Background
The son of a wealthy farmer and businessman, Tony Maggs was part of Ken Tyrrell"s Formula Junior, Cooper- Business Service Management team in 1961 and shared the European Championship with Jo Siffert.
Formula One driver racecar driver
The son of a wealthy farmer and businessman, Tony Maggs was part of Ken Tyrrell"s Formula Junior, Cooper- Business Service Management team in 1961 and shared the European Championship with Jo Siffert.
He participated in 27 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 15 July 1961. He was invited into the Cooper Formula One team for 1962–1963, finishing second in the French Grand Prix both years, but was dropped at the end of 1963. In 1965, Maggs raced only once in Formula One, for Regional Parnell Racing, in the South African Grand Prix at East London but continued with success in both Formula Two and sports cars.
However, in a national race at Pietermaritzburg he crashed his Brabham and a young spectator standing in a restricted area was hit and killed.
Maggs immediately retired from motor sport to concentrate on his business interests. Maggs died on 2 June 2009, from cancer.