Brian Gubby

Brian Gubby (born 17 April 1934) is a British racehorse trainer and former racing driver from England. As a racing driver, Gubby briefly competed in Formula One during the 1960s.

Early life and career Gubby was born in Epsom, Surrey.

After completing his national service in the 1950s, Gubby became a freelance motor trader, and throughout his career he developed his business interests to include several garages and car showrooms, a hotel and a building company.

Motor racing Gubby started his motor sport career in rallying, and also raced a Speedwell-tuned Austin A30 and a 3.8 litre Jaguar before switching to single-seaters in Formula Junior in the early 1960s. During this time, he raced a Lotus Eleven, a Lotus 18, and also a rare Ausper T4. In practice, having posted the eighth fastest time and outqualifying his closest rival Peter Revson by a second, Gubby's Lotus suffered a wheel failure and he crashed heavily through chainlink fencing. "Lotuses were always falling apart... I ended up upside down in the woods, cocooned in wire with a mouthful of leaves and grass," he recalled. and sold his Lotus to Stirling Moss for use by a film company working with Steve McQueen.

Gubby's 80-acre training facilities include a mile all-weather strip and a mile gallop, and at his peak, he kept as many as 16 horses in training, owning them all himself. Continuing into his late 70s with fewer horses, Gubby still performed most of the daily tasks himself, including driving the horsebox.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 WDC Points 1965 Brian Gubby Lotus 24 Climax V8 RSA MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA MEX NC 0

Non-Championship Formula One results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1964 Brian Gubby Lotus 24 Climax V8 DMT NWT SYR AIN INT SOL MED RAN 1965 Brian Gubby Lotus 24 Climax V8 ROC SYR SMT INT MED RAN