Editing Connaught Engineering

{{short description|Formula One and sports car constructor from the United Kingdom}}{{Needs more sources|date=May 2023}}

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{{Former F1 team|
| Logo          = Connaught badge.jpg
| Short_name    = Connaught 
| Long_name     = {{flagicon|UK}} Connaught Engineering 
| Base          = [[Send, Surrey]], [[United Kingdom]] 
| Founders      = [[Rodney Clarke (motorsport)|Rodney Clarke]]<br /> [[Mike Oliver (motorsport)|Mike Oliver]] 
| Staff         = [[Kenneth McAlpine]] 
| Drivers       = {{flagicon|UK}} [[Stuart Lewis-Evans]]<br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[Stirling Moss]] <br>{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Prince Bira]]<br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[Kenneth McAlpine]] 
| Debut         = [[1952 British Grand Prix]] 
|  Races         = 18 
| Cons_champ    = 0 
| Drivers_champ = 0 
| Wins          = 0 
| Poles         = 0 
|  Fastest_laps  = 0 
| Last race     = [[1959 United States Grand Prix]] 
}}

'''Connaught Engineering''', often referred to simply as '''Connaught''', was a [[Formula One]], [[Formula Two]] and other sports car divisions constructor from the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History – Connaught Motor Company |url=https://connaughtmotorcompany.com/history |access-date=2023-05-07 |language=en-US}}</ref> Their cars participated in 18 Grands Prix, entering a total of 52 races with their A, B, and C Type Formula 2 and Formula 1 Grand Prix Cars. They achieved 1 podium and scored 17 championship points. The name ''Connaught'' is said to derive from abbreviating ''Continental Autos'', the garage in [[Send, Surrey]], where the cars were built and which specialised in sales and repair of European sports cars such as [[Bugatti]], but given the spelling may reference the Irish province of [[Connaught]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://atlasf1.autosport.com/2001/can/preview/okeefe.html |access-date=2025-05-10|website=Atlas F1 Magazine|title=Team Connaught: Remembrance of Things Fast|language=en}}</ref>

==History==

In 1950, the first single-seaters, the Formula 2 [[Connaught Type A|"A" types]], used an engine that was developed by Connaught from the [[Lea-Francis]] engine used in their "L" type sports cars. The engine was extensively re-engineered and therefore is truly a Connaught engine. The cars were of conventional construction for the time with drive through a preselector gearbox to a de Dion rear axle. In 1952 and 1953, the Grand Prix races counting towards the World Championship were to Formula 2 rules so drivers of these cars could take part in those events as the table below shows.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Wasef |first=Basem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4mnIiNxJigC&dq=connaught+engineering&pg=PA147 |title=Legendary Race Cars |date=2009-10-09 |publisher=Motorbooks |isbn=978-0-7603-3548-2 |pages=147–149 |language=en}}</ref>

Connaught designed a new car for the 2½ litre Formula 1 of 1954 which was to have a rear-mounted Coventry Climax V8 engine (the "Godiva"), but when the engine was not proceeded with, a conventionally arranged [[Connaught Type B|"B" type]] was designed using an Alta engine developed into 2½ litre form. The first cars were built with all-enveloping aerodynamic bodywork but later rebodied conventionally (as the photos below show). In 1955, driving a Connaught in this form, [[Tony Brooks (racing driver)|Tony Brooks]] scored the first win in a Grand Prix by a British driver in a British car since 1923, in a non World Championship race at Syracuse. Thereafter the "B" type has been known as the "Syracuse" Connaught and the name was used for the car presented in the 2004 revival.<ref name=":0" />

In [[1962 Indianapolis 500|1962]], [[Jack Fairman]] attempted to qualify for the [[Indianapolis 500]] in a Connaught race car, but failed to find the necessary speed to make the field.

==Sports cars==
Prior to the single-seat racing cars they built a small number of road going sports cars developed on the [[Lea-Francis]] Sports Chassis, which achieved considerable competition success. These were of types L2 and L3, and three examples of the stark Cycle Winged L3/SR Sports Racer. Two sports cars, based on the A Type Formula 2 cars, the ALSRs were also built for competition work.

In 2004, the Connaught name was revived by [[Connaught Motor Company]] for their Type D Syracuse and Type D-H hybrid sports cars.

<gallery>
Image:Connaught Type B Donington 2007.jpg|An ex-[[Rob Walker Racing Team]] Connaught Type B [[Formula One]] car
Image:Beaulieu National Motor Museum Connaught Type B (1955) 15-10-2011 13-10-02.png|Connaught Type B, 1955, at the [[National Motor Museum, Beaulieu|National Motor Museum]]
Image:Connaught Type D GT Syracuse - Flickr - edvvc (1).jpg|A Connaught Type D Syracuse
</gallery>
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==Complete Drivers' World Championship results==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Chassis
! Engine
! Driver
! Entrant
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! WCC
! Points
|-
! rowspan="8" | {{f1|1952}}
!
!
!
!
| [[1952 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]
| [[1952 Indianapolis 500|500]]
| [[1952 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1952 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1952 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1952 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1952 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1952 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|
|
|
!rowspan="8" | -*
!rowspan="8" | -*
|-
|rowspan="7"| [[Connaught Type A]]
|rowspan="7"| [[Lea-Francis]] [[Straight-4]]
|rowspan=2| [[Ken Downing]]
| [[Ken Downing]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="5"| Connaught Engineering
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|
|
|   
|
|
|
|-
| [[Eric Thompson (racing driver)|Eric Thompson]]
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Kenneth McAlpine]]
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 16
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|-
| [[Stirling Moss]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Dennis Poore]]
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| Connaught Racing Syndicate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|
|
|
|-
!rowspan="10"| {{f1|1953}}
!
!
!
!
| [[1953 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1953 Indianapolis 500|500]]
| [[1953 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1953 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1953 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1953 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1953 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1953 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]
| [[1953 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|
|
!rowspan="10"| -*
!rowspan="10"| -*
|-
|rowspan="9"| [[Connaught Type A]]
|rowspan="9"| [[Lea-Francis]] [[Straight-4]]
| [[Kenneth McAlpine]]
|rowspan="5"| Connaught Engineering
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC
|
|
|-
| [[Stirling Moss]]
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Roy Salvadori]]
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|-
| [[Birabongse Bhanudej|Prince Bira]]
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Jack Fairman]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC
|
|
|-
| [[Johnny Claes]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Ecurie Belge]]
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|-
| [[André Pilette]]
| 
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Ian Stewart (racing driver)|Ian Stewart]]
| [[Ecurie Ecosse]]
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Tony Rolt]]
| [[Rob Walker Racing Team]]
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!rowspan="6"| {{f1|1954}}
!
!
!
!
| [[1954 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1954 Indianapolis 500|500]]
| [[1954 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1954 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1954 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1954 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1954 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]
| [[1954 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1954 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
|
|
!rowspan="6"| -*
!rowspan="6"| -*
|-
|rowspan="5"| [[Connaught Type A]]
|rowspan="5"| [[Lea-Francis]] [[Straight-4]]
|colspan=2| [[Leslie Marr]]
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|colspan=2| [[Bill Whitehouse]]
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Don Beauman]]
| [[Sir Jeremy Boles]]
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Leslie Thorne]]
| [[Ecurie Ecosse]]
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[John Riseley-Prichard]]
| [[Rob Walker Racing Team]]
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!rowspan="6"| {{f1|1955}}
!
!
!
!
| [[1955 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1955 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1955 Indianapolis 500|500]]
| [[1955 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1955 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1955 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1955 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|
|
|
|
!rowspan="6"| -*
!rowspan="6"| -*
|-
|rowspan="5"| [[Connaught Type B]]
|rowspan="5"| [[Alta Car and Engineering Company|Alta]] [[Straight-4]]
| [[Kenneth McAlpine]]
|rowspan="4"| Connaught Engineering
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Jack Fairman]]
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#ffffff;"| DNS
|
|
|
|
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|-
| [[Tony Rolt]]
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret<sup>±</sup>
|
|
|
|
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|-
| [[Peter Walker (driver)|Peter Walker]]
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret<sup>±</sup>
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|colspan=2| [[Leslie Marr]]
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!rowspan="7"| {{f1|1956}}
!
!
!
!
| [[1956 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1956 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1956 Indianapolis 500|500]]
| [[1956 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1956 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1956 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1956 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1956 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|
|
|
!rowspan="7"| -*
!rowspan="7"| -*
|-
|rowspan="6"| [[Connaught Type B]]
|rowspan="6"| [[Alta Car and Engineering Company|Alta]] [[Straight-4]]
| [[Archie Scott Brown]]
|rowspan="5"| Connaught Engineering
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Desmond Titterington]]
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Jack Fairman]]
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|
|
|
|-
| [[Ron Flockhart (racing driver)|Ron Flockhart]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|
|
|
|-
| [[Les Leston]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|-
|colspan=2| [[Piero Scotti]]
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!rowspan="3"| {{f1|1957}}
!
!
!
!
| [[1957 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1957 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1957 Indianapolis 500|500]]
| [[1957 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1957 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1957 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1957 Pescara Grand Prix|PSC]]
| [[1957 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|
|
|
!rowspan="3"| -*
!rowspan="3"| -*
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Connaught Type B]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Alta Car and Engineering Company|Alta]] [[Straight-4]]
| [[Stuart Lewis-Evans]]
|rowspan="2"| Connaught Engineering
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Ivor Bueb]]
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|-
!rowspan="6"| {{f1|1958}}
!
!
!
!
| [[1958 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1958 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1958 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1958 Indianapolis 500|500]]
| [[1958 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1958 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1958 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1958 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1958 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]
| [[1958 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1958 Morocco Grand Prix|MOR]]
!rowspan="6"| NC
!rowspan="6"| 0
|-
|rowspan="5"| [[Connaught Type B]]
|rowspan="5"| [[Alta Car and Engineering Company|Alta]] [[Straight-4]]
| [[Ivor Bueb]]
|rowspan="5"| [[Bernie Ecclestone]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Bruce Kessler]]
|
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|-
| [[Paul Emery]]
|
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Jack Fairman]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Bernie Ecclestone]]
|
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|
|
|
|
| DNP
|
|
|
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|-
!rowspan="2"| {{f1|1959}}
!
!
!
!
| [[1959 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1959 Indianapolis 500|500]]
| [[1959 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1959 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1959 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1959 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1959 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]
| [[1959 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1959 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
|
|
!rowspan="2"| NC
!rowspan="2"| 0
|-
| [[Connaught Type C]]
| [[Alta Car and Engineering Company|Alta]] [[Straight-4]]
| [[Bob Said]]
| Connaught Cars / [[Paul Emery]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Constructors points not awarded until {{f1|1958}}<br />
± = Indicates a shared drive

==See also==
* [[Connaught Type D]]
* [[List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Connaught racing cars}}
*[http://www.connaughtmotorco.com/ Connaught Motor Company]

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