Alta Car and Engineering Company
Foundation
1928/Geoffrey Taylor
Name | Alta |
Country | Great Britain |
First Race | British Grand Prix 13/05/1950 |
Last Race | British Grand Prix 19/07/1952 |
Best Qualifying | 12th – (2 times) |
Best Result | 9th – Grand Prix de Belgique 18/06/1950 |
Races | 5 |
Drivers’ Titles | 0 |
Constructors’ Titles | 0 |
Victories | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest Laps | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Points | 0 |
Average Points | 0.00 |
Laps | 302 |
One/two finishes | 0 |
Driver | Races | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Podiums | Poles | Fastest Laps | Laps | Leading Laps | Points | Avg Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Geoffrey Crossley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Joe Kelly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Peter Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Graham Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Alta (1950-1952)
J. Kelly (1950-1951), G. Crossley (1950), P. N. Whitehead (1952), A. G. Whitehead (1952)
9th | 1 Time |
12th | 2 Times |
14th | 1 Time |
DNF | 2 Times |
Year | Driver | Engine | Races | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Podiums | Poles | Fastest Laps | Laps | Leading Laps | Points | Avg Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1952 |
Graham Whitehead Peter Whitehead |
Alta Alta |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
1951 | Joe Kelly | Alta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
1950 |
Geoffrey Crossley Joe Kelly |
Alta Alta |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Name | Alta |
Country | Great Britain |
First Race | Richmond Trophy 10/04/1950 |
Last Race | Australian Grand Prix 09/10/1961 |
Best Qualifying | 2nd – Joe Fry Memorial Trophy 04/10/1952 |
Best Result | 3rd – Ulster Trophy 07/06/1952 |
First Podium | Ulster Trophy 07/06/1952 |
Last Podium | Ulster Trophy 07/06/1952 |
Driver | Races | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Podiums | Poles | Fastest Laps | Laps | Leading Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Kelly | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 240 | 0 |
Gordon Watson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 0 |
Peter Whitehead | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 0 |
Torrie Large | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
Louis Manduca | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Gaze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
Oliver Simpson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 |
Bill Craig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 0 |
Brian Naylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
Tony Stokes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Geoffrey Crossley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
Peter Mould | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sydney Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Joe Little | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graham Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 |
Murray Trenberth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
Gib Barrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 |
Albert Wake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Whitehouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Rex Woodgate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Wilcox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
Basil de Mattos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Roy Salvadori | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Murdoch | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bob Cowell | 0 | 0 |
J. Kelly (1950-1953), G. Crossley (1950), G. M. Watson (1950-1952), F. A. O. Gaze (1951-1953), Ecurie Cowell-Stokes (1951), J. H. Webb (1951), Rex Woodgate (1952), A. G. Whitehead (1952), R. York (1952), P. Mould (1952), P. N. Whitehead (1952), Joe Little (1952), Louis Manduca (1952-1953), W. R. Baird (1953), O. E. Simpson (1953), J. B. Naylor (1953), Ormskirk Motor Auctions (1954), W. J. Craig (1955-1956), W. Wilcox (1956), J. St. Q. Barrett (1956), Sydney Anderson Automotives (1957), M. Trenberth (1961)
3rd | 1 Time |
4th | 4 Times |
5th | 3 Times |
6th | 2 Times |
7th | 4 Times |
8th | 3 Times |
9th | 2 Times |
10th | 2 Times |
11th | 2 Times |
12th | 2 Times |
13th | 3 Times |
14th | 2 Times |
16th | 1 Time |
23rd | 1 Time |
24th | 1 Time |
DNF | 33 Times |
DNQF | 2 Times |
DNA | 9 Times |
DNQ | 2 Times |
DNS | 6 Times |
Year | Driver | Engine | Races | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Podiums | Poles | Fastest Laps | Laps | Leading Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | Murray Trenberth | Holden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
1957 | Sydney Anderson | Alta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
1956 |
Bill Craig Bill Wilcox Gib Barrett |
Holden Alta Alta |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 0 |
1955 | Bill Craig | Holden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 |
1954 | Albert Wake | Bristol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1953 |
Brian Naylor Joe Kelly Louis Manduca Oliver Simpson Peter Murdoch Tony Gaze Torrie Large |
Bristol Bristol Alta Alta Alta Alta Alta |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 |
1952 |
Basil de Mattos Gordon Watson Graham Whitehead Joe Kelly Joe Little Louis Manduca Oliver Simpson Peter Mould Peter Whitehead Rex Woodgate Tony Gaze |
Alta Alta Alta Alta Alta Alta Alta Alta Alta Alta Alta |
20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 536 | 0 |
1951 |
Bill Whitehouse Bob Cowell Gordon Watson Joe Kelly Roy Salvadori Tony Gaze Tony Stokes |
Alta Alta Alta Alta Alta Alta Alta |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 0 |
1950 |
Geoffrey Crossley Gordon Watson Joe Kelly |
Alta Alta Alta |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 0 |
Name | Alta |
Country | Great Britain |
First Race | Campbell Trophy 01/05/1937 |
Last Race | Grand Prix du Salon 09/10/1949 |
Best Qualifying | 2nd – Richmond Trophy 18/04/1949 |
Best Result | 2nd – Gransden Lodge Trophy 15/06/1946 |
First Podium | Mountain Championship 16/10/1937 |
Last Podium | Gransden Lodge Trophy 15/06/1946 |
Driver | Races | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Podiums | Poles | Fastest Laps | Laps | Leading Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Abecassis | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 0 |
Gordon Watson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 |
Geoffrey Crossley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 0 |
Anthony Beadle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Heath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
Lord Avebury | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chas Mortimer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jack Bartlett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Philip Jucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
Robin Hanson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
John Williams | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Alan Sinclair | 0 | 0 |
IFS (1937-1939, 1946-1949), S (1937-1938, 1946-1947), Streamliner (1948), GP (1948-1949)
Alta (1937-1939, 1946-1949)
P. Jucker (1937), J. Bartlett (1937), G. E. Abecassis (1938), (1946), (1948-1949), Lord Avebury (1938), A. H. Beadle (1938-1939), Mrs Hall-Smith (1938), Chas Mortimer (1946), John Williams (1946), R. M. Cowell & G. M. Watson (1947-1948), P. J. Binns (1947), HW Motors (1948), G. Crossley (1949), G. M. Watson (1949), R. C. Rowland (1949)
2nd | 1 Time |
3rd | 1 Time |
6th | 3 Times |
7th | 2 Times |
10th | 1 Time |
14th | 2 Times |
15th | 1 Time |
16th | 1 Time |
20th | 1 Time |
DNF | 18 Times |
DNQF | 2 Times |
DNA | 6 Times |
DNS | 3 Times |
Year | Driver | Engine | Races | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Podiums | Poles | Fastest Laps | Laps | Leading Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 |
Geoffrey Crossley George Abecassis Gordon Watson John Heath |
Alta Alta Alta Alta |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 274 | 0 |
1948 |
George Abecassis Gordon Watson John Heath |
Alta Alta Alta |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 |
1947 |
Geoffrey Crossley Gordon Watson |
Alta Alta |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
1946 |
Chas Mortimer George Abecassis John Williams |
Alta Alta Alta |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
1939 | Anthony Beadle | Alta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1938 |
Anthony Beadle George Abecassis Lord Avebury Robin Hanson |
Alta Alta Alta Alta |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
1937 |
Alan Sinclair Jack Bartlett Philip Jucker |
Alta Alta Alta |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 |