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Billy Cotton

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Name Billy Cotton
Country Great Britain Great Britain
Place of Birth London
Date of Birth 06/05/1899
Date of Death 25/03/1969
First Race Mountain Championship 16/10/1937
Last Race British Grand Prix 14/05/1949
First Pole Junior Car Club 200 Miles Race 27/08/1938
Last Pole Junior Car Club 200 Miles Race 27/08/1938
Best Result 2nd – Road Championship 10/04/1939
First Podium Road Championship 10/04/1939
Last Podium Road Championship 10/04/1939

Races 8
Victories 0
Poles 1
Fastest Laps 0
Podiums 1
Laps 91
Laps Led 0

ERA (1937-1939, 1947), (1949)

2nd1 Time
4th3 Times
5th1 Time
7th1 Time
13th1 Time
DNF1 Time

SeasonTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPositionQualifying
1937ERAArthur Dobson5120000001000
Ian Connell5100000001000
Peter Walker590000001000
Raymond Mays580000001000
1938ERAArthur Dobson420000101211
Earl Howe1330000100110
Ian Connell780000102011
John Wakefield1310001100110
Norman Wilson7190000102020
Peter Monkhouse780000001010
Prince Bira410001000100
Raymond Mays13240000101010
Reggie Tongue1350000100110
Tony Rolt1370000100110
Wilkie Wilkinson770000000010
1939ERAAllen Pollock280000001000
Arthur Dobson210001000100
Bob Ansell490000001000
Peter Aitken430000000100
Peter Whitehead480000001000
Raymond Mays410001000100
St. John Horsfall450000001000
Tony Rolt250000001000
1947ERABob Gerard20120000000101
Cuth Harrison20190000000110
George Abecassis20170000000110
Joe Ashmore2040000000110
John Bolster20110000000110
Leslie Brooke20160000000110
Peter Walker20130000000101
Peter Whitehead20250000001001
Raymond Mays2030000000101
1949ERABob Gerard420000000101
Brian Shawe-Taylor490000001000
Cuth Harrison4230000001001
David Hampshire440000000001
Geoffrey Ansell490000001001
George Nixon4240000001001
John Bolster4160000001001
Leslie Johnson4270000001000
Peter Walker4170000001001

Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1949 Great Britain ERA ERA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1947 Great Britain ERA ERA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0.00
1939 Great Britain ERA ERA 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 0.00
1938 Great Britain ERA ERA 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 49 0 0 0.00
1937 Great Britain ERA ERA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0.00

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