Hector Alonso Rebaque...
I guess if your Dad was super rich and you did not have to work, why not go F1 Racing!
Making your mark in top tier motorsports is hard enough. but to do it as a privateer is almost impossible. After a dabble in F2 with a rented Fred Opert Chevron, this native Mexican decided to buy an ex team Lotus 78 and try his hand. Results were few and far between, having to prequalify in most cases, leaving him a back marker at best.
Undaunted, he would acquire a type 79 for the following season with mixed results. He did however catch the eye of Mr. Ecclestone and was hired to fill the vacated seat of Riccardo Zuninio and team with Nelson Piquet at Brabham for two seasons.
His best Lotus result was a sixth place finish at Germany in 1978..starting 18Th he would eventually finish three minutes behind the winning 79 of Mario Andretti.
His 58 F1 starts and career 13 points were with his own Lotus, Hesketh, Brabham and even a special one-off Penske built HR 100...
He would end his racing at Indy, driving a March for Forsythe racing and finishing a respectable 13Th.
Pop quiz!...There have been only two F1 teams to sport a brown livery...
Can you name the other team and driver?
