Andy Sutcliffe (9 May 1947 – 13 July 2015) was a British racing driver from England.
Born in
Mildenhall, Suffolk
Mildenhall is a market town and civil parish in Suffolk, England. The town is near the A11 and is located north-west of Ipswich, the county town.Ordnance Survey (2006). ''OS Explorer Map 226 - Ely & Newmarket''. . The large Royal Air Force stati ...
, Sutcliffe began his racing career in 1969. He competed in
Formula Three
Formula Three, also called Formula 3, abbreviated as F3, is a third-tier class of open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held in Europe, Australia, South America and Asia form an important step for many prospective Formula One dr ...
from 1970 to 1973, before contesting the
1974 European Formula Two Championship, finishing tenth overall in a
BMW-powered
March 732 entered by Brian Lewis. He was entered for that year's
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 ...
British Grand Prix
The British Grand Prix is a Grand Prix motor race organised in the United Kingdom by the Royal Automobile Club. First held in 1926, the British Grand Prix has been held annually since 1948 and has been a round of the FIA Formula One World C ...
at
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hos ...
, in a
Brabham BT42
Brabham () is the common name for Motor Racing Developments Ltd., a British racing car manufacturer and Formula One racing team. Founded in 1960 by Australian driver Jack Brabham and British-Australian designer Ron Tauranac, the team won fo ...
run by the Italian
Scuderia Finotto
Scuderia Finotto was a motor racing team from Italy, founded by Jürg Dubler. It raced in Formula One in 1974, using customer Brabham cars.
Formula One
For the season, Martino Finotto bought two Brabham BT42s, and leased both cars to the Swi ...
team, but did not appear.
In 1977, he was again entered for the
British Grand Prix
The British Grand Prix is a Grand Prix motor race organised in the United Kingdom by the Royal Automobile Club. First held in 1926, the British Grand Prix has been held annually since 1948 and has been a round of the FIA Formula One World C ...
, this time at
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Towcester on the former A43 main road, from the M1 motorway junction 15A and about from the M40 motorway junction 10, Northampton, Milton Keynes and B ...
, in a
March 761 run by the
RAM Racing
RAM Racing was a Formula One racing team which competed during the racing seasons of 1976 to 1985. The team entered other manufacturers' chassis from 1976 to 1980, then ran March's team from 1981 to 1983, only entering a car entirely their ow ...
team. He failed to pre-qualify.
He later worked at a nursery in
Ashford, Kent
Ashford is a town in the county of Kent, England. It lies on the River Great Stour at the southern or scarp edge of the North Downs, about southeast of central London and northwest of Folkestone by road. In the 2011 census, it had a popula ...
and lived in
Pluckley
Pluckley is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, England. The civil parish includes the adjacent hamlet of Pluckley Thorne.
Geography
The landscape of the area itself is the edge of a well-drained plain, with the lowest ...
in Kent.
Kentish Express
Retrieved 20/4/21.
Racing record
Complete European Formula Two Championship results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula One results
( key)
References
English racing drivers
English Formula One drivers
European Formula Two Championship drivers
1947 births
2015 deaths
People from Mildenhall, Suffolk
RAM Racing Formula One drivers
People from Pluckley
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