Pete Lovely

Pete Lovely
Driver Information
Born	April 11, 1926(1926-04-11) Livingston, Montana, USA
Died	May 15, 2011(2011-05-15) (aged 85) Tacoma, Washington, USA
Nationality	USA
Formula One World ChampionshipCareer Statistics
Status	Deceased
Seasons Active	1959–1960, 1969–1971
Teams	Lotus (1959, 1969–1971) Cooper (1960)
World Titles	0
Races	13 (7 starts)
Poles	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Fastest Laps	0
Points	0
First Race	1959 Monaco Grand Prix
Last Race	1971 United States Grand Prix

Gerard Carlton "Pete" Lovely (April 11 1926 Livingston, Montana - May 15 2011 - Tacoma, Washington) was a United States driver and businessman. He owned a very successful Volkswagen dealership in the Pacific Northwest, and entered a total of 11 Formula One races through the years, always as a privateer and usually running Lotus cars. After retiring from Formula One, he continued to be active in local racing and historical events. He also owned "Pete Lovely Racing", a restoration shop that specialized in older Formula One and prototype cars. He continued to drive some of his historic cars into the 2000s.

Formula One Statistical Overview

Formula One Career

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Pts.	WDC Pos.	Report
1959	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	0	NC	Report
1960	Fred Armbruster	Cooper-Ferrari	0	NC	Report
1961–1968: Did not compete
1969	Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	0	NC	Report
1970	Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	0	NC	Report
1971	Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	0	NC	Report

Career Results

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pts	Pos
1959														0	NC
	DNQ
1960														0	NC
										11th
1969														0	NC
									7th	Ret	9th
1970														0	NC
		DNA		DNA	DNQ	DNQ	NC					DNQ
1971														0	NC
										NC	NC

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
Italics	Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap		DNS	Did not start
18th†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)		NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP	Qualified for pole position		[+] More Symbols

Gallery

Lovely's debut at Monaco during the beginning of the 1959 season.

Lovely drives Armbruster's blue Cooper T51 during the 1960 United States Grand Prix at Riverside, California.

Lovely returned to Formula One as he had driven a red private Lotus-Ford for the 1969 Race of Champions.

Lovely behind Bruce McLaren at the 1969 Mexican Grand Prix.

Pete Lovely driving a Lotus 49B during the 1970 BRDC International Trophy.

Lovely at the 1970 French Grand Prix in Clermont-Ferrand.

Lovely's blue and white Lotus 49B at the 1970 United States Grand Prix during practice, but failed to qualify before the race on Sunday.

Pete Lovely, listed as a reserved driver, driving at the 1971 Questor Grand Prix.

Lovely drove a green and yellow F2 Lotus 69 for the last two races in 1971, Canada and America.

References

References:

V T E	Teams and Drivers
1959 Teams and Drivers Teams Aston Martin • Behra-Porsche • BRM • Cooper • Connaught • Ferrari • Fry • JBW • Kurtis Kraft • Lotus • Maserati • Porsche • Tec-Mec • Vanwall Engines Alta • Aston Martin • Borgward • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Maserati • Offenhauser • OSCA • Porsche • Vanwall Non-Works Entrants Ace Garage — Rotherham • Alan Brown Equipe • Blanchard Automobile Co. • British Racing Partnership • Camoradi USA • David Brown Corporation • Dennis Taylor • Dorchester Service Station • Ecurie Bleue • Ecurie Maarsbergen • Ecurie Nationale Belge • Gilby Engineering • High Efficiency Motors • J.B. Naylor • Jean Behra • Jean Lucienbonnet • John Fisher • Leader Cards Inc. • Monte Carlo Auto Sport • Ottorino Volonterio • Phil Cade • RRC Walker Racing Team • RRH Parnell • Scuderia Centro Sud • Scuderia Ugolini • Taylor-Crawley Racing Team • United Racing Stable Drivers Allison • Ashdown • Bayardo • de Beaufort • Behra • Bianchi • Blanchard • Bonnier • Brabham • Bristow • Brooks • Bueb • Burgess • Cabianca • Cabral • Cade • de Changy • Constantine • Davis • Fairman • de Filippis • Flockhart • Gendebien • Greene • Gregory • Gurney • Halford • Herrmann • G. Hill • P. Hill • Ireland • Lovely • Lucienbonnet • McLaren • B. Moss • S. Moss • Naylor • d'Orey • Parkes • Parnell • Piper • Said • Salvadori • Scarlatti • Schell • Shelby • Stacey • D. Taylor • H. Taylor • M. Taylor • T. Taylor • Testut • de Tomaso • Trintignant • von Trips • Ward
1960 Teams and Drivers Teams Aston Martin • Behra-Porsche • BRM • Cooper • Ferrari • JBW • Lotus • Maserati • Porsche • Scarab • Vanwall Engines Aston Martin • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Maserati • Porsche • Scarab • Vanwall Entrants Camoradi International • C.T. Atkins • David Brown Corporation • Ecurie Bleue • Ecurie Maarsbergen • Equipe Nationale Belge • Equipe Prideaux • Fred Armbruster • Gilby Engineering • High Efficiency Motors • H.H. Gould • J.B. Naylor • Joe Lubin • R.R.C. Walker Racing Team • Robert Bodle Ltd. • Reventlow Automobiles Inc. • Scuderia Colonia • Scuderia Centro Sud • Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti • Taylor-Crawley Racing Team • Yeoman Credit Racing Team
1969 Teams and Drivers Teams BMW • Brabham • BRM • Cooper • Eagle • Ferrari • Lotus • Matra • McLaren • Tecno Engines BMW • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Maserati • Repco Non-Works Entrants Ahrens Racing Team • Antique Automobiles • Ecurie Bonnier • Felday Engineering Ltd. • Frank Williams Racing Cars • Jack Holme • John Maryon • Matra International • North American Racing Team • Paul Seitz • Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc. • Reg Parnell Racing • Rob Walker Racing Team • Roy Winkelmann Racing • Silvio Moser Racing Team • Squadra Tartaruga • Team Gunston • Team Lawson Drivers Ahrens • Amon • Andretti • Beltoise • Bonnier • Brabham • Brack • Brambilla • Cevert • Cordts • Cordts • Courage • Eaton • Elford • Hahne • Herrmann • Hill • Hulme • de Klerk • Love • McLaren • Miles • Mitter • Moser • Oliver • Pease • Perrot • Pescarolo • Quester • Rindt • Rodríguez • van Rooyen • Siffert • Servoz-Gavin • Stewart • Stommelen • Surtees • Tingle • Westbury
1970 Teams and Drivers Teams Bellasi • Brabham • BRM • De Tomaso • Ferrari • Lotus • March • McLaren • Surtees • Tyrrell Engines Alfa Romeo • BRM • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Matra Non-works Entrants Brooke Bond Oxo Racing – Rob Walker • Colin Crabbe Racing • Ecurie Bonnier • Frank Williams Racing Cars • Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc. • Scuderia Scribante • Silvio Moser Racing Team • STP Corporation • Team Gunston • Tom Wheatcroft Racing Drivers Fangio • Farina • Fagioli • Parnell • Sanesi • Taruffi • Murray • Hampshire • Johnson • Walker • Rolt • Fry • Shawe-Taylor • Harrison • Gerard • Giraud-Cabantous • Rosier • Étancelin • Martin • Levegh • Sommer • Claes • Chiron • Rol • De Graffenried • B. Bira • Crossley • González • Pián • Pagani • Branca • Schell • Manzon • Trintignant • Chaboud • Pozzi • Biondetti • Pietsch • Mairesse
1971 Teams and Drivers Teams Bellasi • Brabham • BRM • Ferrari • Lotus • March • Matra • Surtees • Tyrrell Engines Alfa Romeo • BRM • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Matra • Pratt & Whitney Non-Works Entrants Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing • Ecurie Bonnier • Ecurie Evergreen • Frank Williams Racing Cars • Gene Mason Racing • Jo Siffert Automobiles • Jolly Club of Switzerland • Penske-White Racing • Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc. • Shell Arnold Team • Stichting Autoraces Nederland • Team Gunston Drivers de Adamich • Amon • Andretti • Barber • Bell • Beltoise • Beuttler • Bonnier • Cannon • Cevert • Charlton • Craft • Donohue • Eaton • Elford • Fittipaldi • Galli • Ganley • Gethin • Hailwood • Hill • Hobbs • Hulme • Ickx • Jarier • Jean • Lauda • van Lennep • Love • Lovely • Marko • Mazet • Moser • Oliver • Pescarolo • Peterson • Posey • Pretorius • Redman • Regazzoni • Revson • Rodríguez • Schenken • Siffert • Soler-Roig • Stewart • Stommelen • Surtees • Walker • Wisell