth
Non-Work Entrants	AAW Racing Team · Allied Polymer Group · Blignaut Embassy Racing · Embassy Racing with Graham Hill · Dempster International Racing Team · John Goldie Racing with Hexagon · Pinch Plant Ltd. · Scribante Lucky Strike Racing · Scuderia Finotto · Team Canada F1 Racing · Team Gunston · The Chequered Flag
Drivers	1 Peterson · 2 Ickx · 3 J. Scheckter · 4 Depailler · 5 Fittipaldi · 6/56 Hulme · 7 Reutemann · 8/20 Robarts · 8/22 von Opel · 8/22 von Opel · 8/18/34 Pace · 9 Stuck · 9 Wisell · 10/25 Ganley · 10 Brambilla · 11 Regazzoni · 12 Lauda · 14 Beltoise · 15 Pescarolo · 15/22/30 Amon · 16 Revson · 16 Redman · 16 Roos · 16/42 Pryce · 17 Jarier · 18/19 Dolhem · 18 Bell · 19/33 Mass · 19/21 Jabouille · 19/32 Koinigg · 20 Merzario · 21 Belsø · 21 van Lennep · 21 van Lennep · 21 Laffite · 22 Schuppan · 22/25/35 Wilds · 23 Charlton · 23 Charlton · 23/29/31/41 Schenken · 23/43/44 Kinnunen · 24 Hunt · 26 Hill · 27 Edwards · 27 Gethin · 27 Stommelen · 28 Watson · 29 Nicholson · 29/31 I. Scheckter · 30 Driver · 30 Perkins · 31 Facetti · 32 Keizan · 32/35/42 Ashley · 42 Purley · 43 Larrousse · 50 Wietzes · 55 Andretti · 66 Donohue · 208 Lombardi

1977 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Apollon • Boro • Brabham • BRM • Ensign • Ferrari • Fittipaldi • Hesketh • Kojima • LEC • Ligier • Lotus • March • McGuire • McLaren • Penske • Renault • Shadow • Surtees • Tyrrell • Wolf
Engines	Alfa Romeo • BRM • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Matra • Renault
Non-Works Entrants	ATS Racing Team • British Formula One Racing Team • Chesterfield Racing • Heros Racing Corporation • Iberia Airlines • Interscope Racing • Jolly Club of Switzerland • Melchester Racing • Meiritsu Racing Team • RAM Racing • RAM Racing/F&S Properties • Team Merzario • Theodore Racing Hong Kong • Williams Grand Prix Engineering
Drivers	1 Hunt • 2 Mass • 3 Peterson • 4 Depailler • 5 Andretti • 6 Nilsson • 7 Watson • 8 Pace • 8/10 Stuck • 9 Ribeiro • 10 I. Scheckter • 10/38 Henton • 11 Lauda • 11/21/40 Villeneuve • 12 Reutemann • 14/18 Perkins • 14 Ongais • 15 Jabouille • 16 Pryce • 16/17 Zorzi • 16 Oliver • 16/37 Merzario • 16/27/34 Jarier • 17 Jones • 18/33/35 Binder • 18/23 Tambay • 18 Schuppan • 18 Leoni • 19 Brambilla • 20 J. Scheckter • 21 Francia • 22 Regazzoni • 22 Ickx • 24 Keegan • 25 Ertl • 25/39 Rebaque • 25/39 Ashley • 26 Laffite • 28 Fittipaldi • 29 Hoffmann • 30 Lunger • 31 Purley • 32 Kozarowitzky • 32 Bleekemolen • 33 Hayje • 33 Sutcliffe • 35 Heyer • 36 de Villota • 38 de Dryver • 41 Kessel • 44 Trimmer • 45 McGuire • 50 Takahashi • 51 Takahara • 52 Hoshino

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