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🇬🇧 Archie Scott Brown

Racing driver from United Kingdom. Formula 1, Connaught.
Driver facts
Full name
Archie Scott Brown
Born
13 May 1927(b. 1927)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Connaught
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
1
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
2,941
Driver photo · 3:4
Racer Rating
2,941
RANK 3010 / 15,348 INDEXED · +0 SEASON
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
FIA CATEGORISATION NOT YET INDEXED
SOURCE · FIA.COM
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Archie Scott Brown is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Connaught. Scott Brown has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]

A Racer Rating of 2,941 ranks Scott Brown 3010th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS
1956 form
LAST 1 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER
P1P5P10P20DNFGBR
Recent results
TAP A ROW FOR THE FULL RACE
1956-07-14Silverstone CircuitFormula 1DNF−98
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1956▸Formula 1Connaught100100P28−972,941
Recent coverage
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Archie Scott Brown was a Scottish driver who competed in Formula 1 in 1956, making a single start for Connaught at a time when the championship was still establishing itself as a premier motorsport series. His one-off entry produced no championship points, finishing outside the top positions in that round. His full-time racing career on record spanned that single season.[1]

Brown's wider motorsport presence extended beyond Formula 1, as evidenced by his ownership and racing of significant sports cars such as Lister machinery in the years following his single-seater appearance. His career is notable not for competitive dominance at the championship level but for the fact that he achieved racecraft and professional standing in motorsport despite a significant physical disability, competing against drivers of the era without special accommodation or adjustment to the machinery he drove. This achievement became more widely recognised and celebrated in later assessments of motorsport history, with his story eventually attracting broader cultural attention decades after his competitive years.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia
How a driver with one hand became a racer who Formula 1 legends didn’t want to pass[1]
The New York Times
14 JUL 2026
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Rare Lister-Maserati driven by racing legend Archie Scott Brown goes on the market for £1m[2]
This is Money
13 FEB 2025
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1959 Lister Jaguar – Cambridge Iron[3]
Supercars.net
27 JAN 2025
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