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| One of the rare F1 Olympians, Widdows represented his country as a bobsleigh driver at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympic Games. His motorsports career saw success in F2, and a one-off drive in the 1968 British GP in a works Cooper. |
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To celebrate the 2000 Summer Olympics in our home town of Sydney, Australia, we presented this profile of one of F1's few Olympians. The biography was updated during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Our thanks go to Richard Jenkins, who wrote the basis for the biography. |
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| 1964 |
• Competed for Great Britain at the Winter Olympics in bobsleigh. • Began competing in an MG midget, 1 win. |
| 1965 | • Autosport Class C Championship, 1st overall, 3 wins in a Lotus 23 BRM. |
| 1966 |
• Competed in F3, 2 wins in a Brabham BT18. • World Sportscar Championship, 1 start in the GT+1.6 class in a BMC MGB with Hedges. |
| 1967 |
• European F2 championship, 12th overall, 8 points in a Witley Racing Syndicate Brabham BT23 FVA. • Non-championship F2 events in a Witley Racing Syndicate Brabham BT23 FVA, 1 win at the Rhine Trophy. • World Sportscar Championship, 1 start in the S+2.0 class in a Ford GT40 with Nelson. • Competed in F3 at the Coupe de Vitesse in a DAF. |
| 1968 |
• European F2 championship, =17th overall, 2 points in a works and Chequered Flag McLaren M4A FVA. • Non-championship F2 events in a works and Chequered Flag McLaren M4A FVA, and a David Bridges Racing Lola T100 FVA. • International Championship of Makes, 2 starts in an S5.0 class Sportscars Unlimited Lola T70 Mk 3 Chevrolet, and a John Wyer Ford GT40 with various drivers. • Competed for Great Britain at the Winter Olympics in bobsleigh. |
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| 1968 | • Cooper T86 BRM V12, 1 entry. |
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| 1969 |
• European F2 championship, =13th overall, 3 points in a Bob Gerard Merlyn Mk 12 FVA and Brabham BT23C FVA. • Non-championship F2 events in a Bob Gerard Merlyn Mk 12 FVA and Brabham BT23C DVA, 1 win at the Lotteria Grand Prix. • Competed in European F5000 in a Sid Taylor Lola T142. • International Championship of Makes, 3 starts in a Sportscars Unlimited Lola T70 Mk 3B Chevrolet and a works Matra MS630/650 with various drivers. • Springbok Series in an Alistair Walker Ferrari 330 P4. |
| 1970 |
• European F2 championship, 7th overall, 9 points in an Alistair Walker Brabham BT30 FVA. • Non-championship F2 events in an Alistair Walker Brabham BT30 FVA. • Retired from competitive motorsport. |
| 1992-98 | • Became a representative of Moet & Chandon. |
| 1993 | • Became an official on the 1993 London-Sydney marathon. |
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