LEC Refrigeration Racing
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[[Image:LEC CRP1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The surviving LEC CRP1 Formula One car.]]
'''LEC''' was a [[Formula One]] team and constructor from the [[United Kingdom]]. They participated in ten Grands Prix, five using their own [[LEC CRP1|CRP1]] car in {{F1|1977}}, and five with a hired [[March Engineering|March]] [[March 731|731]] in an earlier attempt in {{F1|1973}}. Purley competed in various kinds of motorsport including a successful [[Formula 5000]] campaign in a [[Chevron Cars|Chevron]] between his two stints in Formula One.
The LEC car was designed by [[Mike Pilbeam]] for [[David Purley]], and named after the [[LEC Refrigeration|family refrigeration business]] that had backed Purley's previous racing efforts. The team was run by [[Mike Earle]] with a group of engineers and mechanics who later went on to become [[Onyx (racing team)|Onyx Race Engineering]].
Purley was gradually coming to terms with the car, but at the [[1977 British Grand Prix]] the throttle stuck open in practice and sent Purley into a wall, demolishing the car and causing Purley severe injuries.
A second car was built for Purley's return to racing in 1979, although he preferred to concentrate on the national-level [[British Formula One Series|Aurora F1 series]] in the UK.
==Complete Formula One results==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Driver
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! 17
! WDC
! Pts.
|-
| [[1973 Formula One season|1973]]
! [[David Purley]]
! [[March Engineering|March]] [[March 731|731]]
! [[Cosworth]] [[V8 (engine)|V8]]
| [[1973 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1973 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1973 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1973 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1973 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small></small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1973 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
| [[1973 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1973 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small></small>
|bgcolor="white"| [[1973 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>DNS</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1973 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1973 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>15</small>
| [[1973 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br /><small></small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1973 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>9</small>
| [[1973 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1973 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small></small>
|
|
! -
! 0
|-
| [[1977 Formula One season|1977]]
! [[David Purley]]
! [[LEC Refrigeration Racing|LEC]] [[LEC CRP1|CRP1]]
! [[Cosworth]] [[V8 (engine)|V8]]
| [[1977 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1977 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1977 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1977 United States Grand Prix West|USW]]<br /><small></small>
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"| [[1977 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small>DNQ</small>
| [[1977 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small></small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1977 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>13</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1977 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]]<br /><small>14</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1977 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"| [[1977 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>
| [[1977 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1977 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1977 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1977 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1977 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1977 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1977 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small></small>
! -
! 0
|}
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