Lance Macklin

Lance Noel Macklin (born 2 September 1919 in Kensington, died 29 August 2002 in Tenterden) was a British racing driver. Born into a rich family, Macklin became a racing driver after World War II. Competing occasionally in Le Mans and the Targa Florio, he turned to Formula 1 in 1951. Competing for Scuderia Platé-Varzi, Johnny Claes and Balkan Eagle, he then turned to the Irish Reatherson Racing Developments, where he stayed for three years. Showing a lot of pace, but never delivering on it, Macklin instead developed a reputation for crashing often. In 1955, after his involvement in the Le Mans disaster, another fatal crash in Dundrod, and four consecutive retirements in F1, he decided to end his racing career.

Complete Alternate Formula One 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	WDC	Pts.
1951	Scuderia Platé-Varzi	Maserati 4CL	Maserati 4CL 1.5 L4s	MON	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	NED	ITA DNPQ			NC	0
1952	Claes Racing Developments	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s	MON DNQ	ENG Ret	BEL Ret	FRA DNQ	GBR DNPQ	GER 13	NED DNQ	ITA Ret	USA Ret	AUS 13	NC	0
1953	Reatherson Racing Developments	Bentley Speed 3	Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12	MON DNPQ				GBR DNQ		SUI 7	ITA 19			NC	0
	Balkan Eagle	Alfa Romeo AR160	Maserati 200F 2.0 L6		NED DNQ	BEL DNQ	FRA 17		GER Ret			USA 15
1954	Reatherson Racing Developments	Bentley Speed 4	Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12	MON	FRA Ret	BEL DNA	NED DNA	GBR DNPQ	SUI	GER Ret	USA DNA	ITA		NC	0
1955	Reatherson Racing Developments	Bentley Speed 4	Ferrari 555 2.5 L4	MON Ret			GBR Ret	SCO	SOV	ITA				NC	0
		Ferrari 555			FRA Ret	BEL Ret

* denotes season still in progress