Colin Davis (racing driver)

Colin Davis
Born	(1933-07-29)29 July 1933 Marylebone, London, England
Died	19 December 2012(2012-12-19) (aged 79) Cape Town, South Africa
Nationality	British
Relatives	Sammy Davis (father)

Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1959
Teams	Non-works Cooper
Entries	2
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1959 French Grand Prix
Last entry	1959 Italian Grand Prix

Colin Charles Houghton Davis (29 July 1933 – 19 December 2012) was a British racing driver from England, who won the 1964 Targa Florio.^[1]

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Early life

Davis was born in Marylebone, London, the son of "Bentley Boy" and Le Mans winner, Sammy Davis (who later became Autocar magazine's sports editor).

He was educated at Stowe School in the late 1930s.

Davis was an advertising executive who raced a 500cc Formula 3 Cooper before moving to Italy from where he conducted his own racing career.

Racing career

Davis competed in two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, finishing 11th in the 1959 Italian Grand Prix in a Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati.^[2] He also participated in several non-Championship Formula One races.

Davis finished eighth overall and a class winner in the 1960 Nürburgring 1000km, sharing a Ferrari 250GT with Carlo Abate.^[3] In the same race the following year he finished fourth overall, again with Abate, in a Ferrari 250GT.^[4] Also in 1961 Davis finished fifth in the 4-Hours of Pescara, driving solo in a 1,600 c.c. Osca Sport.^[5] He shared the winning Porsche 904 GTS in the 1964 Targa Florio with Antonio Pucci.^[6]

Later life

After Davis retired from racing, he emigrated to Cape Town and worked as a radio broadcaster.^[7] He died on 19 December 2012 after a long illness.^[1]

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Points
1959	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T51	Maserati	MON	500	NED	FRA Ret	GBR	GER	POR	ITA 11	USA	NC	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1958	Automobili OSCA	Alejandro de Tomaso	O.S.C.A. 750S	S750	252	10th	1st
1959	A. de Tomaso (private entrant)	Alejandro de Tomaso	D.B. HBR-5 Spyder	GT750	63	DNF (Gearbox)
1961	Automobili OSCA	Jean Laroche	O.S.C.A. Sport 750	S850	85	DNF (Overheating)
1962	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Carlo Maria Abate	Ferrari 250 GT Drogo	E3.0	30	DNF (Prop shaft)
1964	Porsche System Engineering	Gerhard Mitter	Porsche 904/8	P2.0	244	DNF (Clutch)
1965	Porsche System Engineering	Gerhard Mitter	Porsche 904/8	P2.0	20	DNF (Clutch)
1966	Porsche System Engineering	Jo Siffert	Porsche 906/6 LH	P2.0	339	4th	1st

Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1962	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 GT	GT3.0	119	DNF (Engine)

References

^ ^a ^b "Targa Florio winner Colin Davis passes away aged 79". Autosport.Com. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
^ Motor Sport, October 1959, Pages 745-746.
^ Motor Sport, July 1960, Pages 534-535.
^ Motor Sport, July 1961, Pages 575-576, 578, 580.
^ Motor Sport, September 1961, Pages 739-740.
^ Motor Sport, June 1964, Pages 453, 456.
^ Williams, Richard (11 January 2013). "Colin Davis obituary | Motor sport | The Guardian". www.theguardian.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2021.