David Walker
Australian · Born 1941-06-10
About David Walker
David Walker, an Australian driver born in 1941, competed in Formula 1 across the 1971 and 1972 seasons, making eleven World Championship starts. Both of his campaigns came with Lotus, first under the Lotus-Pratt & Whitney banner in 1971 and then with Team Lotus for a full season in 1972.
His 1971 involvement was limited, but 1972 gave him a sustained run of Grand Prix starts. Despite the machinery at his disposal, Walker never scored a World Championship point: eleven starts yielded no points, no podiums and no classified championship position in either year.
A pointless season with a front-line entrant left little room for a continuation, and Walker's Formula 1 career ended after 1972. He remains a curiosity in the records — a driver who accumulated a double-figure start count entirely with Lotus yet never troubled the scorers.
His career totals stand at eleven starts across two seasons, with the 1972 campaign accounting for the bulk of his Grand Prix experience.