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Johnny Claes

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SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by YearRanking by season

Name Johnny Claes
Country Belgium Belgium
Place of Birth London
Date of Birth 11/08/1916
Date of Death 03/02/1956
First Race British Grand Prix 13/05/1950
Last Race Grote Prijs van Nederland 19/06/1955
Best Qualifying 10th – Grand Prix de Belgique 21/06/1953
Best Result 7th – (2 times)

Races 25
Race Starts 23
Drivers’ Titles 0
Victories 0
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 0
Podiums 0
Points 0
Average Points 0.00
Laps 888
Laps Led 0

Talbot-Lago (1950-1951), Gordini (1952), HWM (1952), Simca Gordini (1952), Connaught (1953), Maserati (1953), (1955), Ferrari (1955)

7th2 Times
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11th3 Times
12th1 Time
13th2 Times
14th1 Time
DNF9 Times
NC1 Time
DNQ1 Time
DNS1 Time

SeasonTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPositionQualifying
1950Talbot-LagoCharles Pozzi760000001120
Eugène Chaboud850100002112
Eugène Martin10140000002002
Guy Mairesse16110000000101
Harry Schell1080000000110
Henri Louveau16190000001001
Louis Rosier7301300002516
Philippe Étancelin750300003306
Pierre Levegh870000000303
Raymond Sommer8100000002112
Yves Giraud-Cabantous840300002204
1951Talbot-LagoAndré Pilette760000000110
Duncan Hamilton11120000001111
Eugène Chaboud1280000000110
Georges Grignard13160000001010
Guy Mairesse1290000001120
Henri Louveau13160000001001
Jacques Swaters11100000000220
José Froilán González13200000001001
Louis Chiron760000004206
Louis Rosier740300001625
Philippe Étancelin780000004224
Pierre Levegh780000001221
Yves Giraud-Cabantous750200003306
1952GordiniJean Behra8180000001001
Robert Manzon830400000101
HWMPaul Frère10260000001001
Peter Collins10330000001010
Tony Gaze10150000001001
Simca GordiniMaurice Trintignant1850200000101
1953ConnaughtJack Fairman29210000000101
Kenneth McAlpine13110000000303
Prince Bira12180000002002
Reg Parnell12280000001010
Roy Salvadori12180000003104
Stirling Moss1390000000101
MaseratiEmmanuel de Graffenried1240300000101
José Froilán González12160100001001
Juan Manuel Fangio12120000011001
Onofre Marimón1230400000110
1955FerrariEugenio Castellotti1150200000101
Maurice Trintignant11120000001001
Mike Hawthorn1170000000101
MaseratiCesare Perdisa1480000000101
Jean Behra1450100000201
Louis Rosier1490000000101
Luigi Musso1470000000101
Roberto Mieres1450100000101

Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1955 Italy Ferrari
Italy Maserati
Ferrari
Maserati
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 0 0 0.00
1953 Great Britain Connaught
Italy Maserati
Lea-Francis
Maserati
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 0.00
1952 France Gordini
Great Britain HWM
France Simca Gordini
Gordini
Alta
Gordini
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0.00
1951 France Talbot-Lago Talbot 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 260 0 0 0.00
1950 France Talbot-Lago Talbot 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 261 0 0 0.00

19501951195219531955
28th26th37th53rd42nd

Extra Championship
SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by Year

Name Johnny Claes
Country Belgium Belgium
Place of Birth London
Date of Birth 11/08/1916
Date of Death 03/02/1956
First Race Gran Premio di Bari 09/07/1950
Last Race Gran Premio di Modena 20/09/1953
First Pole Goodwood Trophy 30/09/1950
Last Pole Grand Prix des Frontières 01/06/1952
Best Result 3rd – (2 times)
First Podium Grand Prix de Marseille 27/04/1952
Last Podium Grand Prix des Sables d’Olonne 13/07/1952

Races 41
Race Starts 37
Victories 0
Poles 2
Fastest Laps 0
Podiums 2
Laps 1629
Laps Led 0

Talbot-Lago (1950-1952), Simca Gordini (1952), HWM (1952), Connaught (1953)

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DNQF1 Time
NC1 Time
DNA3 Times
DNS1 Time

SeasonTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPositionQualifying
1950Talbot-LagoCésar Apezteguía16250000001010
Georges Grignard810001001201
Guy Mairesse1580000000210
Jean Estager15160000000000
Louis Rosier810002003313
Philippe Étancelin840000003204
Pierre Levegh840000000411
Raymond Sommer840000013103
Yves Giraud-Cabantous840000002314
1951Talbot-LagoAndré Pilette970000000101
Duncan Hamilton720000001313
Georges Grignard5170000001010
Guy Gale7250000001010
Guy Mairesse560000002121
Henri Louveau880000001102
Louis Chiron530000002112
Louis Rosier510001000615
Pat Garland4160000001010
Philippe Étancelin520000003104
Pierre Levegh570000002121
Pierre Meyrat5110000001010
Roger Laurent570000001010
Yves Giraud-Cabantous850000000303
1952HWMDuncan Hamilton8220000001001
Tony Gaze890000001001
Simca GordiniHarry Schell890000001111
Jean Behra330000002103
Maurice Trintignant3120000002002
Prince Bira320000001304
Robert Manzon320000002121
Zdenko von Schönborn18160000000100
Talbot-LagoCharles de Tornaco560000001010
Philippe Étancelin550000001111
Yves Giraud-Cabantous18100000000101
1953ConnaughtJames Scott-Douglas15170000001001
John Coombs9110000002011
John Lyons690000003131
Kenneth McAlpine970000001102
Leslie Marr15360000001010
Roy Salvadori920000002112
Tony Rolt1530000000101

Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1953 Great Britain Connaught Lea-Francis 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 387 0 0 0.00
1952 Great Britain HWM
France Simca Gordini
France Talbot-Lago
Alta
Gordini
Talbot
14 0 0 2 2 1 0 801 0 0 0.00
1951 France Talbot-Lago Talbot 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 207 0 0 0.00
1950 France Talbot-Lago Talbot 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 234 0 0 0.00

Grand Prix
SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by Year

Name Johnny Claes
Country Belgium Belgium
Place of Birth London
Date of Birth 11/08/1916
Date of Death 03/02/1956
First Race Grand Prix de Paris 24/04/1949
Last Race Velká cena Československa 25/09/1949
Best Qualifying 7th – Grand Prix d’Albi 10/07/1949
Best Result 3rd – (2 times)
First Podium Grand Prix de Paris 24/04/1949
Last Podium Grand Prix des Frontières 05/06/1949

Races 13
Race Starts 12
Victories 0
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 0
Podiums 2
Laps 492
Laps Led 0

Talbot-Lago (1949)

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5th1 Time
6th1 Time
7th1 Time
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9th1 Time
10th1 Time
12th1 Time
13th1 Time
DNF1 Time
DNQ1 Time

SeasonTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPositionQualifying
1949Talbot-LagoCharles Huc3160000001000
Charles Pozzi360000001000
Frank Le Gallais24170000000101
Georges Grignard320000001211
Guy Mairesse310001006242
Harry Schell10130000002130
Henri Louveau3150000001000
Horace Ripley3110000001000
Louis Chiron350000006243
Louis Rosier310001004507
Pat Garland3130000001000
Philippe Étancelin310001004618
Pierre Levegh340000004232
Pierre Meyrat340000001000
Raph (Georges Raphaël)8270000001010
Raymond Sommer730000001221
Yves Giraud-Cabantous320000003121

Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1949 France Talbot-Lago Talbot 12 0 0 2 2 0 0 492 0 0 0.00

All
Statistics

Races 79
Race Starts 72
Victories 0
Poles 2
Fastest Laps 0
Podiums 4
Points 0
Laps 3009
Laps Led 0

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