Graham Whitehead

Graham Whitehead ( born April 15, 1922 in Harrogate, † January 15, 1981 in Lower Basildon ) was a British racing driver.

Graham was the half-brother of Peter Whitehead and began in 1951 with the ERA borrowed his brother to race. Even Graham could show some good rankings in motorsport, but to his popular brother's successes, he did not manage to.

1952 Graham Whitehead drove his only Grand Prix, which had a world championship status. This year, the Grand Prix races were held according to the rules of the formula 2. Graham went with a Alta F2 Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone from the twelfth starting position on the grid (32 cars were at the start) and was charged with five laps behind twelfth.

Graham drove a wealth of sports car racing, usually as co-pilot of his brother Peter. He moved the Jaguar brand vehicles as fast as Aston Martins and Ferraris. He celebrated in 1958 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, his greatest success. With his brother Peter, who had already won the race in 1951 with Peter Walker, he was driving an Aston Martin DB3 / S second behind the Ferrari duo of Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien.

A few weeks later, the two had, with Graham at the wheel, a fatal accident at the Tour de France for automobiles. Peter was killed and Graham suffered serious injuries. Thus his career was virtually over. He drove a few races on a 1960 Ferrari 250 and came back for good in 1961.

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