Héctor Rebaque

Héctor Rebaque
Héctor Rebaque
	Rebaque at the 1981 Argentine Grand Prix
Born	Héctor Alonso Rebaque; 5 February 1956 (age 68); Mexico City, Mexico
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Mexican
Active years	1977–1981
Teams	Hesketh, Rebaque, Brabham
Entries	58 (41 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	13
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1977 Belgian Grand Prix
Last entry	1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Champ Car career
	6 races run over 1 year
Years active	1982
Team(s)	Forsythe
Best finish	15th (1982)
First race	1982 Stroh's 200 (Atlanta)
Last race	1982 Road America 200 (Road America)
First win	1982 Road America 200 (Road America)

Héctor Alonso Rebaque (born 5 February 1956) is a Mexican former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1977 to 1981.

Born and raised in Mexico City, Rebaque participated in 58 Formula One Grands Prix. He founded Rebaque in 1978, entering a privateer Lotus 78 before constructing the Rebaque HR100 in collaboration with Penske, which he entered the final three Grands Prix of 1979 with. Rebaque also competed in Formula One for Hesketh and Brabham.

Rebaque transitioned to CART for 1982, winning the Road America 200 in his rookie season; he retired from oval racing following a testing incident at Michigan International Speedway one week later. Rebaque returned to Europe for the non-championship 1983 Race of Champions with Brabham, before retiring from motor racing aged 27. Since his retirement, Rebaque has moved into business, operating several architectural firms across Mexico.

Early life

Héctor Alonso Rebaque was born on 5 February 1956 in Mexico City, Mexico.^[1]

Racing career

Rebaque participated in 58 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 1977 Belgian Grand Prix, the first participation of a Mexican driver in the category since the death of Pedro Rodríguez in a Interserie's race in Norisring in 1971. He scored a total of 13 championship points. He also ran his own Formula One team, Rebaque, in 1978 and 1979; usually he raced Lotuses but for the last three races in 1979 he fielded his own car designed by Penske which he called the HR100.

In the middle of 1980, he substituted for Ricardo Zunino as team mate to Nelson Piquet at Brabham, where he stayed throughout the 1981 season achieving his best Formula One results, finishing 10th in the Championship.

Rebaque's Lotus 78 in 1979 British GP.

Rebaque No. 6 in 1981 Dutch GP.

Rebaque at 1981 Argentine GP, Carlos Reutemann, behind.

Rebaque No.6 Parmalat 1981 Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal

He also drove in the 1982 CART IndyCar season for Forsythe Racing including the 1982 Indianapolis 500 where he finished 13th after a pit fire on lap 151. He won his final CART race, which was the first one held at Road America. However, he was injured a week later in a testing crash at Michigan International Speedway.^[2] From there he decided to return to road racing as he felt oval racing was too dangerous.^[3]

His final race was the 1983 Race of Champions, a Formula One non-points race at Brands Hatch.

Helmet

Rebaque's helmet was black with a green, white and red design surrounding the visor area. The colours used are the colours of the Mexican flag.

Business

After his retirement from racing track, Rebaque now works in architecture related businesses in Mexico.^[4]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1973	World Sportscar Championship	John Buffum	1	0	0	0	N/A	NC
1974	John Player British Formula Atlantic		6	0	0	0	3	27th
	MCD/Southern Organs British Formula Atlantic	Fred Opert Racing	2	0	0	0	3	14th
	World Sportscar Championship	Ecurie Ecosse	1	0	0	0	0	NC
	World Sportscar Championship	Rebaque-Rojas Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Rebaque-Rojas Racing Team	1	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	IMSA GT Championship	Héctor Rebaque Sr.	1	1	?	1	N/A	DNF
1975	Formula Atlantic	Fred Opert Racing	5	0	0	0	16	16th
	European Formula Two	Fred Opert Racing	5	0	0	0	3	22nd
	24 Hours of Daytona	Héctor Rebaque Sr.	1	0	0	0	N/A	9th
1976	CASC Formula Atlantic	Carl Haas Racing	5	0	0	0	27	14th
1976	IMSA Formula Atlantic	Fred Opert Racing	3	0	0	0	16	9th
1977	Formula One	Hesketh Racing	1	0	0	0	0	NC
1978	Formula One	Rebaque	9	0	0	0	1	19th
1979	Formula One	Rebaque	10	0	0	0	0	NC
1980	Formula One	Parmalat Racing Team	7	0	0	0	1	20th
1981	Formula One	Parmalat Racing Team	14	0	0	0	11	10th
1981–82	USAC Championship Car	Carta Blanca	1	0	0	0	25	33rd
1982	CART PPG Indy Car World Series	Forsythe Racing	5	1	0	1	48	15th

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans Results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1974	Rebaque-Rojas Racing Team	Memo Rojas, Sr. Freddy Van Beuren	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	S 3.0	60	DNF	DNF

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Pts
1975	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron B29	Ford	EST Ret	THR 4	HOC 9	NÜR 12	PAU	HOC	SAL	ROU	MUG	PER	SIL	ZOL Ret	NOG DNQ	VAL	22nd	3

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Pts
1977	Hesketh Racing	Hesketh 308E	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL DNQ	SWE DNQ	FRA DNQ	GBR	GER Ret	AUT DNQ	NED DNQ	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN	NC	0
1978	Team Rebaque	Lotus 78	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG DNQ	BRA Ret	RSA 10	USW DNPQ	MON DNPQ	BEL DNPQ	ESP Ret	SWE 12	FRA DNQ	GBR Ret	GER 6	AUT Ret	NED 11	ITA DNQ	USA Ret	CAN DNQ		19th	1
1979	Team Rebaque	Lotus 79	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Ret	BRA DNQ	RSA Ret	USW Ret	ESP Ret	BEL Ret	MON	FRA 12	GBR 9	GER Ret	AUT DNQ	NED 7						NC	0
1979	Team Rebaque	Rebaque HR100	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8													ITA DNQ	CAN Ret	USA DNQ			NC	0
1980	Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham BT49	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR 7	GER Ret	AUT 10	NED Ret	ITA Ret	CAN 6	USA Ret				20th	1
1981	Parmalat Racing Team	Brabham BT49C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	USW Ret	BRA Ret	ARG Ret	SMR 4	BEL Ret	MON DNQ	ESP Ret	FRA 9	GBR 5	GER 4	AUT Ret	NED 4	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	CPL Ret			10th	11

American open-wheel racing

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

CART PPG Indy Car World Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts	Ref
1982	Forsythe Racing	March 82C	Cosworth DFX V8 t	PHX	ATL 13	MIL DNS	CLE 18	MCH 25	MIL	POC	RIV 20	ROA 1	MCH	PHX	15th	48	^[5]

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1982	March 82C	Cosworth	15	13	Forsythe Racing

References

^ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers – Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
^ Kallmann, Dave. "Remembering the strange circumstances and unexpected winner of Road America's first Indy-car race 40 years ago". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
^ Arrambide, Jose. Mexico's forgotten racing heroes Archived 2017-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, AutoRacing1.com, April 27, 2004
^ "Hector Rebaque". Biography. Motorsport Magazine. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
^ "Héctor Rebaque – 1982 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

Bibliography

Héctor Alonso Rebaque – El ùltimo amateur de la F1 , Carlos Eduardo Jalife Villalon, Scuderia Hermanos Rodriguez, 2010 ISBN .

[WATN-1] Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers – Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

[2] Kallmann, Dave. "Remembering the strange circumstances and unexpected winner of Road America's first Indy-car race 40 years ago". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2022-09-27.

[3] Arrambide, Jose. Mexico's forgotten racing heroes Archived 2017-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, AutoRacing1.com, April 27, 2004

[4] "Hector Rebaque". Biography. Motorsport Magazine. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

[5] "Héctor Rebaque – 1982 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

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