🇺🇸 Bob Bondurant

Bob Bondurant was an established professional who raced in Formula 1 during 1965 and 1966, his only indexed seasons. He drove for Eagle-Weslake across nine starts in the world championship, a field spanning amateur entries and graded professionals in single-driver competition across multiple countries.[1]

Bondurant's Formula 1 career consisted of two seasons. He finished 12th in the 1966 championship standings after competing in seven rounds that year. His record against the elite of the grid was mixed; he was closely matched with Jim Clark, a two-time Formula 1 champion, but usually finished behind Jackie Stewart, who would go on to win three world titles. He recorded single victories over established professionals Jo Siffert and Richard Attwood.[2]

Bondurant raced most frequently for BRM, which accounted for five of his nine starts and fielded Jackie Stewart among its stronger drivers. He emerged from the Southern California road racing scene of the 1950s and later founded the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, which trained generations of American racing drivers.