David Prophet (9 October 1937 – 29 March 1981)
was a British
racing driver from England. He participated in two
Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 28 December 1963. He scored no championship points. He finished sixth in the non-Championship
1963 Rand Grand Prix.
Prophet was killed in a
helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes ...
crash shortly after taking off from
Silverstone Circuit on 29 March 1981. With him was Christopher Roberts.
Racing record
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(
key)
Non-Championship Formula One results
(
key)
Complete British Saloon Car Championship results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
References
* "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
English racing drivers
English Formula One drivers
1937 births
1981 deaths
World Sportscar Championship drivers
Hong Kong motorsport people
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