{"id":18798,"date":"2020-12-05T00:04:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T00:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/george-abecassis\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T20:03:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T20:03:15","slug":"george-abecassis","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/george-abecassis\/","title":{"rendered":"George Abecassis"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"abecassis\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/abecassis-200x200.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#biography\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Biography<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#championship-seasons\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Championship Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#non-championship-races\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Non-Championship Races<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#teams\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Teams<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"biography\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-data-box\" data-driver-id=\"18798\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content content-section toggle\">\n            <p>George Abecassis is best known for his partnership with John Heath and the resulting Hersham and Walton Motors (HWM) concern. The garage business they formed is still in operation today but it was as a specialist manufacturer and team that its primary motor racing importance lays. Stirling Moss, Peter Collins and Paul Fr\u00e8re all made their GP debuts in an HWM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early racing career and World War II<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abecassis raced an Alta before World War II and won the Crystal Palace Cup and Imperial Trophy in 1938, adding the Imperial Plate a year later, all at the south London circuit. He flew with distinction in the Royal Air Force during the conflict \u2013 becoming a Squadron Leader and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross after service that included flying British agents to occupied France.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-war career, Jaguar and HWM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once peace had been restored to Europe, he returned to racing with ERA R2A and his Alta GP \u2013 crashing the latter during the early laps of the 1948 Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten. He was seventh in the following year\u2019s British GP before building the first HWM in 1950, powered by a 2-litre Alta engine. He twice drove in World Championship GPs \u2013 retiring from the Swiss GPs of 1951 and 1952.<\/p>\n<p>Abecassis also raced a works Aston Martin in sports cars and his DB2 finished fifth at Le Mans in 1950 and 1951. The 1953 Sebring 12 hours was the opening round of the new World Sportscar Championship and Abecassis shared the second-placed DB3 with Reg Parnell \u2013 just a lap behind the winning Cunningham at the finish.<\/p>\n<p>HWM moved into endurance racing in 1954 with Jaguar power and Abecassis finished fourth on the road in the Tourist Trophy. He continued to race for another two seasons before business partner and friend Heath was killed during the 1956 Mille Miglia.<\/p>\n<p>Once he married the daughter of Aston Martin\u2019s Sir David Brown, Abecassis immediately stopped racing and withdrew HWM from the sport. 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