John Peter Wakefield
John Peter Wakefield was an English racing car driver.
He debuted in a British Alta, next year
in a Maserati 6CM at Gran Premio di Firenze, 10th place,
ran a British ERA, and became the
second to own a Maserati 4CL, in which he won the Grand Prix of Naples, the French GP in Picardy, and the Grand Prix de l´Albigeois, coming in second at Rheims and third at the Prix de Berne.
During the Second World War Wakefield joined the Fleet Air Arm. He was killed whilst a test pilot working for Vickers Armstrong and died in a flying accident.