Peter Ashdown

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Peter Ashdown

Born	(1934-10-16) 16 October 1934 Danbury, Essex, England, UK
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	British
Active years	1959
Teams	non-works Cooper
Entries	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1959 British Grand Prix
Last entry	1959 British Grand Prix

Peter Hawthorn Ashdown (born 16 October 1934, Danbury, Essex) is a former motor racing driver. He drove in a single Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, racing a Cooper.

Prior to Formula One, he was one of the leaders of the British Formula Junior scene, but an accident at Rouen-Les-Essarts in 1958, in which he broke his collarbone, considerably hampered his career. He continued racing in a Formula Two Cooper-Climax entered by Alan Brown at the 1959 British Grand Prix at Aintree. From there he drove a Formula Junior Lola and many small-engined sports cars, winning his class in the 1960 and 1962 1000km Nürburgring. He retired in 1962.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Points
1959	Equipe Alan Brown	Cooper T45 (F2)	Climax Straight-4	MON	500	NED	FRA	GBR 12	GER	POR	ITA	USA	NC	0