Rupert Keegan (26 February 1955 – 23 September 2024) was an English

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. He participated in 37

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World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 8 May 1977. He scored no championship points.

Biography

Keegan won the 1976 British Formula 3 Championship, which propelled him into Formula One. After seasons with Hesketh and

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, neither of them particularly competitive teams, he won the Aurora Formula One Championship in 1979. A return to the Formula One World Championship with

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driving their Williams FW07B yielded little in the way of results, as did a few races with

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. His best career result was 7th at the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix scored in Hesketh 308E/1. After Formula One, Keegan raced in the United States in

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, and also in endurance racing. After his retirement, he pursued business interests and also worked as a racing instructor. Keegan died in

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after a long battle with cancer on 23 September 2024, at the age of 69.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Complete British Formula One Championship results

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

Indy Car World Series

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

References

External links

GP Encyclopedia
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