🇺🇸 Hap Sharp

Hap Sharp was an established professional who raced in Formula 1 between 1961 and 1964, driving for Brabham-BRM. He made six starts in the championship across four seasons, competing in a field that ranged from semi-professional drivers to elite champions including Jim Clark and Jack Brabham.[1]

Sharp's Formula 1 career saw limited starts; his most recent indexed activity came in 1964, when he finished 14th in the championship standings across two rounds. Against the regulars he met, he typically finished behind Clark, a two-time Formula 1 champion, but ran closely matched with Brabham, a three-time champion who shared his team; he also finished ahead of established professionals Jo Siffert and Carel Godin de Beaufort on single occasions. His recorded Formula 1 appearances represented a small fraction of his racing life; beyond his Grand Prix entries, Sharp co-founded Chaparral Cars with Jim Hall in Midland, Texas, and the pair built the revolutionary Chaparral 2 and its successors, mid-engined sports racing cars that became landmarks in motorsport design.[2]