Christopher John Lawrence (27 July 1933 – 13 August 2011)Memories from Morgan Motor Company was a British former racing driver from England. Born in Ealing, London, he participated regularly in the Le Mans 24 Hours race and in two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, driving a special Cooper-Ferrari, debuting on 16 July 1966. He scored no championship points.
Lawrence later founded the London-based company LawrenceTune, constructors of the Morgan +4 Super Sports (racing version).
Lawrence was also responsible for designing the Deep Sanderson series of racing and sports cars.
In addition, Lawrence also helped design the 1972 Monica 560 luxury French saloon.
Lawrence died of cancer aged 78.
Racing record
Complete British Saloon Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Pts Class 1963 Lawrencetune Engines Vauxhall VX4/90 SNE OUL GOO AIN SIL CRY SILDNS BRH BRH OUL SNE NC 0 NC
Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 WDC Points 1966 J.A. PearceEngineering Ltd Cooper T73 Ferrari V12 MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA MEX NC 0
References
External links Profile at www.grandprix.com