Graham Whitehead
Formula One driver
- April 15, 1922
- January 15, 1981
- 58 years
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Graham Whitehead, 58, British racing driver.
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|Alfred Graham Whitehead (15 April 1922 – 15 January 1981) was a British racing driver from England. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on 19 July 1952. He finished 12th, scoring no championship points. He also competed in several non-Championship Formula One races. He began racing his half-brother Peter's ERA, in 1951 and then drove his Formula Two Alta in the 1952 British Grand Prix. He finished second at 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans only weeks before the accident on the Tour de France in which Peter was killed. Graham escaped serious injury and later raced again with an Aston Martin and Ferrari 250GT before stopping at the end of 1961.
Whitehead finished second in the first Goodwood Nine Hours race in 1952 co driving American Tom Cole's Ferrari.
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete 12 Hours of Reims results
Complete 12 Hours of Hyères results
Complete 12 Hours of Casablanca results
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