Rupert Keegan

Rupert Keegan
Keegan in 1980 at the British Grand Prix
Driver Information
Born	26 February 1944(1944-02-26) Westcliff, Essex, England
Died	23 September 2024(2024-09-23) (aged 80) Elba, Tuscany, Italy
Nationality	UK
Formula One World ChampionshipCareer Statistics
Status	Retired
Seasons Active	1977–1978, 1980, 1982
Teams	Hesketh (1977) Surtees (1978) RAM (1980) March (1982)
World Titles	0
Races	38 (25 starts)
Poles	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Fastest Laps	0
Points	0
First Race	1977 Spanish Grand Prix
Last Race	1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix

Rupert Keegan (born 26 February 1955 in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex) is a former racing driver from England. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 8 May 1977. He scored no championship points.

Keegan won the 1976 British Formula 3 Championship, which propelled him into Formula One. After seasons with Hesketh and Surtees, neither of them particularly competitive teams, he won the Aurora Formula One Championship in 1979. A return to the Formula One World Championship with RAM driving their Williams FW07B yielded little in the way of results, as did a few races with March.

After Formula One, Keegan raced in the United States in CART, and also in endurance racing. After his retirement, he pursued business interests and also worked as a racing instructor.

Formula One Career

Quotes

"Rupert Keegan in the Surtees is already out. The car spun, the engine sucked in grass." - Harry Carpenter. BBC. 1978 Argentine Grand Prix

Formula One Statistical Overview

Formula One Record

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Pts.	WDC Pos.	Report
1977	Penthouse Rizla+. Racing with Hesketh	Hesketh-Ford Cosworth	0	—	Report
1978	Durex Team Surtees	Surtees-Ford Cosworth	0	—	Report
1979	Charles Clowes Racing*	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	Non-championship only
	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team
1980	RAM – Williams Grand Prix Engineering	Williams-Ford Cosworth	0	—	Report
	RAM – Penthouse Rizla+. Racing
1981: Did not compete
1982	Rothmans Racing with March Grand Prix	March-Ford Cosworth	0	—	Report

• Italics donate non-championship entries.
• * Classified as a British Formula One entrant.

Career Statistics

Entries	38
Starts	25
Pole Positions	0
Race Wins	0
Podiums	0
Fastest Laps	0
Points	0
Laps Raced	1028
Distance Raced	4,686 km (2,912 mi)

Career Results

World Championship

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pts	Pos
1977																		0	NC
					Ret	12th	Ret	13th	10th	Ret	Ret	7th	Ret	9th	8th	Ret
1978																		0	NC
	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNQ	11th	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNS
1980																		0	NC
								11th	DNQ	15th	DNQ	11th	DNQ	9th
1982																		0	NC
												DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	12th

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

Non-Championship

Complete Non-Championship Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	Pts	Pos
1977				—	—
	8th
1978				—	—
	Ret
1979				—	—
	Ret	5th

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

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