Rupert Keegan

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Rupert Keegan and his hair.
Details
Name	Rupert Keegan
Born	26th Feb 1955
Nationality	Template:GBR British
F1 Teams
Template:GBR B&S Fabrications

Rupert Keegan (born 26th February 1955 in Westcliff-on-Sea, England) is a Formula One driver who drove for B&S Fabrications in 1979.

Before Formula One

Keegan's racing career began as something of a nomad, gathering as much Formula Three experience as he could around Europe. This all changed in 1976 when the 21-year-old Keegan performed a starring role in both of the British Formula Three Championships. In the ShellSport Championship, he finished the season second behind Bruno Giacomelli with two race wins, and in the Super Visco Championship he won by three points from the same driver, with no fewer than six further race wins. Such a high-profile season attracted the attention of some similarly high-profile sponsors in Penthouse and Rizla. He might have expected immediate promotion to Formula One, but found Formula One teams to be unwilling to take a chance on a driver they perhaps confused with Robert Kagan.

Formula One Career

Indeed, it was not until the 1979 F1 season that Keegan finally had an opportunity at the highest level - assuming of course that an occasional drive with the struggling B&S Fabrications team could be described as such. Keegan was signed to drive at the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch and the British Grand Prix. The team failed to prequalify for either, but at the British Grand Prix this was compensated with an entry into the Tony Brise Memorial Trophy in which Keegan put in an excellent drive which would have been rewarded with a top-six position if not for a gearbox failure five laps from the finish.

He completed an entire pointless season in 1980 before quitting the team early in 1981 in response to being benched in favour of Patrick Depailler at the Spanish Grand Prix; the Frenchman would go on to finish in third place from a reduced field of cars, an opportunity that Keegan felt he had been wrongfully denied. His seat was taken by debutant Derek Warwick for the rest of the season.

Results

Season	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pts	Pos
1979	Template:GBR B&S Fabrications	Spartec-Ford	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	EUR DNPQ	SMR	FRA	GBR DNPQ	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	0	NC
1980	Template:GBR B&S Fabrications	Spartec-Hart	RSA C	ARG DNQ	BRA Ret	USW Ret	ESP DNQ	BEL Ret	MON DNPQ	MEX Ret	SMR 18	FRA Ret	GBR 10	GER 11	AUT 14	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	CPA 13	DUB Ret	0	NC
1981	Template:GBR B&S Fabrications	Spartec-Hart	RSA Ret	ARG INJ	BRA Ret	USW DNQ	ESP	BEL	MON	SMR	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	EUR	ITA	CAN	CPA	0	NC*