Peter Gethin

{{short description|British racing driver (1940–2011)}} {{sources needed|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{EngvarB|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Peter Gethin | image = Peter Gethin, Bestanddeelnr 924-6614 (cropped2).jpg | caption = Gethin at the 1971 Dutch Grand Prix | birth_name = Peter Kenneth Gethin | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1940|2|21}} | birth_place = Ewell, Surrey, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2011|12|5|1940|2|21}} | death_place = Haslemere, Surrey, England | module = {{Infobox F1 driver | embed = yes | nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British | years = {{F1|1970}}–{{F1|1974}} | teams = McLaren, BRM, Hill | races = 31 (30 starts) | championships = 0 | wins = 1 | podiums = 1 | points = 11 | poles = 0 | fastest_laps = 0 | first_race = 1970 Dutch Grand Prix | first_win = 1971 Italian Grand Prix | last_race = 1974 British Grand Prix }} }}

'''Peter Kenneth Gethin''' (21 February 1940 – 5 December 2011) was a British racing driver and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from {{F1|1970}} to {{F1|1974}}. Gethin won the 1971 Italian Grand Prix with BRM.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Peter Gethin obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/dec/06/peter-gethin|work=The Guardian|date=2011-12-06|access-date=2026-01-29|issn=0261-3077|language=en-GB|first=Alan|last=Henry}}</ref>

Born and raised in Surrey,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2011-12-08 |title=Peter Gethin |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/italy/peter-gethin-3870wlsc3hj |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=The Times |language=en-GB}}</ref> Gethin started his career in sportscar racing, competing in the British Sports Car Championship as a privateer until 1965. He progressed to Formula Three the following year, competing in the French and British Championships before graduating to Formula Two. Gethin won several titles in Formula 5000, prompting McLaren to sign him in {{F1|1970}} to replace the deceased Bruce McLaren.<ref name=":0" /> After retaining his seat for {{F1|1971}}, Gethin moved to BRM from the {{F1GP|1971|Austrian}} onwards, winning the following race in Italy with an average speed of {{cvt|242.615|kph|mph|abbr=on}},<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=’71 Italian Grand Prix: The closest finish in F1|url=https://www.hagerty.com/media/motorsports/71-italian-grand-prix/|website=Hagerty Media|date=2022-08-31|access-date=2026-01-29|language=en-US|first=Cameron|last=Neveu}}</ref> a record which stood for 32 years.

Gethin remained at BRM in {{F1|1972}} but was dropped at the end of the season, only making one-off appearances for BRM and Hill in {{F1|1973}} and {{F1|1974}}, respectively. In addition to his victory in Italy, he won two non-championship races, including the 1973 Race of Champions with Chevron. He returned to European Formula 5000 upon his departure, twice finishing runner-up in 1974 and 1975, amongst winning the Tasman Series during the former. After competing in the 1974 World Sportscar Championship, driving the Chevron B26, Gethin further finished runner-up in the Canadian-American Challenge Cup and the Rothmans International Series in 1977, before retiring at the end of the season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-12-07 |title=Peter Gethin: Racing driver who held the record forwinning the fastest |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/obituaries/peter-gethin-racing-driver-who-held-the-record-forwinning-the-fastest-grand-prix-6273709.html |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

Upon retiring from motor racing, Gethin founded ''Peter Gethin Racing'' in 1986, a Formula 3000 team. He was the director of the British Racing Drivers' Club from 2005 until 2008.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-12-06 |title=Winner of F1’s ‘closest-ever’ GP dies |url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/12/06/sport/motorsport/motorsport-f1-gethin-monza |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-12-08 |title=Peter Gethin: Racing driver who held the record forwinning the fastest |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-gethin-racing-driver-who-held-the-record-forwinning-the-fastest-grand-prix-6273709.html |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

==Career== ===McLaren driver=== ====1970==== Gethin made his debut in F1 for McLaren at the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix, replacing the team's founder, Bruce McLaren, who had been killed at the Goodwood Circuit earlier in the month.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> He joined a three car team which also included Andrea de Adamich and Dan Gurney. He qualified strongly at Zandvoort, taking 11th, 2.110s behind Jochen Rindt's pole time for Lotus. He was nine-tenths of a second ahead of his more illustrious but ageing teammate Gurney. He engaged in a good fight early in the race with Henri Pescarolo's Matra, but soon got the better of the Frenchman and was still running in tenth when he had an accident on lap 19.

Gethin missed the French and British Grands Prix, as former McLaren legend and 1967 world champion Denny Hulme drove the car, but he returned for the German Grand Prix. He qualified less impressively, being only 17th, and a tenth of a second behind Hulme, who had remained with the team on Gethin's return at the expense of Gurney. Gethin dropped to the back early on and retired after just three laps with a throttle failure.

The Austrian Grand Prix at the Österreichring was next, and it was another disappointing qualifying session for Gethin, who was down in 21st and comprehensively trounced by his teammates Hulme and de Adamich. As other drivers fell by the wayside in the race, however, Gethin climbed consistently up the order, and was running as high as 8th before he was passed by Ignazio Giunti's Ferrari and Jo Siffert's March late on, but it was his first grand prix finish as he came home tenth.

Gethin was again the rearmost of the McLaren cars at Monza for the Italian Grand Prix, but it was an improved performance, as he was 17th and as close as he had been to the pole time, 2.050 seconds behind Jacky Ickx's Ferrari. He started well in the race and was quickly up to 13th after good passes on teammate de Adamich and Ronnie Peterson's March. However, both Gethin and de Adamich soon suffered technical problems, and dropped to the back of the field, where they would stay until the end of the race, apart from brief periods ahead of Giunti and Tim Schenken's De Tomaso when they were experiencing their own problems. Due to the sheer attrition of the race, de Adamich was eighth at the end and Gethin 9th, although the Englishman was eight laps down and therefore not classified.

The Canadian Grand Prix at Mont-Tremblant saw the season leave Europe and head towards its finale in the Americas, and it saw a resurgence in Gethin's form, as he out-qualified both de Adamich and Hulme, coming 11th just 1.7 seconds behind Jackie Stewart's pole time. He played the race strategy well, and did not have to make any moves on the track, save one against Pescarolo. He was behind Hulme for a while, but the Kiwi retired with wheel problems. This left Gethin free to take sixth and his first points in F1.

Hoping to continue this form, they arrived in Watkins Glen for the United States Grand Prix. It appeared that Gethin's Canada pace had not been carried over, as he was back behind Hulme and in 21st on the grid, 3.05 seconds behind Ickx on pole, although he was ahead of de Adamich. He raced strongly in the first half of the race, crucially getting ahead of the Brabhams of Jack Brabham and Rolf Stommelen, but both were able to pass him before too long. Tim Schenken and Clay Regazzoni, who was recovering from technical problems, also exposed his deficiencies in racecraft, leaving him 14th and last, and this was where he finished, 8 laps down on winner Emerson Fittipaldi in the Lotus.

The season concluded with the Mexican Grand Prix at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, and Gethin was back on form, qualifying a season best tenth, over half a second ahead of Hulme. He raced strongly again, keeping the faster car of 1964 world champion John Surtees, in the car bearing his name, behind for a number of laps. However, the McLaren's reliability issues reared their ugly head again, and he slowed and finally stopped with engine failure on lap 28.

The season ended with Gethin in 23rd in the world championship, with just 1 solitary point earned in Canada.{{cn|date=February 2026}}

====1971==== Gethin remained with McLaren for 1971, in a team now reduced to two cars, with Gethin partnering Hulme for another year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Motorsport Memorial - |url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/LWFWIW/focusLWFWIW.php?db=LWF&db2=ms&n=1488#:~:text=Peter%20Gethin%20remained%20with%20McLaren,July%201971%20at%20the%20Norisring. |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=www.motorsportmemorial.org}}</ref> The first qualifying session at Kyalami went badly for the Englishman, who finished the session 11th, half a second behind his more illustrious teammate and 1.8 seconds behind pole man Jackie Stewart, driving for Tyrrell. In a race where Hulme was only denied victory by suspension problems four laps from the end, Gethin dropped back very quickly and retired just seven laps in with a fuel leak.

[[File:1971 Peter Gethin, McLaren.jpg|thumb|left|Peter Gethin during practice of the 1971 German Grand Prix.]]

The Montjuïc Circuit was the venue for the Spanish Grand Prix, which was next on the calendar. Gethin qualified a career best seventh, only 0.9 seconds behind Jacky Ickx's Ferrari on pole and over three-tenths ahead of Hulme. He fast dropped behind Hulme and the second Ferrari of Mario Andretti, and when things straightened out he was down in tenth, behind François Cevert's Tyrrell and the Lotus of Emerson Fittipaldi as well. However, the retirements of Andretti and Fittipaldi left him eighth, which is where he finished the race – depressingly he had been comfortably outperformed by Hulme, who had taken fifth.

Gethin's first appearance at Monaco which was the next challenge, and Gethin did not impress in qualifying, being down in 14th, 1.6 seconds behind Hulme and almost four seconds behind Stewart's pole time. He dropped a further place on the first lap, to Rolf Stommelen's Surtees. He gradually gained places, however, due to others' retirements and a good overtake on John Surtees. He ran as high as 11th before he hit the barriers on lap 23.

Gethin won the 1971 Italian Grand Prix with the fastest average speed in Formula One history (until the record was broken by Michael Schumacher in the same race in {{F1|2003}}),<ref name=":0" /> but this was his only podium finish.<ref>{{Cite news |title=If only these races had onboard cameras... {{!}} RACER |url=https://racer.com/2025/08/01/onboard-cameras-we-wish-we-d-had |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250827090922/https://racer.com/2025/08/01/onboard-cameras-we-wish-we-d-had |archive-date=27 August 2025 |access-date=2026-02-13 |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> There was only 0.01 seconds between him and second placed Ronnie Peterson, also a record.<ref>{{Cite web|title=When the Italian GP produced the closest finish in F1 history for one driver's only Grand Prix win|url=https://www.f1oversteer.com/throwbacks/when-the-italian-grand-prix-produced-the-closest-finish-in-f1-history-for-one-drivers-only-grand-prix-win/|website=F1 Oversteer|date=2025-09-03|access-date=2026-01-29|language=en-GB|first=Rory|last=Mitchell}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=100 years of Monza – We pick the most spectacular Italian Grands Prix from each decade of Formula 1 {{!}} Formula 1®|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/100-years-of-monza-we-pick-the-most-spectacular-italian-grands-prix-from.1q7hUu1YPrEhvQInT2E6vH|website=www.formula1.com|access-date=2026-01-29|language=en}}</ref> Indeed, he never led an entire lap of Formula One racing, as he passed from fourth to first in the last lap.<ref>{{Cite web|title=I was there when... 1971 Italian GP|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/i-was-there-when-1971-italian-gp/|website=Motor Sport Magazine|date=2013-09-02|access-date=2026-01-29|language=en-GB|first=Nigel|last=Roebuck}}</ref>

==Death== Gethin died at the age of 71 in December 2011 after a long illness.<ref name=death>{{cite news|title=Peter Gethin, winner of the 1971 Italian Grand Prix, dies aged 71|publisher=Haymarket Publications|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96665|date=5 December 2011|access-date=5 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />

==Racing record== ===Complete European Formula Two Championship results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |- | {{F2|1967}} ! Gerard-Cooper Racing ! Cooper T82 ! Ford | SNE | SIL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR {{small|14}} | HOC | TUL | JAR | ZAN | PER | BRH | VAL | | | | | | | ! NC ! 0 |- |rowspan=2| {{F2|1968}} !rowspan=2| Frank Lythgoe Racing ! Chevron B10 !rowspan=2| Ford |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR {{small|Ret}} | JAR |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| PAL {{small|DNS}} | TUL | | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| 12th !rowspan=2| 4 |- ! Brabham BT23C | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZAN {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PER {{small|13}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC {{small|NC}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| VAL {{small|3}} | | | | | | | | |- | {{F2|1972}} ! Chevron Racing Cars ! Chevron B20 ! Ford |style="background:#000000; color:white"| MAL {{small|DSQ}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR {{small|Ret}} | HOC |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''PAU''''' {{small|1}} | PAL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| ROU {{small|DNS}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ÖST {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ''IMO'' {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''''MAN''''' {{small|Ret}} | PER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAL {{small|{{Abbr|5|Received 3 championship points as Graham Hill who finished ahead was ineligible for points}}}} | ALB |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC {{small|Ret}} | | | ! 9th ! 12 |- | {{F2|1973}} ! Chevron Racing Cars ! Chevron B25 ! Ford |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| MAL {{small|DNS}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR {{small|Ret}} | NÜR | PAU | KIN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NIV {{small|Ret}} | HOC |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| ROU {{small|DNS}} | MNZ | MAN |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''KAR''' {{small|2}} | PER | SAL | NOR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ALB {{small|14}} | VAL ! 13th ! 6 |- !colspan=23|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref name="Motor Sport Peter Gethin">{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/peter-gethin|title=Peter Gethin – Biography|work=Motor Sport|access-date=December 11, 2019}}</ref>}}}} |}

===Complete British Saloon Car Championship results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Team ! Car ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! DC ! Pts ! Class |- | 1967 ! Robert Ashcroft ! Ford Falcon Sprint ! {{Tooltip|D|Class D}} | BRH | SNE | SIL | SIL | MAL | SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL 7 | BRH | OUL | BRH ! 31st ! 2 ! 9th |- !colspan="17"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite web |last1=de Jong |first1=Frank |title=British Saloon Car Championship |url=http://www.touringcarracing.net/Pages/BSCC.html |website=History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993 |access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref>}}}} |}

===Complete European F5000 Championship results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |- | 1969 ! Church Farm Racing ! McLaren M10A ! Chevrolet 5.0 V8 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''OUL'' {{small|1}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''BRH''''' {{small|1}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''BRH'' {{small|1}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''MAL''''' {{small|1}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''SIL''' {{small|16}} | MON | KOK | ZAN | SNE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''HOC''' {{small|4}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL {{small|14}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''''BRH''''' {{small|13}} | | | | | | | | !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 2365 |- | 1970 ! Sid Taylor Racing ! McLaren M10B ! Chevrolet 5.0 V8 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''''OUL''''' {{small|2}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''BRH''''' {{small|1}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''ZOL''' {{small|1}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''ZAN'' {{small|1}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''SIL''' {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH {{small|1}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''CAS''''' {{small|1}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''MAL''''' {{small|1}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MON {{small|2}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''SIL''''' {{small|1}} | MNZ |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''AND'' {{small|1}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''''SAL''''' {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ''THR'' {{small|2}} | SIL | OUL | SNE | HOC | OUL | BRH !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 90 |- | 1971 ! Sid Taylor Racing ! McLaren M18 ! Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | MAL | SNE | BRH | MON | SIL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''''CAS''''' {{small|2}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAL {{small|6}} | MNZ | MAL | THR | SIL | OUL | SNE | HOC | OUL | BRH | BRH | | | ! 12th ! 7 |- |rowspan=2| 1973 ! Chevron Racing Cars !rowspan=2| Chevron B24 !rowspan=2| Chevrolet 5.0 V8 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''BRH''''' {{small|1}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAL {{small|4}} | SIL | SNE | BRH | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SIL {{small|C}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''''BRH''''' {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''OUL''''' {{small|1}} | JYL | ZAN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ''SNE'' {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH {{small|Ret}} | | | !rowspan=2| 8th !rowspan=2| 65 |- ! Anglo-American Racing Team | | | | | |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OUL {{small|2}} | MAL | MIS | MAL | | | | | | | | | | | |- | 1974 ! Chevron Racing Team V.D.S. ! Chevron B28 ! Chevrolet 5.0 V8 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''BRH''''' {{small|1}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAL {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''SIL''' {{small|2}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH {{small|4}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ZOL {{small|1}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| THR {{small|2}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ZAN {{small|1}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MUG {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''MNZ''''' {{small|1}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ''MAL'' {{small|2}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| THR {{small|2}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ''BRH'' {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ''SNE'' {{small|NC}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAL {{small|3}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRH {{small|3}} | | !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 186 |- | 1975 ! Racing Team V.D.S. ! Lola T400 ! Chevrolet 5.0 V8 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OUL {{small|NC}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL {{small|4}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ZOL {{small|1}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ZAN {{small|1}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR {{small|6}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SNE {{small|2}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAL {{small|4}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH {{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL {{small|4}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SNE {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAL {{small|6}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''BRH''' {{small|1}} | | | | !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 143 |- !colspan="26"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/f5000/uk/|title=British and European Formula 5000 1969-1977|work=OldRacingCars|access-date=December 11, 2019}}</ref>}}}} |}

===Complete Formula One World Championship results=== (key) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! {{abbr|WDC|World Drivers Championship standing}} ! Pts |- | 1970 ! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing ! McLaren M14A ! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL |style="background:#efcfff;"| NED {{small|Ret}} | FRA | GBR |style="background:#efcfff;"| GER {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| AUT {{small|10}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA {{small|NC}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAN {{small|6}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| USA {{small|14}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| MEX {{small|Ret}} | | ! 23rd ! 1 |- |rowspan=3| 1971 !rowspan=2| Bruce McLaren Motor Racing ! McLaren M14A !rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#efcfff;"| RSA {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ESP {{small|8}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| MON {{small|Ret}} | | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=3| 9th !rowspan=3| 9 |- ! McLaren M19A | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| NED {{small|NC}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA {{small|9}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| GER {{small|Ret}} | | | | | | | | |- ! Yardley Team BRM ! BRM P160 ! BRM P142 3.0 V12 | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| AUT {{small|10}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ITA {{small|1}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CAN {{small|14}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| USA {{small|9}} | | | | |- |rowspan=3| 1972 !rowspan=3| Marlboro BRM ! BRM P160B !rowspan=3| BRM P142 3.0 V12 |style="background:#efcfff;"| ARG {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| RSA {{small|NC}} | |style="background:#efcfff;"| MON {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| BEL {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#fff;"| FRA {{small|DNS}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR {{small|Ret}} | GER | | | | | | | !rowspan=3| 21st !rowspan=3| 1 |- ! BRM P180 | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| ESP {{small|Ret}} | | | | | | | | | | | | |- ! BRM P160C | | | | | | | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| AUT {{small|13}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA {{small|6}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| CAN {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| USA {{small|Ret}} | | | |- | 1973 ! Marlboro BRM ! BRM P160E ! BRM P142 3.0 V12 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE | FRA | GBR | NED | GER | AUT | ITA |style="background:#efcfff;"| CAN {{small|Ret}} | USA ! NC ! 0 |- | 1974 ! Embassy Racing with Graham Hill ! Lola T370 ! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE | NED | FRA |style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR {{small|Ret}} | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA ! NC ! 0 |- !colspan="21"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/peter-gethin/engagement.aspx|title=Peter Gethin – Involvement|work=StatsF1|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>}}}} |}

===Non-championship results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 |- | 1968 ! Frank Lythgoe Racing ! Brabham BT21 (F2) ! BMW M12 2.0 L4 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ROC {{small|NC}} | INT | OUL | | | | | |- | 1969 ! Church Farm Racing Team ! McLaren M10A (F5000) ! Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | ROC | INT |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''''MAD''''' {{small|2}} | OUL | | | | |- | rowspan=2| 1970 ! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing ! McLaren M7A ! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ROC {{small|6}} | | | | | | | |- ! Sid Taylor Racing ! McLaren M10B (F5000) ! Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| INT {{small|16}} | OUL | | | | | |- | rowspan=2| 1971 ! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing ! McLaren M14A ! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG |style="background:#efcfff;"| ROC {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| QUE {{small|8}} |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| SPR {{small|2}} |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| INT {{small|2}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| RIN {{small|Ret}} | | |- ! Yardley Team BRM ! BRM P160 ! BRM P142 3.0 V12 | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| '''OUL''' {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| VIC {{small|1}} |- | rowspan=2| 1972 ! rowspan=2| Marlboro BRM ! BRM P160B ! rowspan=2| BRM P142 3.0 V12 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ROC {{small|4}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| BRA {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| INT {{small|6}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| '''OUL''' {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| REP {{small|Ret}} | | | |- ! BRM P160C | | | | | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| VIC {{small|5}} | | |- | 1973 ! Chevron Racing Cars ! Chevron B24 (F5000) ! Chevrolet 5.0 V8 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ROC {{small|1}} | INT | | | | | | |- | 1974 ! Chevron Racing Team V.D.S. ! Chevron B28 (F5000) ! Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | PRE |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ROC {{small|10}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| INT {{small|7}} | | | | | |- | 1975 ! Racing Team V.D.S. ! Lola T400 (F5000) ! Chevrolet 5.0 V8 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ROC {{small|DNQ}} | INT | SUI | | | | | |- !colspan="12"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref name="Motor Sport Peter Gethin"/>}}}} |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-getpet.html Profile at www.grandprix.com] *[https://sportscardigest.com/peter-gethin/ Sports Car Digest interview]

{{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box|title=European Formula 5000 Championship Champion |before=Inaugural|after=Frank Gardner|years=1969–1970}} {{succession box|title=Brands Hatch Race of Champions Winner |before=Emerson Fittipaldi|after=Jacky Ickx|years=1973}} {{succession box|title=Tasman Series Champion |before=Graham McRae|after=Warwick Brown|years=1974}} {{s-end}}

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