Gerry Ashmore

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Joseph Frederick Harold Gerald Ashmore (25 July 1936 – 25 August 2021) was a British motor racing driver from England. He participated in four Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, scoring no championship points.<ref name="espn">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Life

Ashmore started his career in Formula Junior along with his brother Chris, in 1960.<ref name="grandprix.com"/> Later that year he competed at Zeltweg and Innsbruck, finishing third behind Hans Herrmann and Wolfgang von Trips.<ref name="grandprix.com"/> In 1961 he moved up to Formula One with a privately run Lotus 18,<ref name="grandprix.com"/> and scored a second place in the Naples Grand Prix<ref name="grandprix.com"/> after taking pole position.<ref name="espn"/> Later that year he took part in the British Grand Prix but retired after just a few laps.<ref name="grandprix.com"/> His last appearance in a World Championship event was in his Lotus in 1962 at Monza,<ref name="espn"/> when he failed to qualify.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He died from cancer in August 2021 at the age of 85.<ref>Gerry Ashmore (1936–2021)</ref>

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Points
1961	Gerry Ashmore	Lotus 18	Climax Straight-4	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	USA		NC	0
1962	Gerry Ashmore	Lotus 18/21	Climax Straight-4	NED	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA Template:Small	USA	RSA	NC	0
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Non-championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1961	Tim Parnell	Lotus 18	Climax Str-4	LOM	GLV	PAU	BRX	VIE Template:Small	AIN Template:Small	SYR	NAP Template:Small	LON	SIL	SOL	KAN	DAN	MOD	FLG	OUL
	Gerry Ashmore																			LEW DNA	VAL	RAN	NAT	RSA
1962	Gerry Ashmore	Lotus 18/21	Climax Str-4	CAP	BRX	LOM	LAV Template:Small	GLV Template:Small	PAU	AIN										OUL Template:Small	MEX	RAN	NAT
	Derek Wilkinson	BRM P48/57	BRM V8								INT DNA	NAP	MAL	CLP	RMS	SOL	KAN	MED	DAN

External links

• Profile at grandprix.com

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