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Arthur Owen
	Nationality British
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1960
Teams	privateer Cooper
Races	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1960 Italian Grand Prix
Last race	1960 Italian Grand Prix

Arthur Owen (21 March 1915 in Forest Gate, London - 13 April 2000 in Wexham Street, Buckinghamshire ^[1]) was a British racing driver from England. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, the 1960 Italian Grand Prix, driving a privately-entered 2.2 litre Cooper. He crashed on the first lap of the race at the South Corner, his car out of brakes.^[2] He retired with suspension damage and scored no championship points.

On October 17, 1955 Arthur Owen, Jim Russell and William Knight drove a 'bobtail' Cooper sports car at the Autodrome de Montlhéry to set thirteen international speed and distance records in Class G on this banked track. Owen went on to set further records at Monza in Italy.^[3]

On 29 September 1959, driving a Cooper-Climax, Owen made fastest time of the day at the Brighton Speed Trials.^[4] In 1962, Owen won the British Hill Climb Championship at the wheel of a Cooper-Climax T53 ^[5], prepared by fellow-competitor Patsy Burt's PMB Garages team. Arthur Owen competed in the 1962 Macau Grand Prix in a Cooper single-seater, qualifying on pole position but crashing early in the race.^[6] He finished third in the first Japanese Grand Prix, held at Suzuka, May 3, 4 in 1963, driving a Lotus 23 sports car.^[7]

[edit] Books

The Racing Coopers, by Arthur Owen, Cassell, 1959, 243 Pages.

[edit] Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	WDC	Points
1960	Arthur Owen	Cooper T45	Climax Straight-4	ARG	MON	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	POR	ITA Ret	USA	NC	0

[edit] References

^ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. http://www.oldracingcars.com/bydriver/watn.asp?letter=O. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
^ See: Motor Sport, October 1960, P827.
^ See: Cooper Cars, by Doug Nye, MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company, 2003.
^ See: Motor Sport, October 1959, P795.
^ See: Motor Sport, October 1962, Page 781.
^ See: Colour and Noise, by Philip Newsome, P71 & 72.
^ See: Motor Sport, June 1963, P448.

Sporting positions
Preceded by David Good	British Hill Climb Champion 1962	Succeeded by Peter Westbury

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[WATN-0] Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. http://www.oldracingcars.com/bydriver/watn.asp?letter=O. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

[1] See: Motor Sport, October 1960, P827.

[2] See: Cooper Cars, by Doug Nye, MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company, 2003.

[3] See: Motor Sport, October 1959, P795.

[4] See: Motor Sport, October 1962, Page 781.

[5] See: Colour and Noise, by Philip Newsome, P71 & 72.

[6] See: Motor Sport, June 1963, P448.

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