Héctor Rebaque
Héctor Rebaque ( born February 5, 1956 in Mexico City) is a former Mexican racing driver.
- 3.1 Career in the Cart- series
The beginnings of the career
Rebaque in Formula 1
From the Grand Prix of Belgium 1977 Rebaque bought as a pilot in the financially troubled Hesketh Formula 1 team. At the wheel of a Hesketh - 308E - Ford -Cosworth but he succeeded only once, at the Grand Prix of Germany, to qualify for a race. In this race, he fell in the twentieth round of a battery defect.
For the year 1978 Rebaque bought from Colin Chapman a Lotus 78- Ford -Cosworth, which he used on their own. Since the team but the technical expertise and experience of the successful use of a Formula 1 car were missing, the successes were modest. Only at the Grand Prix of Germany Rebaque able to achieve a championship point with a sixth place.
1979 Rebaque bought a Lotus 79 - Ford -Cosworth, the direct successor of its last year's cars, with Mario Andretti in 1978 won the world title. Parallel to this was Rebaque own a car, the Rebaque - HR-100, the British subsidiary of Penske in order. When engine is a Ford -Cosworth V8 should serve. Developed under the direction of John Barnard car, however, came only in the last three races of the 1979 season to use and could never attain the race readiness so. Rebaque was unsuccessful with both cars and could claim as their best finish only seventh place in Holland. At the end of the year he drew his unsuccessful Formula 1 team back.
In the season 1980 first without commitment, replaced Rebaque from the Grand Prix of Great Britain at the Brabham disgraced due to weak performance Argentinean Ricardo Zunino. Brabham team boss Bernie Ecclestone could thus satisfy the desire of his sponsor after two Latin American pilots and at the same time - strengthen the financial base of Brabham - through a personal dowry Rebaques. Rebaque could only obtain a point (in Canada), because in his efforts, he was, among others, by the then new Weissmann gearbox, which was very susceptible to defects disabled.
The 1981 season played Rebaque, on the side of Nelson Piquet, for Brabham. It turned out, however, that the Piquet significantly faster pilot was; Rebaque scored only eleven points. Highlight for Rebaque was the Grand Prix of Argentina, in which he in the superior Brabham BT49C Ford Cosworth with the new process developed by Gordon Murray "trick suspension " around long on the second place went before it failed with an engine failure. At the end of the season Rebaques contract was not renewed at Brabham and forgive his cockpit to the Italian Riccardo Patrese.
Career in Formula 1
Rebaque in the Cart- series
After the completion of his Formula 1 career Hector Rebaque changed in the 1982 season in the Champ Car series. For the Forsythe team went Rebaque a March -82 -Cosworth. In addition to average training and race positions succeeded Rebaque complete surprise to win the race in Elkhart Lake. He benefited from a failure of Al 's Prayer, which went out a few corners before the finish of the fuel.
At the end of the season Rebaque declared under the impression of a serious accident in training for 500-mile race at Michigan his retirement from motor sport and henceforth worked in his father's company with.
Career in the Cart- series
Le Mans results
This and that
The Monaco Grand Prix 1979 was boycotted by Héctor Rebaque and his team. Due to the cramped conditions in Monaco FISA decided before the start of the 1979 season, that there would be a pre-qualification. Participants should all the teams that were left in the 1978 season with no points.
A month before the race, the scheme has been amended, that all the teams that were in 1979 remained up to this time, no points, had to pre-qualify and also the members of the FOCA, the Rebaque not belonged, were set automatically.
Rebaque protested against this scheme and presented the Chairman of the FISA Jean -Marie Balestre a letter of protest. As this went unanswered, is Rebaque decided to boycott, so as to make aware of the grievance.