Editing Robin Widdows

{{Short description|British racing driver and bobsledder (born 1942)}}
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{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox F1 driver
| image = Robin Widdows 1970 Nürburgring.JPG
| caption = Robin Widdows (1970)
| name = Robin Widdows
| nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|5|27|df=y}}
| Years = {{F1|1968}}
| Team(s) = [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]
| Races = 1
| Championships = 0
| Wins = 0
| Podiums = 0
| Points = 0
| Poles = 0
| Fastest laps = 0
| First race = [[1968 British Grand Prix]]
}}
'''Robin Michael Widdows''' (born 27 May 1942 in [[Cowley, London|Cowley]], [[Middlesex]]) is a British former [[racing driver]] from England.  He participated in [[Formula One]], [[Formula Two]], [[Formula Three]] and [[sportscar racing|sportscars]] including [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=St Moritz Tobogganing Club |date=2019–2020 |title=Annual Report - The Cresta Run |journal=Annual Report of The Cresta Run |volume=100 |pages=308}}</ref>

Widdows began his career with an [[MG Midget]] and a [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]] [[Lotus 23|23]] winning the ''[[Autosport]]'' Class C Championship in 1965.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|publisher=Guinness|date=1994|page=401|isbn=0851127029}}</ref> He moved to [[Formula Three]] the following year<ref name="ReferenceA"/> and in 1967 competed in [[Formula Two]] with a [[Brabham]] BT23, winning the Rhine Cup at [[Hockenheimring|Hockenheim]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In 1968, Widdows joined The Chequered Flag team to compete in a [[McLaren]] M4A<ref name="ReferenceA"/> and that year took part in his only World Championship Grand Prix, for [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]], in the [[1968 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]] at [[Brands Hatch]] but retired with ignition problems.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> He returned to Formula Two the following season with [[Bob Gerard]] and also raced sportscars for [[Equipe Matra Sports|Matra]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Widdows continued in Formula Two in 1970, with a Brabham, but retired from the sport part way through the season.<ref Name="ReferenceA"/>

Widdows holds the rare distinction of being one of a select group of six who have competed in both a Formula One World Championship race and the Olympic Games (bobsleigh in 1964 and 1968).<ref name=olympics>{{cite web|title= Formula One at the Olympics|author= Viva F1|accessdate= 2012-07-26|url= http://www.vivaf1.com/blog/?p=11707|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120808002447/http://www.vivaf1.com/blog/?p=11707|archivedate= 8 August 2012|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

On 17 January 1965, he became the fastest Englishman to ride the Cresta Run from Junction with a time of 44.14 secs, recorded in the Harjes Cartier Silver Chip handicap race.
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==Complete Formula One World Championship results==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! WDC
! Points
|-
| [[1968 Formula One season|1968]]
! [[Cooper Car Company]]
! [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] [[Cooper T86|T86B]]
! [[BRM]] [[V12 engine|V12]]
| [[1968 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1968 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[1968 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1968 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1968 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1968 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1968 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
| [[1968 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1968 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1968 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[1968 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1968 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
! NC
! 0
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-widrob.html Profile at grandprix.com]

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[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:English racing drivers]]
[[Category:English Formula One drivers]]
[[Category:Cooper Formula One drivers]]
[[Category:European Formula Two Championship drivers]]
[[Category:24 Hours of Le Mans drivers]]
[[Category:Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain]]
[[Category:Bobsledders at the 1964 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Bobsledders at the 1968 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:British male bobsledders]]
[[Category:World Sportscar Championship drivers]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]


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