Career
He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on 19 October 1958, scoring no championship points. Born in Woolmer Green, Hertfordshire, Bridger started racing in Formula Three in 1953, initially competing minor events in a Kieft-Norton before moving to a Cooper to compete full-time in Formula Three in 1957. He moved up to Formula Two in 1958, finishing second in the Crystal Palace Trophy race, and eighth in the Coupe de Vitesse at Reims.
He qualified in 22nd place, and Bridger got up to 14th before his race was ended by a collision on lap 30.
The crash involved three vehicles, but Bridger emerged unharmed. He returned to Formula Three in 1959 with the Cooper-Norton car, winning four races throughout the year.
In 1960 he raced in Formula Junior, competing in a works Lotus at the British Grand Prix. Bridger died at Logie Coldstone, Aberdeenshire in 1991.
