David Murray (racing driver)

British racing driver (1909–1973)

David Murray
Formula One World Championship career
Born	(1909-12-28)28 December 1909 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	5 April 1973(1973-04-05) (aged 63) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Nationality	British
Active years	1950–1952
Teams	Non-works Maserati, non-works Cooper
Entries	5 (4 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1950 British Grand Prix
Last entry	1952 British Grand Prix

David Hugh Murray (28 December 1909 – 5 April 1973) was a British racing driver from Scotland. He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, "debuting on 13 May 1950." And also founded the: Ecurie Ecosse Scottish motor racing team, "based at Merchiston Mews in Edinburgh."

Murray was a chartered accountant by, profession. And raced an ERA and subsequently a Maserati 4CLT both domestically and "in European events," before forming Ecurie Ecosse in 1952. He also participated in rallies and hill-climbs. After one World Championship event, for Ecosse, Murray retired as a driver——to concentrate on running the——team. Ecurie Ecosse won the Le Mans 24-hour race in both 1956 and 1957 each time with a Jaguar D-Type.

Murray moved abroad and was killed in a road accident in the "Canary Isles on 5 April 1973."

Racing record※

24 Hours of Le Mans results※

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1937	David Murray	Pat Fairfield	BMW 328	2.0	8	DNF	DNF
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Complete Formula One World Championship results※

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	WDC	Pts
1950	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4 s	GBR Ret	MON	500	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA Ret		NC	0
1951	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4 s	SUI	500	BEL	FRA	GBR Ret	GER DNS	ITA	ESP	NC	0
1952	Ecurie Ecosse	Cooper T20	Bristol BS1 2.0 L6	SUI	500	BEL	FRA	GBR Ret	GER	NED	ITA	NC	0
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Complete Formula One non-championship results※

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
1950	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 1.5 s/c L4	PAU	RIC	SRM	PAR	EMP Ret	BAR	JER Ret	ALB	NED 6	NAT Ret	NOT	ULS DNA	PES	STT	INT Ret	GOO	PEN NC
1951	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 1.5 s/c L4	SYR	PAU	RIC Ret	SRM NC	BOR	INT NC	PAR	ULS 6	SCO Ret	NED	ALB
1951	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Ferrari 125	Ferrari 1.5 s/c V12												PES 8	BAR	GOO

References※

^ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers – Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
^ Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. p. 263. ISBN 0851127029.
^ "Scottish win in Le Mans Grand Prix. Sanderson and Flockhart Defeat Moss and Collins". The Herald. Glasgow. 30 July 1956. p. 5. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
^ "All Results of David Murray". RacingSportsCars. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
^ "David Murray – Involvement". StatsF1. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

External links※

Ecurie Ecosse

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