Don Beauman is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Connaught. Beauman has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,966 ranks Beauman 2847th 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.
| 1954-07-17 | Silverstone Circuit | P11 | +56 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | ▸Formula 1 | Connaught | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | +55 | 2,971 |
Don Beauman was a British racing driver who made a single Formula 1 start in 1954, driving for Connaught. His sole World Championship Grand Prix appearance resulted in a 27th-place finish, leaving him without wins or podiums in the sport's premier category. With a Racer Rating of 2,966, he occupied the lower end of the professional racing ladder, competing in a field that included considerably stronger drivers.[1]
In that singular outing, Beauman finished ahead of several competitors of greater standing, including Harry Schell, a front-running professional driver with a rating approaching 5,000, as well as Horace Gould and Leslie Marr, both rated above 3,000. The result against Schell in particular stands out as notable for a driver making his only championship appearance, though the small sample size permits no broader assessment of his competitive level. Connaught, the team fielding him, proved an unsuccessful operation across its history in the database, posting no race wins despite fielding 26 drivers over its existence; its strongest entry was Stirling Moss, a driver of world-class calibre.[2]
Beauman's racing career on record spanned only 1954 and ended after that single Formula 1 start, leaving him among the numerous drivers of the era who appeared in the championship but made no lasting mark on its history.