Ken Richardson (racing driver)
William Kenneth " Ken " Richardson ( born August 21, 1911 in Bourne, Lincolnshire, † June 27, 1997 ) was a British test and race car driver.
Motorsport
Richardson was the test driver for the V16 project of the Formula 1 teams BRM. For this team, he played in 1951, the qualifying session of the Grand Prix of Italy. Although he qualified, he was not permitted to participate in the race because he did not have the matching race license. He made no further attempts to take the formula one world championship.
In 1952 he developed for the British car manufacturer Triumph Triumph TS20 prototype for Triumph TR2 on. In May 1953, he reached a production- TR2 on the Jabbeke Motorway in Belgium an average speed of 200.94 km / h This was a world speed record for 2 -liter engines.
Ken Richardson was then chief of the factory motorsport teams of triumph. He directed the operations of the Triumph cars from 1954 to 1961 in Le Mans and in many rallies throughout Europe. He often took as a driver or passenger in some works cars in rallies; so at the Monte Carlo Rally, the Mille Miglia and Coupe des Alpes. Richardson's successor as team manager was Graham Robson.