{"id":28706,"date":"2020-12-05T19:06:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T19:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/rupert-keegan\/"},"modified":"2024-09-30T15:52:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T14:52:19","slug":"rupert-keegan","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/rupert-keegan\/","title":{"rendered":"Rupert Keegan"},"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                                            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"keegan\" title=\"keegan\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/keegan-200x200.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/keegan-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/keegan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/keegan-165x165.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/keegan-82x82.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/keegan-185x185.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/keegan-123x123.jpg 123w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/keegan-100x100.jpg 100w\"  \/>\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=\"28706\"><\/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>Blessed with blond locks, born with the surname of England\u2019s most famous footballer of the time and backed by his father\u2019s fortune \u2013 Rupert Keegan\u2019s credentials to be a motor racing star were impeccable.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Background and early racing career<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>His father Mike had been part of the Berlin Airlift of the late 1940s as a supplier to the Royal Air Force who then ran British Air Ferries \u2013 he was a true entrepreneur of post-World War II air freight. He later bought the Hawke racing car company and backed Rupert\u2019s career to the hilt.<\/p>\n<p>Rupert Keegan began racing in 1973 and was winning in Formula Ford a year later despite already having a reputation as being accident-prone. He graduated to Formula 3 in 1975 where his looks and damaged cars drew comparisons to James Hunt.<\/p>\n<p>Just as Hunt clinched the 1976 World Championship, Keegan answered his critics by beating Bruno Giacomelli\u2019s works March in the BP British F3 Championship. His private March 743-Toyota won the first four races but a switch to the underdeveloped Hawke proved a mistake. So a new Chevron B34-Toyota was purchased and Keegan won twice more to clinch the title.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Formula 1 with Hesketh and Surtees<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>He jumped straight into Formula 1 in 1977 with a Penthouse\/Rizla Hesketh 308E-Ford. The car was a dog but Keegan qualified for every round he entered \u2013 finishing seventh in Austria. He joined Surtees for 1978 but the TS19 also proved uncompetitive. Keegan started the season with succession of retirements and was failing to qualify by mid-season. He made the grid in Holland but crashed in the warm-up and missed the rest of the season with injury.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>British Formula 1 Champion<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Without a Grand Prix drive for 1979, Keegan raced Charles Clowes\u2019 Arrows A1-Ford in the Aurora British F1 series. It proved a wise decision for he snatched the title from David Kennedy at the final round to re-establish his reputation somewhat.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to GP racing in 1980 with RAM Racing\u2019s ex-works Williams FW07-Ford but Keegan failed to qualify for three of his seven GPs and he was still unable to score a championship point. He then faired no better when he replaced Jochen Mass in the Rothmans March team for five races in 1982.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Career after Grand Prix racing<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>With his GP opportunities exhausted, Keegan raced a John Fitzpatrick Racing Porsche 956 in 1983 and finished fifth at Le Mans when sharing with sponsorship guru Guy Edwards. He finished second at Mosport Park and third at both Silverstone and Brands Hatch during the following season.<\/p>\n<p>Keegan was still not finished with single-seaters for he drove a Machinists\u2019 Union March 85C-Cosworth in three Champ Car races during 1985 \u2013 10th at the Miami finale his best result.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was obvious to Keegan that his international racing career was all-but over. He did reappear in 1995 to finish fifth in the Monza FIA GT race with a Friesinger Porsche 911 Bi-turbo and retire a Lister Storm from the Le Mans 24 Hours. However, the &#8220;new James Hunt&#8221; never lived up to that moniker.<\/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 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