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Johnny Claes

Belgian

  • Place of Birth Fulham, England, UK
  • Date of Birth 11 August 1916
  • F1 Debut 1950
  • Current/Last Team

Driver Bio

NationalityBelgian
BirthplaceFulham, England, UK
Born11 August 1916
Died3 February 1956
First Grand Prix1950 British Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix1955 Dutch Grand Prix
Years Active1950-1953, 1955
Current/Last TeamFerrari

Grand Prix Stats

Race Entries25
Race Starts23
Did Not Start1
Best Race Start10th
Best Race Finish7th
Retirements9
First-Lap Retirements0
Not Classified1
Disqualified0
Did Not Qualify1

Qualifying

Qualifying Sessions
Reached Q3
Q2 Eliminations
Q1 Eliminations
Did Not Qualify1

Stats by Season

YearConstructorEntriesStartsWinsPodiumsPolesFastest LapsFront RowsDNFBest StartBest ResultPts FinishesPointsChampionship
1950Talbot-Lago6600000214700NC
1951Talbot-Lago7700000311700NC
1952Gordini, Simca-Gordini, HWM5400000119800NC
1953Connaught, Maserati55000003101200NC
1955Maserati, Ferrari21000000161100NC

Stats by Constructor

ConstructorYearsEntriesStartsWinsPodiumsPolesFastest LapsFront RowsDNFBest StartBest ResultPts FinishesPoints
Talbot-Lago19501951131300000511700
Gordini19521100000019800
Simca-Gordini195232000001201400
HWM195211000000321000
Connaught195344000002171200
Maserati1953110000011000
Maserati19551000000000
Ferrari195511000000161100

Teammates & Qualifying Head-to-Head

TeammateYearsRacesQualifying H2H
Jean Behra19521
Robert Manzon19521
Birabongse Bhanudej19521
Paul Frere19521
Peter Collins19521
Onofre Marimon19531
Jose Froilan Gonzalez19531
Juan Manuel Fangio19531

Teammates

Driver Nationality Current/Last Team F1 Debut Status
French Behra-Porsche 1952 Swiss Grand Prix Died
French 1950 Died
Thai 1950 Died
Belgian Ferrari 1952 Belgian Grand Prix Died
British Ferrari 1952 Swiss Grand Prix Died
Argentine 1951 Died
Argentine Ferrari 1950 Monaco Grand Prix Died
Argentine Maserati 1950 British Grand Prix Died, World Champion