Drivers/United Kingdom
Tony Brooks
- 1956–1961
- BRO
- Born 25 February 1932 in Dukinfield
- Died 3 May 2022
- Charles Anthony Standish Brooks
- Starts3839 entries
- Wins616% of starts
- Podiums1026% of starts
- Pole positions23× started from P1
- Fastest laps3
- Titles0best finish P2
Career numbers
- Avg grid position6.4
- Avg finish5
- Retirement rate42%
- Pole-to-win conversion50%
- Positions gained+14
- Points scored75
- Longest winning streak1
- Longest podium streak2
- Longest points-scoring streak2
- TeamsBRM (1956, 1961) · Vanwall (1957–1960) · Ferrari (1959) · Cooper (1960)
Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.
The career at a glance
Season by season
Every race
41 entries, 38 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entryMonaco Grand Prix 1956DNS · BRM
- First startBritish Grand Prix 1956DNF · BRM
- First winBritish Grand Prix 1957P1 · Vanwall
- Last winGerman Grand Prix 1959P1 · Ferrari
- Last startUnited States Grand Prix 1961P3 · BRM
All 41 races, season by season
Against team-mates
Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.
| Team-mate | Years | Races | Qualifying | Quali gap | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stirling Moss | 1957–1958 | 0:2 | 3:9 | +0.41% | 31 : 57 | Compare |
| Stuart Lewis-Evans | 1957–1958 | 1:1 | 5:5 | −0.82% | 17 : 13 | Compare |
| Phil Hill | 1959–1960 | 3:0 | 7:1 | −1.00% | 27 : 21 | Compare |
| Graham Hill | 1961 | 1:1 | 1:7 | +0.51% | 6 : 3 | Compare |
| Bruce McLaren | 1960 | 0:3 | 3:3 | +0.07% | 7 : 25 | Compare |
| Olivier Gendebien | 1959–1960 | 3:0 | 5:1 | −1.27% | 12 : 7 | Compare |
| Jack Brabham | 1960 | 0:2 | 0:6 | +2.35% | 7 : 35 | Compare |
| Dan Gurney | 1959 | 1:1 | 3:1 | −1.01% | 17 : 13 | Compare |
| Cliff Allison | 1959 | 0:0 | 4:1 | −1.06% | 19 : 2 | Compare |
| Henry Taylor | 1960 | 1:0 | 3:0 | −1.51% | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Chris Bristow | 1960 | 0:0 | 2:1 | ±0.00% | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Jean Behra | 1959 | 0:0 | 1:2 | +1.00% | 14 : 2 | Compare |
| Masten Gregory | 1960 | 1:0 | 1:1 | −1.77% | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Maurice Trintignant | 1960 | 0:0 | 3:0 | −2.54% | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Wolfgang von Trips | 1959–1960 | 1:0 | 2:0 | – | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Lucien Bianchi | 1960 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 2 : 1 | Compare |
| Ron Flockhart | 1956–1960 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Ian Burgess | 1960 | 0:0 | 2:0 | −7.42% | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Gino Munaron | 1960 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Roy Salvadori | 1960 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Mike Hawthorn | 1956 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Chuck Daigh | 1960 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Jack Fairman | 1960 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Keith Greene | 1960 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Carel Godin de Beaufort | 1960 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Mário de Araújo Cabral | 1960 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Pete Lovely | 1960 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
Green: Tony Brooks came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.
Strongest circuits
Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.
| Circuit | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monza | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.3 |
| Reims-Gueux | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Aintree | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Nürburgring | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Spa-Francorchamps | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Monaco | 5 | 2 | 5.3 | |
| Zandvoort | 4 | 9 | ||
| Silverstone | 3 | 6 | ||
| Boavista | 2 | 5 |