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Alta

Alta Car and Engineering Company

Foundation

1928/Geoffrey Taylor

F1
SummaryStatisticsDriversModelsEnginesTeamsPositionsYear by YearRanking by season

Name Alta
Country Great Britain Great Britain
First Race British Grand Prix 13/05/1950
Last Race British Grand Prix 19/07/1952
Best Qualifying 12th – (2 times)
Best Result 9th – Grand Prix de Belgique 18/06/1950

Races 5
Drivers’ Titles 0
Constructors’ Titles 0
Victories 0
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 0
Podiums 0
Points 0
Average Points 0.00
Laps 302
One/two finishes 0

Driver Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Points
Great Britain Geoffrey Crossley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 0 0.00
Ireland Joe Kelly 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0.00
Great Britain Graham Whitehead 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 0 0.00
Great Britain Peter Whitehead 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0.00

GP (1950-1951), F2 (1952)

Alta (1950-1952)

J. Kelly (1950-1951), G. Crossley (1950), P. N. Whitehead (1952), A. G. Whitehead (1952)

9th1 Time
12th2 Times
14th1 Time
DNF2 Times

Year Driver Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1952 Great Britain Graham Whitehead
Great Britain Peter Whitehead
Alta
Alta
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0.00
1951 Ireland Joe Kelly Alta 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 0 0 0.00
1950 Great Britain Geoffrey Crossley
Ireland Joe Kelly
Alta
Alta
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0.00

Extra Championship
SummaryStatisticsDriversModelsEnginesTeamsPositionsYear by Year

Name Alta
Country Great Britain Great Britain
First Race Richmond Trophy 10/04/1950
Last Race Australian Grand Prix 09/10/1961
Best Qualifying 2nd – Joe Fry Memorial Trophy 04/10/1952
Best Result 3rd – Ulster Trophy 07/06/1952
First Podium Ulster Trophy 07/06/1952
Last Podium Ulster Trophy 07/06/1952

Races 51
Race Starts 44
Victories 0
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 1
Podiums 1
Laps 1077
One/two finishes 0

Driver Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps
Ireland Joe Kelly 14 0 0 1 1 0 1 240 0
Great Britain Gordon Watson 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0
Great Britain Peter Whitehead 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0
Great Britain Torrie Large 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
Malta Louis Manduca 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia Tony Gaze 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0
Great Britain Oliver Simpson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 0
Great Britain Brian Naylor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
Great Britain Peter Mould 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Great Britain Geoffrey Crossley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0
Australia Bill Craig 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 0
Great Britain Tony Stokes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Australia Murray Trenberth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0
Australia Gib Barrett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 0
Great Britain Albert Wake 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Great Britain Joe Little 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Great Britain Bill Whitehouse 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Australia Bill Wilcox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
Great Britain Rex Woodgate 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Great Britain Roy Salvadori 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Australia Sydney Anderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Great Britain Basil de Mattos 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Great Britain Graham Whitehead 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 0
Great Britain Bob Cowell 0 0
Great Britain Peter Murdoch 0 0

GP (1950-1953), IFS (1950), (1952-1953), F2 (1951-1957, 1961), S (1956)

Alta (1950-1953, 1956-1957), Bristol (1953-1954), Holden (1955-1956, 1961)

J. Kelly (1950-1953), G. Crossley (1950), G. M. Watson (1950-1952), F. A. O. Gaze (1951-1953), Ecurie Cowell-Stokes (1951), J. H. Webb (1951), Rex Woodgate (1952), A. G. Whitehead (1952), R. York (1952), P. Mould (1952), P. N. Whitehead (1952), Joe Little (1952), Louis Manduca (1952-1953), W. R. Baird (1953), O. E. Simpson (1953), J. B. Naylor (1953), Ormskirk Motor Auctions (1954), W. J. Craig (1955-1956), W. Wilcox (1956), J. St. Q. Barrett (1956), Sydney Anderson Automotives (1957), M. Trenberth (1961)

3rd1 Time
4th4 Times
5th3 Times
6th2 Times
7th4 Times
8th3 Times
9th2 Times
10th2 Times
11th2 Times
12th2 Times
13th3 Times
14th2 Times
16th1 Time
23rd1 Time
24th1 Time
DNF33 Times
DNQF2 Times
DNA9 Times
DNQ2 Times
DNS6 Times

Year Driver Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps
1961 Australia Murray Trenberth Holden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0
1957 Australia Sydney Anderson Alta 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1956 Australia Bill Craig
Australia Bill Wilcox
Australia Gib Barrett
Holden
Alta
Alta
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 0
1955 Australia Bill Craig Holden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 0
1954 Great Britain Albert Wake Bristol 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 Great Britain Brian Naylor
Ireland Joe Kelly
Malta Louis Manduca
Great Britain Oliver Simpson
Great Britain Peter Murdoch
Australia Tony Gaze
Great Britain Torrie Large
Bristol
Bristol
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 0
1952 Great Britain Basil de Mattos
Great Britain Gordon Watson
Great Britain Graham Whitehead
Ireland Joe Kelly
Great Britain Joe Little
Malta Louis Manduca
Great Britain Oliver Simpson
Great Britain Peter Mould
Great Britain Peter Whitehead
Great Britain Rex Woodgate
Australia Tony Gaze
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
20 0 0 1 1 0 0 536 0
1951 Great Britain Bill Whitehouse
Great Britain Bob Cowell
Great Britain Gordon Watson
Ireland Joe Kelly
Great Britain Roy Salvadori
Australia Tony Gaze
Great Britain Tony Stokes
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
5 0 0 0 0 0 1 42 0
1950 Great Britain Geoffrey Crossley
Great Britain Gordon Watson
Ireland Joe Kelly
Alta
Alta
Alta
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 172 0

Grand Prix
SummaryStatisticsDriversModelsEnginesTeamsPositionsYear by Year

Name Alta
Country Great Britain Great Britain
First Race Donington Grand Prix 03/10/1936
Last Race Grand Prix du Salon 09/10/1949
Best Qualifying 2nd – Richmond Trophy 18/04/1949
Best Result 2nd – Gransden Lodge Trophy 15/06/1946
First Podium Mountain Championship 16/10/1937
Last Podium Gransden Lodge Trophy 15/06/1946

Races 33
Race Starts 28
Victories 0
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 0
Podiums 2
Laps 526
One/two finishes 0

Driver Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps
Great Britain George Abecassis 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 156 0
Great Britain Gordon Watson 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 0
Great Britain Geoffrey Crossley 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0
Great Britain Anthony Beadle 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Great Britain John Heath 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0
Great Britain Philip Jucker 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0
Great Britain Lord Avebury 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Great Britain Robin Hanson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
Great Britain Chas Mortimer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Great Britain Alexander Cormack 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Great Britain Jack Bartlett 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 0
Great Britain John Wakefield 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Great Britain Alan Sinclair 0 0
Great Britain B. Alder 0 0
Great Britain John Williams 0 0
Great Britain Austin Dobson 0 0

S (1936-1938, 1946-1947), IFS (1936-1939, 1946-1949), Streamliner (1948), GP (1948-1949)

Alta (1936-1939, 1946-1949)

J. Bartlett (1936-1937), J. Wakefield (1936), P. Jucker (1936-1937), A. Cormack (1936), G. E. Abecassis (1938), (1946), (1948-1949), A. H. Beadle (1938-1939), Lord Avebury (1938), Mrs Hall-Smith (1938), Chas Mortimer (1946), John Williams (1946), R. M. Cowell & G. M. Watson (1947-1948), P. J. Binns (1947), HW Motors (1948), G. Crossley (1949), G. M. Watson (1949), R. C. Rowland (1949)

2nd1 Time
3rd1 Time
6th4 Times
7th2 Times
10th1 Time
14th2 Times
15th1 Time
16th1 Time
20th1 Time
DNF20 Times
DNQF2 Times
DNA9 Times
DNS4 Times

Year Driver Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps
1949 Great Britain Geoffrey Crossley
Great Britain George Abecassis
Great Britain Gordon Watson
Great Britain John Heath
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 274 0
1948 Great Britain George Abecassis
Great Britain Gordon Watson
Great Britain John Heath
Alta
Alta
Alta
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 0
1947 Great Britain Geoffrey Crossley
Great Britain Gordon Watson
Alta
Alta
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
1946 Great Britain Chas Mortimer
Great Britain George Abecassis
Great Britain John Williams
Alta
Alta
Alta
2 0 1 0 1 0 0 27 0
1939 Great Britain Anthony Beadle Alta 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 Great Britain Anthony Beadle
Great Britain George Abecassis
Great Britain Lord Avebury
Great Britain Robin Hanson
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1937 Great Britain Alan Sinclair
Great Britain Jack Bartlett
Great Britain Philip Jucker
Alta
Alta
Alta
2 0 0 1 1 0 0 53 0
1936 Great Britain Alexander Cormack
Great Britain Austin Dobson
Great Britain B. Alder
Great Britain Jack Bartlett
Great Britain John Wakefield
Great Britain Philip Jucker
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
Alta
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0

All
Statistics

Races 89
Race Starts 77
Victories 0
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 1
Podiums 3
Points 0
Laps 1905
One/two finishes 0

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