Bob Evans (racing driver)
Robert " Bob" Evans ( born June 11, 1947 in Waddington ) is a former English racing driver.
Career
Bob Evans was one of the racers, where it remained failed to prevail in Formula 1. The lack of competitive material made it impossible for him to show his talent. He started his career on a Triumph Sprite, before he moved to the Formula Ford and in the same year in the Formula 3 in 1971. In both cases, he contested the European Cup this racing series, but with limited success. A serious accident during test drives on the Castle Combe Circuit, he survived; However, the injuries were so severe that he had to take a year off.
In the years 1973 and 1974, Bob Evans drove in Formula 5000th In 1973 he went for Tokan at the start, the following season, he played on a borrowed by Alan McKechnie Lola T332, with whom he won the championship.
Formula 1
In 1975 he got from B.R.M. the offer to for the English team in Formula 1. The team had its best years behind him, however, and Evans himself struggled the entire season with the heavy BRM P201. A ninth place at the Belgium Grand Prix at Zolder was his best finish this year. Only his talent, it was due to that it seven times brought the car to the start of a Grand Prix.
In 1976, the journal seemed to turn when Colin Chapman offered him a contract as a test driver for Lotus, the Evans accepted. He played three races this year as a reserve driver for the team, the Grand Prix of South Africa and the United States -West, said tenth place in Kyalami his best result remained. He had at the Race of Champions, when his Lotus 77 Ford Cosworth remained just lie in front of the goal without petrol Its strongest presence. At this time, Evans drove in the field on the fourth place.
Lotus released him for the Grand Prix of Great Britain at RAM Racing. With a Brabham - Ford -Cosworth BT44B he drove his last Grand Prix and retired after a transmission failure from.