Гонщики, S | |
Stacey, Alan Курсивом отмечены гонщики, |
| Алан СтэйсиStacey, Alan |
 (c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000 Родился: 29.08.1933 Брумфилд, Челмсфорд, Эссекс Умер: 19.06.1960 трасса Спа-Франкоршан, Бельгия Сезонов в Ф1: Лет в Ф1: 3 Гран При: Старты: 7 Победы: - подряд: Подиумы: - подряд: Поул-позиции: - подряд: Первый ряд: - подряд: Быстрые круги: - подряд: Лучший финиш: Лучший старт: 8 Дубли: Хет-трики: Лидирование старт/финиш: Большие шлемы: |
Stacey made his competition debut in 1955 and spent three years in club racing - almost exclusively at the wheel of Lotus XI sports cars. He won seven races with his own car in 1956, before gaining an invitation to drive for the works during the following season.
Alan had the handicap of an artificial lower right leg, but this proved no obstacle to his racing, nor did it seem to limit his competitiveness, otherwise Colin Chapman would certainly not have signed him to race his sports cars full-time for 1958. He won the Farningham Trophy at Brands Hatch, and scored another victory at Crystal Palace, also taking third place in the Rouen GP. Stacey made his Grand Prix debut at Silverstone that year but, in common with his team-mates Innes Ireland and Graham Hill, he was to suffer a frustrating 1959 season as a lack of reliability undermined the Lotus team's efforts in F1, F2 and sports car racing.
With Hill departing for BRM, Alan was promoted to the position of Ireland's number two in 1960, and once the European season started he had one of Chapman's stunning rear-engined Lotus 18s to drive. He finished fourth in the International Trophy race, but retired at both Monaco and Zandvoort, where he lay in third place before transmission trouble. However, during the Belgian GP at Spa, it is thought the luckless Stacey was hit full in the face by a bird, the stunned driver losing control and suffering fatal injuries after being flung from the car when it hit a bank.
(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000
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