John Rhodes (racing driver)

John Rhodes
Born	18 August 1927 (age 97); Wolverhampton, England
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	British
Active years	1965
Teams	non-works Cooper
Entries	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1965 British Grand Prix
Last entry	1965 British Grand Prix

John Rhodes (born 18 August 1927)^[1] is a British former racing driver from England, who participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, the 1965 British Grand Prix, at Silverstone on 10 July 1965, from which he retired on lap 39 with ignition problems. His Cooper-Climax T60 was provided for him by veteran racer Bob Gerard.^[2]

In 1961 he drove a Cooper-B.M.C. Formula Junior car for the Midland Racing Partnership, winning a long race on the Phoenix Park circuit in Dublin on 22 July, and the Dunboyne Trophy on 29 July.^[3] On 11 June 1962, he drove Bob Gerard's Cooper-Ford in the 2,000 Guineas F1 race at Mallory Park.^[4] Rhodes soldiered on with the Cooper-B.M.C. FJ car in 1963 when the Ford engine was required to win.^[5] That year he competed in a works Mini-Cooper 'S' type in saloon car racing,^[6] finishing 8th with Rob Slotemaker in The Motor International Six-Hour Saloon-Car Race at Brands Hatch on 6 July.^[7] In 1965 Rhodes continued with the Mini, taking fourth place, among the big bangers, in the Ilford Films Trophy at Brands Hatch on 13 March.^[8] He failed to finish in the BRDC International Trophy at Silverstone in Bob Gerard's Cooper-Ford on 15 May 1965.^[9]

At Le Mans in 1965 John Rhodes, with Paul Hawkins, finished twelfth overall, and first in class, in a 1.3-litre Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite entered by the Donald Healey Motor Company, completing 278 laps.^[10] In 1966 at the Targa Florio, Rhodes partnered with Timo Mäkinen, finished ninth overall and won the class in an M.G.B.^[11]

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	WDC	Points
1965	Gerard Racing	Cooper T60	Climax V8	RSA	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR Ret	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	NC	0

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
1962	Gerard Racing	Cooper T59	Ford L4	CAP	BRX	LOM	LAV	GLV	PAU	AIN	INT 13	NAP	MAL Ret	CLP	RMS	SOL	KAN	MED	DAN	OUL	MEX	RAN	NAT
1965	Gerard Racing	Cooper T71/73	Ford L4	ROC 11	SYR	SMT 8	INT Ret
1965	Gerard Racing	Cooper T60	Climax V8					MED Ret	RAN

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts	Class
1963	Cooper Car Co.	Morris Mini Cooper	A	SNE	OUL	GOO ?	AIN ?	SIL								35th	5	9th
1963	Cooper Car Co.	Austin Mini Cooper S	A						CRY 4†	SIL	BRH	BRH	OUL	SIL		35th	5	9th
1964	Cooper Car Co.	Austin Mini Cooper S	A	SNE	GOO	OUL	AIN	SIL	CRY 3†							9th	20	3rd
1964	Downton Engineering Ltd.	Austin Mini Cooper S	A							BRH 6	OUL 6					9th	20	3rd
1965	Cooper Car Co.	Austin Mini Cooper S	B	BRH 4	OUL 4	SNE 7	GOO 16	SIL Ret	CRY 1†	BRH 18	OUL 5					3rd	40	1st
1966	Cooper Car Co.	Austin Mini Cooper S	B	SNE ?	GOO ?	SIL 6	CRY 1†	BRH 9	BRH 6	OUL 2†	BRH 5^					2nd	50	1st
1967	Cooper Car Co.	Morris Mini Cooper S	B	BRH 4^	SNE ?	SIL Ret	SIL 3	MAL 1†	SIL Ret	SIL 9	BRH 7	OUL 1†	BRH 6			3rd	58	1st
1968	Cooper Car Co.	Austin Mini Cooper S	B	BRH 5^	THR 13	SIL 7	CRY 3†	MAL 2†	BRH 6	SIL 14	CRO Ret^	OUL Ret	BRH 10	BRH 12		3rd	50	1st
1969	British Leyland Motor Corporation	Austin Mini Cooper S	B	BRH Ret^	SIL 11	SNE 12	THR 22	SIL 6	CRY 4†	MAL 4†	CRO	SIL 8	OUL 13	BRH 10^	BRH	18th	18	5th
Source:^[12]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

^ Race with 2 heats - Aggregate result.

References

^ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
^ Motor Sport, August 1965, Pages 662-664.
^ Motor Sport, January 1962, Page 31.
^ Motor Sport, July 1962, Page 499.
^ Motor Sport, June 1963, Page 448.
^ Motor Sport, July 1963, Page 509.
^ Motor Sport, August 1963, Page 586.
^ Motor Sport, April 1965, Page 256.
^ Motor Sport, June 1965, Page 462.
^ Motor Sport, July 1965, Page 565.
^ Motor Sport, June 1966, Pages 490, 491, 500.
^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Andrea de Adamich	European Touring Car Championship Div. 2 Champion 1968	Succeeded by Spartaco Dini

[WATN-1] Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 29 July 2007.

[2] Motor Sport, August 1965, Pages 662-664.

[3] Motor Sport, January 1962, Page 31.

[4] Motor Sport, July 1962, Page 499.

[5] Motor Sport, June 1963, Page 448.

[6] Motor Sport, July 1963, Page 509.

[7] Motor Sport, August 1963, Page 586.

[8] Motor Sport, April 1965, Page 256.

[9] Motor Sport, June 1965, Page 462.

[10] Motor Sport, July 1965, Page 565.

[11] Motor Sport, June 1966, Pages 490, 491, 500.

[12] Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

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