Biography
Robin Widdows was born in Cowley on 27 May 1942. He started racing with an MG Midget and a Lotus 23, and in 1965 he won the Autosport Class C Championship. He moved up to Formula Three in 1966, and in 1967 he drove a Brabham BT23 in Formula Two, winning the Rhine Cup at Hockenheim.
In 1968 he raced a McLaren M4A for The Chequered Flag team. That year he made his only World Championship start, for Cooper in the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch, where he retired with ignition problems. He returned to Formula Two in 1969 with Bob Gerard and also raced sportscars for Matra. In 1970 he competed in Formula Two with a Brabham and retired from racing before the season was over. Widdows also took part in the Olympic Games in bobsleigh, in 1964 and 1968.
Source: Wikipedia, “Robin Widdows”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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