{"id":21555,"date":"2020-12-05T05:17:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T05:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/tony-brooks\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T19:16:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T19:16:30","slug":"tony-brooks","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/tony-brooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Brooks"},"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=\"brooks_tony\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/brooks_tony-200x200.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                        <p class=\"hero__text\">One of the greatest drivers never to have won the world championship, Tony Brooks&#8217; natural talent and smooth style took him to victory at some of grand prix racing&#8217;s most testing circuits<\/p>\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=\"21555\"><\/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=\"full-biography\">\n    \n                    <section class=\"c-gallery gallery content-section\">\n    <div class=\"container user-content\">\n        <div class=\"image-gallery\">\n                        <div class=\"tns-default\">\n                <div data-behaviour=\"simple-slider\">\n                                            <div class=\"image-gallery__item\">\n                                                            <figure class=\"\">\n            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Tony-Brooks-after-winning-the-1958-Belgian-Grand-Prix-800x450.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Tony-Brooks-after-winning-the-1958-Belgian-Grand-Prix-660x371.jpg.webp 660w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Tony-Brooks-after-winning-the-1958-Belgian-Grand-Prix-600x338.jpg.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Tony-Brooks-after-winning-the-1958-Belgian-Grand-Prix-400x225.jpg.webp 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, (max-width: 400px) 100vw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"450\" width=\"800\" alt=\"Tony Brooks after winning the 1958 Belgian Grand Prix\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Tony-Brooks-after-winning-the-1958-Belgian-Grand-Prix-800x450.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Tony-Brooks-after-winning-the-1958-Belgian-Grand-Prix-800x450.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Tony-Brooks-after-winning-the-1958-Belgian-Grand-Prix-660x371.jpg.webp 660w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Tony-Brooks-after-winning-the-1958-Belgian-Grand-Prix-600x338.jpg.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Tony-Brooks-after-winning-the-1958-Belgian-Grand-Prix-400x225.jpg.webp 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, (max-width: 400px) 100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n        <\/figure>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content expanding-content--expandable content-section content-section--no-padding-top toggle\">\n            <p>Where to rank Tony Brooks in the list of greats? Never World Champion and a winner of just six grands prix but he was one of the finest talents the sport has seen.<\/p>\n<p>His win rate was better than many grand prix champions, having emerged victorious from 15.8% of the world championship rounds he started, but alongside England\u2019s rich vein of drivers during the late 1950s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/stirling-moss\">Stirling Moss<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/mike-hawthorn\">Mike Hawthorn<\/a> and<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/peter-collins\">Peter Collins<\/a>), Brooks is often forgotten such was his modest demeanour and understated presence.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Upbringing and early career<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Tony Brooks&#8217; father was a dentist and he was planning to follow the family profession when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/archive\/article\/june-2012\/102\/tony-brooks-4\">began racing a Healey in 1952<\/a>. National success followed with a Frazer Nash and the student travelled to Sicily for his second overseas race (he had retired an Aston Martin at Le Mans) \u2013 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1955-syracuse-grand-prix\/\">1955 Syracuse GP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was a non-championship event but a British car had not won such a continental Formula 1 race for 30 years. With limited experience in British non-championship F1 races that year, Brooks scored a commanding victory for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/connaught-engineering\">Connaught<\/a> and that success was met with euphoria back home and new found fame for the unassuming youngster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grand Prix winner for Vanwall and Ferrari<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brooks signed to drive for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/british-racing-motors\">BRM<\/a> in F1 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/aston-martin\">Aston Martin<\/a> in sports cars in 1956. Second in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1956-barc-200\/\">BARC 200<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/circuits\/aintree\">Aintree<\/a>, he made his championship debut at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/circuits\/silverstone\">Silverstone<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1956-british-grand-prix\/\">the British GP.<\/a> He ran second behind team-mate Hawthorn early on but his throttle stuck open approaching Abbey on lap 40. His green BRM somersaulted into the bank and caught fire with Brooks thrown clear. He broke his jaw in the accident but was fit enough to race at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1956-le-mans-24-hours\/\">Le Mans a fortnight later<\/a> when his Aston Martin retired in the final hour.<\/p>\n<p>It was 1957 when Brooks truly arrived and there were moments when he was the class of the field during the next few years. He joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/vandervell-products\">Vanwall<\/a> and was second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1957-monaco-grand-prix\/\">at Monaco<\/a> behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/juan-manuel-fangio\">Juan Manuel Fangio<\/a>. Victory for Aston Martin a week later in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1957-nurburgring-1000kms\/\">N\u00fcrburgring 1000Kms<\/a> prompted talk of a new star. But Brooks was injured during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1957-le-mans-24-hours\/\">the Le Mans 24 Hours<\/a> after his Aston Martin DBR1 had run as high as second. It stuck in fourth gear approaching Tertre Rouge and Brooks was pitched into the barriers and rolled.<\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full bio<\/a>\n                        <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-up expanding-content__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read Less<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"c-content-article content-article content-section\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"content-article__grid\">\n            <div class=\"content-article__article\">\n                <h2 class=\"title sanomat\">From the archive<\/h2>\n                                    <div\n                        data-behaviour=\"tag-automation\"\n                        data-automation-type=\"related-issue-content\"\n                        data-tags=\"\"\n                        data-current-post=\"21555\"><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"content-article__content user-content\">\n                <p>He returned for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1957-british-grand-prix\/\">the British GP<\/a> at Aintree and qualified on the front row despite feeling unwell following his Le Mans accident. Vanwall team-mate Moss led at the start but developed a misfire. Clearly not well, Brooks had slipped to ninth so the drivers swapped machines. The sick engine finally expired with Brooks at the wheel but Moss charged back through the field. He was running fourth on lap 70 when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jean-behra\">Jean Behra<\/a>\u2019s leading Maserati 250F blew its clutch, Hawthorn punctured a tyre on the debris and \u00a0Moss overtook team-mate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/stuart-lewis-evans\">Stuart Lewis-Evans<\/a>. In a matter of a few eventful minutes, the Brooks\/Moss Vanwall had gone from fourth to first and Stirling completed the remaining laps to record the first world championship GP victory for a British car.<\/p>\n<p>Better was to come in 1958 when Brooks proved the perfect team-mate for Moss. He was fastest in qualifying at Monaco and won three times when his countryman\u2019s car failed. Brooks was third in the world championship and helped Vanwall clinch the inaugural constructors\u2019 title.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that success, Vanwall withdrew from the sport at the end of the season so Brooks made a late switch to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/ferrari\">Ferrari<\/a> for 1959. His season began with another second place at Monaco despite Brooks being ill due to petrol fumes. He used the prodigious straightline speed of the Ferrari Dino 246 to score start-to-finish victories <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1959-french-grand-prix\/\">at Reims<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1959-german-grand-prix\/\">Avus<\/a> and trail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/jack-brabham\">Jack Brabham<\/a> by just four points after that German GP win. But a broken piston at the start of the Italian GP thwarted his title challenge and Brooks finished as championship runner-up.<\/p>\n<p>Now married and with a successful garage business in Weybridge, Brooks raced a year-old Cooper T51-Climax for the private Yeoman Credit team in 1960 with fourth at Monaco his best result. He joined BRM for the following season and was a fine third at Watkins Glen on what was his final GP appearance. Brooks retired to concentrate on his business and his young family.<\/p>\n<p>By the time he sold the garage in 1993, it was a Ford main dealership employing over 100 people. Brooks remained in the background, although he was put into the spotlight at the 2008 Goodwood revival, which celebrated his talent with a line-up that included most of the cars he had ever raced.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Brooks died, aged 90, on May 3, 2022.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"championship-seasons\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-seasons-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"non-championship-races\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Non Championship Races\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div 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