English racing driver (1915–1942)
Wakefield wins in Naples on 28 May 1939
John Peter Wakefield (5 April 1915 in Marylebone , London – 24 April 1942 in Wargrave , Berkshire ) was an English racing car driver.[ 1]
He debuted in a British Alta (1936), next year
in a Maserati 6CM at Gran Premio di Firenze , 10th place (1937),
ran a British ERA (1938), and became the
second to own a Maserati 4CL (1939), in which he won the Grand Prix of Naples , the French GP in Picardy , and the Grand Prix de l´Albigeois , coming in second at Rheims and third at the Prix de Berne.[ 2]
During the Second World War Wakefield joined the Fleet Air Arm . He was killed whilst a test pilot working for Vickers Armstrong and died in a flying accident.[ 3]
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