Ivor
Bueb

Ivor Bueb was born in East Ham, Essex, on 6 June 1923 and grew up in South London. He began racing seriously in 1953 in a 500cc Formula Three Cooper. In 1955 he moved up to the Cooper works team and finished second in the British championship.

In sports cars he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice. In 1955 he shared a works Jaguar D-type with Mike Hawthorn, and in 1957 he won with Ron Flockhart in the Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar. After Archie Scott Brown died at Spa in May 1958, Brian Lister signed Bueb to drive the Lister-Jaguar. He took several victories in it during 1958 and 1959, at circuits including Crystal Palace and Goodwood.

In the Formula One World Championship he had six entries and five starts between 1957 and 1959, without scoring a point. In 1957 he made occasional appearances in a Connaught and in a Maserati run by Gilby Engineering. In 1958 he drove Bernie Ecclestone's Connaught at Monaco and a Formula Two Lotus at the German Grand Prix. In 1959 he failed to qualify for BRP at Monaco, and then entered the British Grand Prix in a Formula Two car.

In 1959 Bueb crashed his BRP Formula Two car at the Charade circuit near Clermont-Ferrand. He died on 1 August 1959 in a hospital close to the circuit. His death, together with that of Archie Scott Brown, ultimately led Brian Lister to close down his sports car programme.

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