Brett Lunger

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Robert Brett Lunger (born November 14th, 1945 in Wilmington, Delaware) is a American former racing driver known for his appearances in Formula One. His early career was spent in the Can-Am, where he was considered one of the "rich kids" due to his wealth as an heir of the DuPont family. Eventually, his career lead him to Europe, where he took part in Formula Two to little success - which in turn lead to a short stint in F1.

Formula One

1976-1977: Penske

Having made his Grand Prix debut the previous year, Lunger moved to the American Penske team - most famous for their appearances in American Championship races among other series stateside. Unfortunately for Lunger and teammate Hans-Joachim Stuck - the PC4 chassis was an absolute disaster and failed to qualify on numerous occasions in 1976. Lunger actually took the PC4's best result in 1976, with a ninth place at the Spanish Grand Prix.

1977 arrived and Lunger was still a part of the team - whom had opted to keep campaigning their dogged chassis for another season. Lunger was now partnered by occasional points scorer Henri Pescarolo but this would not be enough to turn the team's fortunes around. Halfway through the year, Lunger decided to cut his losses and leave the team - seeing him be replaced by 1976 German F3 champion Bertram Schäfer.

1978-: Rebaque

After leaving Penske, Lunger signed with Rebaque for 1978 at the last minute. With the team fielding a customer March 771 chassis, and a year-old Ford Cosworth DFV engine, they failed to pre-qualify in Spain, although Lunger gave them some hope by setting a time just 2 tenths of a second slower than Mike Mosley's Interscope. With a new chassis, the Rebaque HR78 being ready in time for the Belgian Grand Prix, expectations were high within the team. At the car's second race in Monaco Rebaque managed to escape pre-qualifying. Lunger managed to qualify the car and hold on for 15th place, albeit last on the road, for his first classified finish since 1976.

Complete Formula 1 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 16 17 Points WDC
1976 Citibank Team Penske Penske PC4 Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0 F12 ARG
Ret
RSA
Ret
USW
17
ESP
9
BEL
Ret
MON
DNPQ
SOV
DNPQ
FRA
14
GBR
DNPQ
GER
DNPQ
AUT
15
NED
DNPQ
ITA
DNQ
CAN
DNPQ
USA
DNPQ
JPN
DNPQ
0
1977 Team Penske Penske PC4 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
DNPQ
RSA
DNQ
USW
DNPQ
ESP
DNPQ
BEL
DNPQ
MON
DNPQ
FRA TUS SOV GBR NED GER AUT ITA CAN USA JPN 0
1978 Team Rebaque March 771 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG RSA USW ESP
DNPQ
0
Rebaque HR100 BEL
DNPQ
MON
15
FRA TUS GBR SUI NED GER AUT ITA CAN USA