Teddy Pilette
Theodore "Teddy" Pilette ( born July 26, 1942 in Brussels ) is a former Belgian racing driver. 1974 and 1977 he was reported for a total of four Formula 1 Grand Prix but failed to qualify only once.
Career
Like his father André, who started to nine Formula 1 races in the 1950s and 60s, and his great-uncle Theodore, 500 in 1913 to fifth place occupied in Indianapolis to Teddy Pilette opted for a career in motorsport. Pilette visited the " Jim Russell Racing School " in England, which he opened the possibility in the films Grand Prix and Le Mans extras roles to take on as a racing driver.
1973 won Pilette the European Formula 5000 in a Chevron B24, which he repeated in a Lola T400 in 1975. He also took part in the American Formula 5000, which enabled him to participate in the Indianapolis 500 in 1977. Pilette failed to qualify for the race.
His first, but only for a short stopover in Formula 1 made Pilette 1974 at his home Grand Prix, the Grand Prix of Belgium, in a Brabham BT42. He qualified on the 27th starting position for the race and ended it ranked 17th his second outing in Formula 1 had Pilette 1977 for the now unsuccessful team BRM, which, however, he failed to qualify for the race on all three race weekends. He was the last driver who raced for the traditional British racing team to a race weekend.
1978 won Pilette together with Gordon Spice, the 24 -hour race in Spa- Francorchamps, which represented the culmination of his motorsport career.
Beginning of the 90s was Pilette worked as a team manager in Formula Ford and designer in the German Formula 3.