Paul Hawkins

Robert Paul Hawkins (12 October 1937 – 26 May 1969) was an Australian motor racing driver. The son of a racing motorcyclist-turned-church minister, Hawkins was a capable single-seater driver but really made his mark as an outstanding sports car competitor driving Ford GT40s and Lola T70s. In 1969 Hawkins was included in the FIA list of graded drivers, an elite group of 27 drivers who by their achievements were rated the best in the world.

Hawkins was hugely popular and known as Hawkeye; the son of a gentleman of the cloth he was a colourful character with a wide colourful vocabulary. He was also famous for being one of two racers to crash into the harbour at the Monaco Grand Prix, He lost control at the chicane in the 1965 race, but was not injured.

Hawkins was killed while racing a Lola T70 sports car at a race at Oulton Park in 1969.

Formula One Statistical Overview

Formula One Record

Year	Entrant	Constructor	WDC Points	WDC Pos.	Report
1965	John Willment Automobiles	Brabham-Ford	0	NC	Report
	DW Racing Enterprises	Lotus-Climax

Career Results

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	Pos
1965											0	NC
	9th	10th					Ret

Key
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
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