Rupert Keegan

Rupert Keegan (26 February 1955 – 23 September 2024) was an English racing driver. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 8 May 1977. He scored no championship points.

Biography Keegan won the 1976 British Formula 3 Championship, which propelled him into Formula One. After seasons with Hesketh and Surtees, neither of them particularly competitive teams, he won the Aurora Formula One Championship in 1979. A return to the Formula One World Championship with RAM driving their Williams FW07B yielded little in the way of results, as did a few races with March. His best career result was seventh at the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix scored in Hesketh 308E/1.

After Formula One, Keegan raced in the United States in CART, and also in endurance racing. After his retirement, he pursued business interests and also worked as a racing instructor.

Keegan died in Portoferraio after a long battle with cancer on 23 September 2024, at the age of 69.

Racing record

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 17 WDC Pts. Penthouse Rizla Racing Hesketh 308E Ford V8 ARG BRA RSA USW ESP MON BEL SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA USA CAN JPN NC 0 Durex Team Surtees Surtees TS19 Ford V8 ARG BRA RSA USW MON BEL NC 0 Surtees TS20 Ford V8 ESP SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA USA CAN RAM Williams Grand Prix Engineering Williams FW07 Ford V8 ARG BRA RSA USW BEL MON FRA GBR NC 0 RAM Penthouse Rizla Racing GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA Rothmans March Grand Prix Team March 821 Ford V8 RSA BRA USW SMR BEL MON DET CAN NED GBR FRA GER AUT SUI ITA CPL NC 0

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 13 14 15 Points 1979 C. W. Clowes Racing Arrows A1 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ZOL OUL BRH MAL SNE THR ZAN DON OUL NOG MAL BRH THR SNE SIL 1st 65

Indy Car World Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Team No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref 1985 Machinists Union Racing 59 LBH INDY MIL POR MEA CLE MCH ROA POC MDO19 SAN MCH LAG12 PHX MIA10 35th 4 1986 Gohr Racing 65 PHX LBH INDY MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MIC POC MDO SAN MIC ROA LAG PHX MIA NC -