Geoff Lees (born on May 1st 1951) started his F1 career in 1978, driving for Mario Deliotti Racing, who had an Ensign N175. He did a one off race at Britain where he didn't qualify.
For 1979, Lees went to Tyrrell for a one off race at Germany. He would qualify and finish 7th, a lap down on race winner Alan Jones.
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MoreGeoff Lees (born on May 1st 1951) started his F1 career in 1978, driving for Mario Deliotti Racing, who had an Ensign N175. He did a one off race at Britain where he didn't qualify.
For 1979, Lees went to Tyrrell for a one off race at Germany. He would qualify and finish 7th, a lap down on race winner Alan Jones.
For 1980, Lees drove for 3 teams, first with Shadow, then Ensign and finally with RAM Theodore, who had a Williams FW07B. With Shadow, he achieved the team's final qualified race at South Africa. He would go on and be classified 13th after a suspension failure on lap 70 of 78. The next 4 races with Shadow ended with DNQs. At round 11 at the Netherlands, he drove for Ensign. He qualified that race and would retire on lap 21 of 72 due to an accident with Vittorio Brambilla. At Italy, he wouldn't qualify. At the season finale US GP, he wouldn't qualify with the privateer Williams chassis.
Subject ID: 52810
Subject ID: 52810