Ken Kavanagh
Thomas Kenrick Kavanagh was an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racecar driver.
In 1952, Kavanagh became the first Australian to win a motorcycle Grand Prix race when he won the 350cc Ulster Grand Prix. In 1956, he won the Junior TT at the Isle of Man TT races. Kavanagh entered two Formula One Grands Prix in 1958 with his own Maserati 250F, firstly in Monaco where he failed to qualify, and lastly in the Belgian Grand Prix where he missed out on the race having blown his engine in practice, after having qualified 20th of 28 entrants.Kavanagh died in Bergamo, Italy on 26 November 2019.Points system from 1950 to 1968
5 best results were counted up until 1955.
| Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Points | Rank | Wins |
| 1951 | 350cc | Norton | ESP | SUI | IOM
NC | BEL | NED
3 | FRA | ULS
2 | NAT
2 | | 16 | 4th | 0 |
| 1951 | 500cc | Norton | ESP | SUI | IOM
NC | BEL | NED | FRA | ULS
2 | NAT | | 6 | 9th | 0 |
| 1952 | 350cc | Norton | SUI
7 | IOM
NC | NED
5 | BEL | GER
2 | ULS
1 | NAT | | | 16 | 5th | 1 |
| 1952 | 500cc | Norton | SUI | IOM
32 | NED
3 | BEL | GER
2 | ULS | NAT | ESP
3 | | 14 | 6th | 0 |
| 1953 | 250cc | Moto Guzzi | IOM | NED | | GER | | ULS | SUI | NAT | ESP
2 | 6 | 6th | 0 |
| 1953 | 350cc | Norton | IOM
2 | NED
3 | BEL
5 | | FRA | ULS | SUI
2 | NAT | ESP | 18 | 4th | 0 |
| 1953 | 500cc | Norton | IOM
NC | NED
3 | BEL
4 | GER | FRA
4 | ULS
1 | SUI | NAT | ESP | 18 | 4th | 1 |
| 1954 | 250cc | Moto Guzzi | FRA | IOM
NC | ULS | | NED
4 | GER | SUI | NAT | | 3 | 13th | 0 |
| 1954 | 350cc | Moto Guzzi | FRA | IOM
NC | ULS | BEL
1 | NED | GER | SUI
2 | NAT
3 | ESP | 18 | 4th | 1 |
| 1954 | 500cc | Moto Guzzi | FRA | IOM
NC | ULS | BEL
2 | NED | GER
4 | SUI | NAT
6 | ESP
2 | 16 | 3rd | 0 |
| 1955 | 350cc | Moto Guzzi | | FRA | IOM
NC | GER
5 | BEL | NED
1 | ULS | NAT
3 | | 14 | 4th | 1 |
| 1955 | 500cc | Moto Guzzi | ESP | FRA | IOM
3 | GER | BEL | NED | ULS | NAT | | 4 | 12th | 0 |
| 1956 | 350cc | Moto Guzzi | IOM
1 | NED
5 | BEL | GER | ULS | NAT | | | | 10 | 6th | 1 |
| 1959 | 125cc | Ducati | | IOM
NC | GER | NED
6 | BEL
5 | SWE
5 | ULS
4 | NAT | | 8 | 8th | 0 |
| 1959 | 500cc | Norton | FRA | IOM | GER
4 | NED | BEL | | ULS | NAT | | 3 | 11th | 0 |
| 1960 | 125cc | Ducati | IOM
NC | NED | BEL | ULS | NAT | | | | | 0 | - | 0 |
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | WDC | Points |
| 1958 | Ken Kavanagh | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | ARG | MON
DNQ | NED | 500 | BEL
DNS | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | MOR | NC | 0 |
Complete Formula One Non-Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1958 | Ken Kavanagh | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | GLV
DNS | SYR
6 | AIN
Ret | INT
18 | CAE |
| 1959 | Ken Kavanagh | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | GLV
Ret | AIN
DNA | INT | OUL
DNA | SIL |
