Biography
David Walker was born in Sydney on 10 June 1941. The Australian became British Formula Ford champion in 1969 and finished third in the European championship that year. He drove for the works Lotus team in Formula Three in 1970 and 1971, winning 25 of 32 races in 1971 and taking both the Shell and Forward Trust titles in Britain.
He made his Formula One debut at the 1971 Dutch Grand Prix in the Lotus 56B. Starting 22nd, he had climbed to tenth within five laps before spinning out. In 1972 he had a full-time seat in the Lotus 72 as number two to Emerson Fittipaldi. At the South African Grand Prix he started 19th and was making up ground when he ran out of fuel. His best finish in a Grand Prix was ninth in Spain. Reine Wisell took his place in Italy and Canada, and Walker returned for the United States Grand Prix. He scored no points. Ronnie Peterson took over his seat for 1973. Walker made 11 World Championship starts and died in Queensland on 24 May 2024.
Source: Wikipedia, “David Walker (racing driver)”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Teammate battle 1972
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