Bob Evans (racing driver)

This article is about the racing driver. For other people with this name, see Robert Evans (disambiguation).

Robert Neville Anthony Evans (born 11 June 1947) is a British former racing driver from England. He participated in 12 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 1 March 1975. He scored no championship points. He also competed in numerous non-Championship Formula One races.

Bob Evans

Born	(1947-06-11) 11 June 1947 (age 78) Waddington, Lincolnshire, England
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	British
Active years	1975 - 1976
Teams	BRM, Lotus, RAM
Entries	12 (10 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1975 South African Grand Prix
Last entry	1976 British Grand Prix

Evans followed the usual route through to Formula One, via Formula Ford, Formula 3 and Formula 5000, winning the 1974 Rothmans 5000 European Championship. After a season with the struggling BRM team in 1975, Evans tested and occasionally raced for Lotus the following year. He subsequently drove a Brabham for RAM in the 1976 British Grand Prix, before he moved to the Aurora F1 Championship in the late 1970s.

Racing record

Complete European F5000 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Pts
1973	McKechnie Racing Organisation	Trojan T101	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH Ret	MAL Ret	SIL 13	SNE Ret	BRH	OUL 4	MAL 4	MIS C	MAL Ret	MON 5	SIL C	BRH DNS	OUL 4	JYL Ret	ZAN Ret	SNE 1	BRH 8		9th	64
1974	McKechnie Racing Organisation	Lola T332	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH DNS	MAL 3	SIL 8	OUL 6	BRH 1	ZOL 2	THR 3	ZAN 2	MUG 2	MNZ 3	MAL 1	MON 1	THR 1	BRH 3	OUL 6	SNE 9	MAL 5	BRH Ret	1st	193 (198)
1975	Theodore Racing	Lola T332	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH	OUL	BRH	SIL	ZOL	ZAN	THR	SNE 1	MAL Ret	THR	BRH	OUL							7th	64
	Reed Racing															SIL 4	SNE
	McKechnie Racing Organisation	Lola T400																MAL 4	BRH 3
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Complete World Sportscar Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos.	Pts
1974	Argyle Engineering with M. Coombe Racing	S 3.0	March 74S	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	MNZ	SPA	NÜR	IMO	LMS	ÖST	GLN	LEC	BRH 8	KYA						[N 1]
1980	Dome Co. Ltd.	S +2.0	Dome RL80	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	DAY	BRH	MUG	MNZ	SIL	NÜR	LMS 25	GLN	MOS	VAL	DIJ					[N 1]
1981	Dome Co. Ltd.	S +2.0	Dome RL81	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	DAY	SEB	MUG	MNZ	RSD	SIL	NÜR	LMS Ret	PER	DAY	GLN	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH	NC	0
1982	Nimrod Racing Automobiles Ltd.	C	Nimrod NRA/C2	Aston Martin-Tickford DP1229 5.3 V8	MNZ	SIL Ret	NÜR	LMS Ret	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH								NC	0
1984	Gebhardt Motorsport	C2	Gebhardt JC842	BMW M12 2.0 L4	MNZ	SIL Ret	LMS	NÜR	BRH	MOS	SPA	IMO	FUJ	KYA	SAN					NC	0
1985	EMKA Productions Ltd.	C1	EMKA C84/1	Aston Martin-Tickford DP1229 5.3 V8	MUG	MNZ	SIL Ret	LMS	HOC	MOS	SPA	BRH	FUJ	SHA						NC	0
Source:[2]

Footnotes

1. No drivers' Championship.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Pts
1975	Stanley BRM	BRM P201	BRM P200 3.0 V12	ARG	BRA	RSA 15	ESP Ret	MON DNQ	BEL 9	SWE 13	NED Ret	FRA 17	GBR	GER	AUT Ret	ITA Ret	USA			NC	0
1976	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 77	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	BRA	RSA 10	USW DNQ	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA									NC	0
	RAM Racing	Brabham BT44B										GBR Ret	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN
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Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3
1973	McKechnie Racing Organisation	Trojan T101 (F5000)	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	ROC DNS	INT Ret
1974	McKechnie Racing Organisation	Lola T332 (F5000)	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	PRE	ROC	INT DNS
1975	Stanley BRM	BRM P201	BRM P200 3.0 V12	ROC 6	INT 10	SUI
1976	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 77	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC 9	INT
1977	Hexagon Racing	Penske PC3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC 11
Source:[4]

Complete Shellsport International Series results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Pts
1976	David Hepworth	McLaren M25	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	MAL	SNE	OUL	BRH	THR	BRH	MAL	SNE	BRH 2	THR Ret	OUL	BRH	BRH		21st	15
1977	Charles Clowes Racing	Chevron B30	Ford GAA 3.4 V6	MAL	SNE	OUL	BRH	MAL	THR	BRH DNS	OUL	MAL	DON	BRH	THR	SNE	BRH	NC	0
Source:[5]

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts
1977	Wheatcroft Racing	Pilbeam R27	Hart	SIL Ret	THR Ret	HOC	NÜR	VAL	PAU	MUG	ROU	NOG	PER	MIS	EST	DON	NC	0
Source:[5]

Complete British Formula One Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
1978	J. C. Cooper	Surtees TS19	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	OUL	BRH	SNE	MAL	ZAN 1	DON 3							2nd	93
		Hesketh 308E								THR 2	OUL 5	MAL 7	BRH 2	THR 2	SNE 7
Source:[5]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1978	Dorset Racing Associates	Martin Birrane Richard Down	Lola T294S-Ford Cosworth	S 2.0	23	DNF	DNF
1979	Dome Co. Ltd.	Tony Trimmer	Dome Zero RL-Ford Cosworth	S +2.0	25	DNF	DNF
1980	Dome Co. Ltd.	Chris Craft	Dome RL80-Ford Cosworth	S +2.0	246	25th	4th
1981	Dome Co. Ltd.	Chris Craft	Dome RL81-Ford Cosworth	S +2.0	154	DNF	DNF
1982	Nimrod Racing Automobiles Ltd.	Tiff Needell Geoff Lees	Nimrod NRA/C2-Aston Martin	C	55	DNF	DNF
Source:[2]