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3 unusual facts about Jack Fairman


Jack Fairman

He took a Connaught Type B to two points finishes during the 1956 Formula One season, his only points in a very long Formula One career, finishing tenth in the World Championship that year.

His most significant contribution in this role was during the development of Connaught's Formula Two and later Formula One cars.

Jaguar C-Type

The factory entered three, whose driver pairings were Stirling Moss and Jack Fairman, Leslie Johnson and 3-times Mille Miglia winner Clemente Biondetti, and the eventual winners, Peter Walker and Peter Whitehead.



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