Biography
Tom Bridger, whose full name was Thomas Bridger, was born on 24 June 1934 in Woolmer Green, Hertfordshire. He began racing in Formula Three in 1953, first in minor events with a Kieft-Norton and then, from 1957, full-time in a Cooper. In 1958 he moved up to Formula Two, finishing second in the Crystal Palace Trophy and eighth in the Coupe de Vitesse at Reims.
On 19 October 1958 he started the Moroccan Grand Prix, his only round of the World Championship. Driving a Cooper T45 for British Racing Partnership, he qualified 22nd and had worked his way up to 14th when a collision on lap 30 ended his race. He scored no points. In 1959 he went back to Formula Three and won four races, and he took 15 wins in the category over his career. Bridger died in 1991 at the age of 57.
Source: Wikipedia, “Tom Bridger”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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