John Rhodes

John Rhodes (born 18 August 1927) is a British former racing driver from England, who participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, the 1965 British Grand Prix, at Silverstone on 10 July 1965, from which he retired on lap 39 with ignition problems. His Cooper T60 Climax was provided for him by veteran racer Bob Gerard.

, Rhodes is the oldest living person to have competed in a Formula One race.

In 1961, Rhodes drove a Cooper-B.M.C. Formula Junior car for the Midland Racing Partnership, winning a long race on the Phoenix Park circuit in Dublin on 22 July, and the Dunboyne Trophy on 29 July. On 11 June 1962, he drove Bob Gerard's Cooper-Ford in the 2,000 Guineas F1 race at Mallory Park. Rhodes soldiered on with the Cooper-B.M.C. FJ car in 1963 when the Ford engine was required to win. That year, he competed in a works Mini-Cooper 'S' type in saloon car racing, finishing 8th with Rob Slotemaker in The Motor International Six-Hour Saloon-Car Race at Brands Hatch on 6 July. In 1965, Rhodes continued with the Mini, taking fourth place, among the big bangers, in the Ilford Films Trophy at Brands Hatch on 13 March. He failed to finish in the BRDC International Trophy at Silverstone in Bob Gerard's Cooper-Ford on 15 May 1965.

At Le Mans in 1965, Rhodes, with Paul Hawkins, finished twelfth overall, and first in class, in a 1.3-litre Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite entered by the Donald Healey Motor Company, completing 278 laps. In 1966 at the Targa Florio, Rhodes partnered with Timo Mäkinen, finished ninth overall and won the class in an M.G.B.

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 Gerard Racing Cooper T60 Climax V8 RSA MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA MEX NC 0

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1962 Gerard Racing Cooper T59 Ford L4 CAP BRX LOM LAV GLV PAU AIN INT NAP MAL CLP RMS SOL KAN MED DAN OUL MEX RAN NAT 1965 Gerard Racing Cooper T71/73 Ford L4 ROC SYR SMT INT Cooper T60 Climax V8 MED RAN

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Class 1963 Cooper Car Co. Morris Mini Cooper SNE OUL GOO? AIN? SIL 35th 5 9th Austin Mini Cooper S CRY4† SIL BRH BRH OUL SIL 1964 Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S SNE GOO OUL AIN SIL CRY3† 9th 20 3rd Downton Engineering Ltd. BRH6 OUL6 1965 Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S BRH4 OUL4 SNE7 GOO16 SILRet CRY1† BRH18 OUL5 3rd 40 1st 1966 Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S SNE? GOO? SIL6 CRY1† BRH9 BRH6 OUL2† BRH5^ 2nd 50 1st 1967 Cooper Car Co. Morris Mini Cooper S BRH4^ SNE? SILRet SIL3 MAL1† SILRet SIL9 BRH7 OUL1† BRH6 3rd 58 1st 1968 Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S BRH5^ THR13 SIL7 CRY3† MAL2† BRH6 SIL14 CRORet^ OULRet BRH10 BRH12 3rd 50 1st 1969 British Leyland Motor Corporation Austin Mini Cooper S BRHRet^ SIL11 SNE12 THR22 SIL6 CRY4† MAL4† CRO SIL8 OUL13 BRH10^ BRH 18th 18 5th † Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

^ Race with 2 heats - Aggregate result.