14 Facts About Stuart Lewis-Evans

Stuart Nigel Lewis-Evans was a British racing driver, who competed in Formula One at 14 Grands Prix from 1957 to 1958.

Stuart Lewis-Evans contested five further Grands Prix in 1957 with Vanwall, taking his maiden pole position at the Italian Grand Prix before retiring with engine issues.

Stuart Lewis-Evans ended his career with two pole position, two podiums, and 16 championship points, finishing the season ninth in the World Drivers' Championship.

Stuart Lewis-Evans was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, but largely grew up in Kent, where his father, Lewis "Pop" Lewis-Evans, owned and ran a garage business.

Pop Stuart Lewis-Evans had previously been a mechanic for the well-known racing driver Earl Howe, but had not previously raced himself.

On leaving school, Stuart Lewis-Evans was apprenticed for three years to Vauxhall Motors, back in Bedfordshire, before he was called up for National Service.

Stuart Lewis-Evans began racing in 1951 with a Cooper 500 Formula 3 car, encouraged by and sometimes racing against his father.

Stuart Lewis-Evans achieved his best finish for Vanwall when he was 2nd at the year's non-championship Moroccan Grand Prix.

Stuart Lewis-Evans took pole position at the final World Championship event, the Italian Grand Prix, but had to retire with engine problems.

Principal drivers Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks took three victories each, and Stuart Lewis-Evans added to the team's points haul with podium finishes in the Belgian and Portuguese events.

Stuart Lewis-Evans took pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix, but failed to finish in the race.

Stuart Lewis-Evans crashed heavily at the dusty Ain-Diab Circuit during the season-ending Moroccan Grand Prix.

Stuart Lewis-Evans was airlifted back to the UK, but died of his burns in hospital six days after the accident.

Stuart Lewis-Evans's death cast a pall over Vanwall's victory in the 1958 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers, an achievement to which Lewis-Evans had contributed significantly.