Héctor Rebaque


Héctor Alonso Rebaque is a former racing driver from Mexico who raced in Formula One and CART IndyCar in the 1970s and 1980s. He also ran his own Formula One team called Rebaque in 1978 and 1979.

Racing career

Rebaque participated in 58 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 5 June 1977. 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, 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.
in 1979 British GP.
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 the Milwaukee Mile and decided to return to road racing as he felt oval racing was too dangerous.

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 tracks Rebaque is dedicated to business related to architecture in Mexico.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans Results

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314Pts
Fred Opert RacingChevron B29FordEST
Ret		THR
4		HOC
9		NÜR
12		PAUHOCSALROUMUGPERSILZOL
Ret		NOG
DNQ		VAL22nd3

Complete Formula One World Championship results

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617Pts
1977Hesketh RacingHesketh 308EFord Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARGBRARSAUSWESPMONBEL
DNQ		SWE
DNQ		FRA
DNQ		GBRGER
Ret		AUT
DNQ		NED
DNQ		ITAUSACANJPNNC0
1978Team RebaqueLotus 78Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARG
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		19th1
1979Team RebaqueLotus 79Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARG
Ret		BRA
DNQ		RSA
Ret		USW
Ret		ESP
Ret		BEL
Ret		MONFRA
12		GBR
9		GER
Ret		AUT
DNQ		NED
7		NC0
1979Team RebaqueRebaque HR100Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ITA
DNQ		CAN
Ret		USA
DNQ		NC0
1980Parmalat Racing TeamBrabham BT49Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARGBRARSAUSWBELMONFRAGBR
7		GER
Ret		AUT
10		NED
Ret		ITA
Ret		CAN
6		USA
Ret		20th1
1981Parmalat Racing TeamBrabham BT49CFord Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8USW
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		10th11

American open-wheel racing

CART PPG Indy Car World Series

Indianapolis 500