{"id":25166,"date":"2020-12-05T11:37:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T11:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/ron-flockhart\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T18:37:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T18:37:59","slug":"ron-flockhart","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/ron-flockhart\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Flockhart"},"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=\"flockhart2\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/flockhart2-200x200.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                        <p class=\"hero__text\">One of the all-time sports car greats, Ron Flockhart won Le Mans twice, and also competed in 13 grands prix. But a love for aviation proved fateful<\/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=\"25166\"><\/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        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p>The dangerous pastimes of motor racing and aviation often went hand-in-hand in the early days of the 19th century. In many ways, Ron Flockhart was a throwback to that era. But his wish for a challenge was in contrast to a serious nature. A double winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours, it was his pursuit of the Sydney-to-London flying record that eventually cost this unassuming and popular adventurer his life.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Education, World War II and early racing career<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>An engineering graduate of Edinburgh University, he saw active service with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during World War II. A Captain when he returned to civilian life, Flockhart had started scrambling motorcycles while in the Army. He switched to cars in 1948 \u2013 initially with a modified MG before trying his hand in 500cc Formula 3 with a Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of ERAs (the original R1A chassis and Raymond Mays\u2019 R4D) were acquired for the 1952 Formule Libre and hillclimb seasons. Victories at Goodwood, Charterhall and Snetterton (among others) during 1953 led to a drive with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/british-racing-motors\">BRM<\/a> for the following season. With a burgeoning motor racing career, Flockhart resigned from the Edinburgh textile company for whom he worked to turn professional.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Formula 1 debut and BRM test driver<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>He made his Grand Prix debut in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1954-british-grand-prix\/\">1954 British GP<\/a> when &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/b-bira\">B.Bira<\/a>&#8221; suffered from a bout of malaria. The Siamese prince lasted until lap 42 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/circuits\/silverstone\">Silverstone<\/a> before handing his Maserati 250F over but the Scot rolled the car at Copse within two laps without injury.<\/p>\n<p>Hours of testing for BRM were rewarded with another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1956-british-grand-prix\/\">British GP appearance in 1956<\/a> although his engine failed. He returned in that year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1956-italian-grand-prix\/\">Italian GP<\/a> with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/connaught-engineering\">Connaught B-Alta<\/a> and it proved altogether more satisfying as Flockhart finished in a fine third position.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Le Mans winner<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>But it was at the Le Mans 24 Hours that Flockhart enjoyed his greatest triumphs by winning with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/ecurie-ecosse\">Ecurie Ecosse<\/a> Jaguar D-type<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1956-le-mans-24-hours\/\"> in 1956<\/a> (sharing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/ninian-sanderson\/\">Ninian Sanderson<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1957-le-mans-24-hours\/\">1957<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/ivor-bueb\/\">Ivor Bueb<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Those victories were Flockhart\u2019s greatest achievements but his 13-race GP career was a stop-start affair during which he never completed a full season. Burns suffered in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1957-french-grand-prix\/\">1957 French GP<\/a> crash which curtailed that programme and he was injured again while practising for a sports car race at Rouen a year later. He crashed into an ambulance and his Lotus 15 caught fire. Pulled clear, he suffered broken ribs and three crushed vertebrae.<\/p>\n<p>He won the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy in New Zealand for BRM and was sixth in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1959-french-grand-prix\/\">the French GP<\/a> despite goggles broken by an errant stone thrown up by another car. He repeated that result in the following year\u2019s race when replacing the recently deceased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/alan-stacey\/\">Alan Stacey<\/a> in a works Lotus 18-Climax.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Aviation adventurer<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Flockhart, who had qualified as a pilot in 1948 with a Tiger Moth, was increasingly interested in flight. He was in Australia at the start of 1962 to race a Lotus-Climax and prepare for a second attempt on the Sydney-to-London air speed record. His previous effort had been thwarted by bad weather over Athens but Flockhart acquired an ex-Royal Australian Air Force Mustang for his next attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Flockhart was killed after crashing into wooded countryside near Melbourne and his death was mourned in racing and aviation alike. Married to a BOAC air stewardess just a month earlier, his ashes were released from an aeroplane over the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh.<\/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=\"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 class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-races-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=\"teams\">\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                Teams\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-teams-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n                            <section class=\"c-broadcast-space content-section block_5fc172d85c387_leaderboardtop div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-1\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <div class=\"container container--full-mobile\">\n                <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-1\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n    \n\n    <section\n        class=\"c-latest-products latest-products content-section\"\n        data-behaviour=\"tag-automation\"\n        data-automation-type=\"related-products\"\n        data-tags=\"[&quot;Ron Flockhart&quot;]\"\n        data-current-post=\"25166\"><\/section>\n\n\n        <section class=\"c-article-listing article-listing content-section\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <header class=\"content-header\">\n    <div class=\"content-header__intro user-content\">\n        <h1 class=\"content-header__title sanomat\">Related articles<\/h1>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"content-header__button\">\n            <a class=\"button button--outline button--full\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\">\n                View all\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"content-section__inner-content container\">\n            <div class=\"article-grid article-grid--no-ads\">\n                <div class=\"article-grid__wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"article-grid__nested-grid\">\n                        <div class=\"article-grid__column\">\n                                                            \n\t\n\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/single-seaters\/f1\/brilliant-no-driver-has-ever-been-so-clear-of-the-field-schumachers-greatest-f1-victory\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/19960101F1-0099-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"&#8216;Brilliant! 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