TONY BROOKS

'Charles Anthony Standish Brooks' (born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, February 25, 1932) is a former Formula One driver from England also known as the "racing dentist". He participated in 39 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on July 14, 1956, and scored the first win by a British driver in a British car in a Grand Prix since 1923, in 1955 driving a Connaught at Syracuse in a non World Championship race. He won 6 races for Vanwall and Ferrari, secured 4 pole positions, achieved 9 podiums, and scored a total of 74 championship points. He drove for BRM but retired from the team at the end of 1961, just before their most successful season.
Had he stayed with Ferrari for 1961 or BRM for 1962, he could well have been World Champion as he was certainly capable of it.

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Complete World Championship Formula One results

Complete World Championship Formula One results

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

Yr	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Team	WDC	Points
1956	BRM	ARG	MON DNS	500	BEL	FRA	GBR Ret	GER	ITA				BRM	NA	0
1957	Vanwall	ARG	MON 2	500	FRA	GBR 1 ★	GER 9	PES Ret	''ITA'' 7 ★ ★				Vanwall	5th	11
1958	Vanwall	ARG	'MON' Ret	NED Ret	500	BEL 1	FRA Ret	GBR 7	GER 1	POR Ret	ITA 1	MOR Ret	Vanwall	'3rd'	'24'
1959	Ferrari	MON 2	500	NED Ret	'FRA' 1	GBR Ret	'''GER''' 1 ★ ★	POR 9	ITA Ret	USA 3			Ferrari	'2nd'	'27'
1960	Cooper	ARG	MON 4	500	NED Ret	BEL Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 5	POR 5	ITA	USA Ret		Cooper	11th	7
1961	BRM	MON 13	NED 9	BEL 13	FRA Ret	''GBR'' 9	GER NC	ITA 5	USA 3				BRM	10th	6

★ Tony Brooks won the 1957 British Grand Prix sharing his car with Stirling Moss. Both were awarded half points for their victory (4 intead of 8).


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★ Brooks was also awarded one point in the 1957 Italian Grand Prix and 1959 German Grand Prix for recording the fastest lap.