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Full name | Hesketh Racing |
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Base | United Kingdom |
Noted staff | Lord Hesketh Harvey Postlethwaite |
Noted drivers | James Hunt Alan Jones |
Website | heskethracing |
Formula One World Championship career | |
First entry | 1974 South African Grand Prix |
Races entered | 52 |
Constructors' Championships | 0 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 1 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Final entry | 1978 South African Grand Prix |
Hesketh Racing was a Formula One constructor from the United Kingdom, which competed from 1973 to 1978. The team competed in 52 World Championship Grands Prix, winning one and achieving eight further podium finishes. Its best placing in the World Constructors' Championship was fourth in 1975. Hesketh gave James Hunt his Formula One debut, and he brought the team most of its success. Alan Jones also began his Formula One career in a privately entered Hesketh.