2012), better known as Les Leston, or in full Leslie Leston, was a British racing driver, born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. Leston was the second son of...

Leston is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Dennis Leston (1917–1981), English entomologist Les Leston (1920–2012)...

the World Championship debuts of Jo Bonnier (the first Swede to do so), Les Leston, and Wolfgang von Trips, and the final World Championship appearances...

Collins/Griffith DB3S had won the Tourist Trophy in 1953. Salvadori and Les Leston finished sixth in the same race in DBR1/1. The victory against the full...

Trueman, Charles Headland and Don Parker) and a 17-lap final which went to Les Leston. Oulton Park has a vast catchment area which includes Liverpool, Manchester...

a replacement. The French Grand Prix was moved from Reims-Gueux to Rouen-Les-Essarts for a year. The British Grand Prix was moved from Silverstone Circuit...

Kieft-Norton 1953 Autosport F3 Don Parker Kieft-Norton 1954 BRSCC National F3 Les Leston Cooper-Norton 1955 BRSCC National F3 Jim Russell Cooper-Norton JAP F3...

Les Leston Championship, Rd. 2 Harry Stiller Brabham-Ford Cosworth BT16 Les Leston Championship, Rd. 4 Chris Lambert Brabham-Ford Cosworth BT15 Les Leston...

500. Mercedes had withdrawn from all motorsport activities after the 1955 Le Mans disaster. Reigning champion Juan Manuel Fangio moved to Scuderia Ferrari...

hour of Le Mans race as well as two Index of Thermal Efficiency wins. Les Leston, driving DAD10, and Graham Warner, driving LOV1, were noted UK Elite racers...

were entered at Le Mans in June 1962. One with a 742 cc (45.3 cu in) aluminium-block DOHC Coventry Climax FWMC with drivers Les Leston / Tony Shelly, and...

 Stirling Moss  Jean-Paul Colas  Jean Kerguen  Noël Cunningham-Reid  Les Leston  Peter Whitehead  Stuart Lewis-Evans  Jack Fairman  Graham Hill  Richie...

Championship Mario Andretti 1966 USAC Championship Car season Formula Three Les Leston British Formula Three Championship Harry Stiller East German Formula Three...

1962 Le Mans in June by Colin Chapman to co-drive with Les Leston with a Lotus 23, but the race organizer, ACO, denied the entry in the famous Lotus Le Mans...

three driver teams this year consisted of Keith Ballisat/Marcel Becquart, Les Leston/Mike Rothschild, and Peter Bolton/Ninian Sanderson. The hardness of the...

Salvadori was second in another Connaught, also setting fastest lap, and Les Leston was third in a Cooper T26-JAP. "1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix"...

1960s Leston studied and worked at a number of universities, including the University of Ghana. Dennis Leston was the older brother of racing driver Les Leston...

Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1952. He was infamously involved in the 1955 Le Mans disaster, starting the initial chain reaction. Macklin's father was the...

established drivers Les Leston and newcomer John Surtees. Russell's racing career ended after suffering injuries in a crash at Le Mans in 1959, meeting...

1989–1994 0 70 62 0 0 1 0 10 Lamberto Leoni  Italy 1977–1978 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 Les Leston  United Kingdom 1956–1957 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 Pierre Levegh  France 1950–1951...

The 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 23rd 24 Hours of Le Mans and took place on 11 and 12 June 1955 on Circuit de la Sarthe. It was also the fourth round...

Maserati 1:49.9 +7.2 DNQ 4 André Simon Maserati 1:51.7 +9.0 DNQ 42 Luigi Piotti Maserati 1:54.3 +11.6 DNQ 16 Les Leston Cooper-Climax 1:58.9 +16.2 Source:...

season starting. The 1952 season saw the emergence of Stuart Lewis-Evans. Les Leston raised the lap record to 71.15 mph (114.50 km/h) (50.6sec) – the first...

Ferrari 2:03.4 +3.2 11 8 Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 2:05.4 +5.2 12 26 Les Leston BRM 2:05.6 +5.4 13 34 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2:07.0 +6.8 14 30 Horace...

Alberto Ascari Ferrari Report 1951 Alan Brown Cooper-Norton Report 1952 Les Leston Cooper-Norton Report 1953 – 1996 Not held 1997 Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault...

was second and the Hon. Edward Greenall was third in a Cooper T18-JAP. Les Leston in a Cooper T26-JAP started from pole position but retired after 12 laps...

Grand Prix led to two cars being entered, to be driven by Tony Brooks and Les Leston. Against all expectations Brooks won the race by 50 seconds from the works...

One from 1952 to 1962. In endurance racing, Salvadori won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959 with Aston Martin. Born in Dovercourt to parents of Italian descent...

and then in 1977 he won the Nürburgring 1000 km race for a second time. At Le Mans in 1976 he finished second in the GT Class and was 16th overall. In 1975...

Championship Car season Formula Three BRSCC British Formula Three Championship Les Leston East German Formula Three Championship Willy Lehmann 1954 East German...