(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000

Родился: 16.12.1920 Ноттингем Умер: 13.05.2012 Истбёрн, Ист-Суссекс Сезонов в Ф1: 2 Лет в Ф1: 2 Гран При: 3 Старты: 2* *не стартовал: 1 Победы: - подряд: Подиумы: - подряд: Поул-позиции: - подряд: Первый ряд: - подряд: Быстрые круги: - подряд: Лучший финиш: Лучший старт: 12 Дубли: Хет-трики: Лидирование старт/финиш: Большие шлемы: Круги: 50 - лидирования: Километры: 272.43 - лидирования: Очки: - за один сезон: - подряд:

Ф1: 1956-1957

Год	Команда	Шасси
1956	Connaught Engineering	Connaught B Type
1957	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25
	Cooper Car Co	Cooper T43

A star of the exciting 500 cc Formula 3 racing of the early fifties, Leston scored an early British win on the Continent in 1952, winning the Luxembourg GP. A runner-up in 1952 and '53, he finally claimed the crown in 1954 at the wheel of a works Cooper before concentrating on sports car racing, enjoying a successful 1955 season in Peter Bell's Connaught.

Les mainly raced John Willment's Cooper sports in 1956, but handled a Connaught in the Italian GP and took third place in the Richmond Trophy with the same car. In 1957 he raced a Formula 2 Cooper in national events, drove for BRM in the British GP and took sixth place in the Nürburgring 1000 Km for Aston Martin, but after escaping with a shaking from a massive crash at Caen in 1958 when his F2 Lotus seized, Les concentrated on his expanding racewear business. He did not desert the circuits, though, having great fun in the early sixties in his red Lotus Elite with the famous 'DAD 10' plate.

(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000