Ian
Burgess

Ian Burgess was born in London on 6 July 1930. He began racing in 1950 in a Cooper Formula Three car and won at the Nürburgring in 1951. He then moved up to sports cars and Formula Two. He worked for Cooper at the factory and at their drivers' school at Brands Hatch, and in 1957 he finished fourth in a works car in the Oulton Park Gold Cup. In 1958 he won at Crystal Palace and Snetterton for Tommy Atkins' team.

He made his Formula One debut for Cooper at the 1958 British Grand Prix. Between 1958 and 1963 he was entered in 20 World Championship races and started 16. In 1959 he drove for Scuderia Centro Sud, and his best result that year was sixth at the German Grand Prix. Camoradi, Anglo American Equipe and, in 1963, Scirocco-Powell followed, and he retired from both of his races that year. It was his final year in racing. Burgess died in 2012 aged 81.

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