Peter Westbury
Peter Westbury ( born May 26, 1938 in London ) is a British former racing driver.
The career of Peter Westbury was divided into two phases. In the first half was the Briton one of the UK's best mountain racers, in the second he tried in circuit racing to gain a foothold.
Westbury began to drive hillclimb 1962, initially with a Cooper, which was powered by a Daimler engine. 1963 Westbury built the V8 engine in a chassis Felday one (the company was in its possession ) and dominated from then on for two years, the British Hill Climb Championship. He was both 1963 and 1964 superior master, where he in 1964 a new racing car, a 4WD Ferguson began.
1965 Westbury concentrated on building his company and drove sporadically mountain race. In 1967, he rose with a Brabham BT21 in the Formula 3. The initial phase was promising. Westbury won at the races at Silverstone, Chimay and Clermont- Ferrand. In 1968 he repeated his success at Chimay and also won the race in Reims.
In 1969, Westbury in Formula 2 and drove all runs with a Brabham BT30 for the European Championship. Greatest successes were the second place at the Lottery Grand Prix at Monza and a fifth place finish at Hockenheim. For the same year, his only appearance in the formula results 1 to the Grand Prix of Germany at the Nürburgring, the field of Formula 1 vehicles was increased with Formula 2 cars. Westbury was with his Brabham fifth in the Formula 2 standings and ninth in the overall standings.
When the U.S. Grand Prix 1970 in Watkins Gklen he got the opportunity, a factory BRM to drive. Westbury failed the BRM P153, however, in the qualification and could not participate in the race.
1970 and 1971 drove Westbury continue in Formula 2, but the career is no longer developed further. In 1973 he therefore stated his retirement from racing.