Charles Anthony Standish Brooks (25 February 1932 – 3 May 2022) was a British racing driver from England also known as the "racing dentist". He participated in 39 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 14 July 1956, achieving six wins, 10 podium finishes and 75 career points. He was third in the World Drivers' Championship in 1958 with Vanwall and second in 1959 with Ferrari. He also scored the first win by a British driver in a British car in a Grand Prix since 1923, driving a Connaught at Syracuse in 1955 in a non-championship race.
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Charles Anthony Standish Brooks 25 February 1932 Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, UK
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3 May 2022 (aged 90)
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