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Full Name | Alan Brinley Rees | |
| Nationality | British | ||
| Born | 12 January 1938 | ||
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| First Grand Prix | 1966 German Grand Prix | Last Grand Prix | 1967 German Grand Prix |
| Grands Prix | 3 | Non-starts | 3 |
| Wins | 0 | Podiums | 0 |
| Best Finish | 7th, 1967 German Grand Prix | Points | 0 |
| Fastest Laps | 0 | Best Qualifying | 15/21, 1967 British Grand Prix |
| Retirements | 1 | Laps Led | 0 |
Career Highlights
| 1966 | Formula 1, Winkelman Racing Brabham Ford BT18 (F2 class), 1 race, 0 points, Not Classified |
| 1967 | Formula 1, Cooper Maserati V12 T81, 1 race, 0 points, Not Classified |
| Formula 1, Winkelman Racing Brabham Ford BT23 (F2 class), 1 race, 0 points |
Biography
Welsh-born Rees was a useful driver in the junior formulae, achieving success with Lotus in Formula Junior before a crash at the 1962 Nürburgring 1000km sports car race put an end to his season.
He joined the Roy Winkelmann team in 1963 and would become a fixture in the outfit as a driver, later moving into a team management role where he would find his true career calling.
While behind the wheel, he achieved many successes in the team’s Brabham chassis’, frequently beating more notable drivers like Jochen Rindt, Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark, but his appearances in F1 were restricted to two races in the team’s F2 car and a sole outing in a rather long-in-the-tooth Cooper at the 1967 British Grand Prix.
By 1969, Rees decided that his skills lay in team management, and he moved on to become a founding member of the March equipe in 1969 (his initials made up the ‘AR’ in the team’s name). Later he acted as the team manager at Shadow (1973-1976), and then defecting with Jackie Oliver to co-found the Arrows F1 team. He remained with Oliver through the team’s sale to – and subsequent buyback from – the Footwork group, until the pair finally sold the team to Tom Walkinshaw in 1996.
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