Robert La Caze

Although a French native, La Caze was domiciled in Morocco, and throughout the 1950s was a leading figure on the motor sport scene in North Africa, where he raced and rallied various Renaults, a Lancia and a Delahaye to great effect in the early part of the decade.

In 1954 Robert won the Moroccan International Rally in a Simca, and he subsequently raced a Mercedes 300SL in 1956 and appeared at Le Mans in a works Gordini the following year.

With Morocco given the honour of hosting a round of the F1 World Championship in 1958, La Caze was invited to take part. Running a Formula 2 Cooper, he circulated steadily to take third in class behind the works cars of Brabham and McLaren.