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Prince Bira

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SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by YearRanking by season

Name Prince Bira
Country Thailand Thailand
Place of Birth Bangkok
Date of Birth 15/07/1914
Date of Death 23/12/1985
First Race British Grand Prix 13/05/1950
Last Race Gran Premio de España 24/10/1954
Best Qualifying 5th – British Grand Prix 13/05/1950
Best Result 4th – (2 times)

Races 22
Race Starts 19
Drivers’ Titles 0
Victories 0
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 0
Podiums 0
Points 8
Average Points 0.42
Laps 904
Laps Led 0

Maserati (1950-1951, 1953-1954), Simca Gordini (1952), Gordini (1952), Connaught (1953)

4th2 Times
5th1 Time
6th1 Time
7th2 Times
9th1 Time
10th1 Time
11th2 Times
DNF9 Times
DNA3 Times

SeasonTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPositionQualifying
1950MaseratiAlfredo Piàn5212000001010
Brian Shawe-Taylor14100000000110
Clemente Biondetti5242000001010
David Hampshire1490000000110
David Murray1480000001120
Duncan Hamilton14230000001010
Emmanuel de Graffenried465000003131
Felice Bonetto453200002020
Franco Comotti25200000000110
Franco Rol4125000002121
Joe Fry14100000000110
José Froilán González4105000002011
Louis Chiron435400002231
Nello Pagani473000001010
Paul Pietsch25260000001010
Reg Parnell4223000002020
Toni Branca4113000001010
1951MaseratiChico Landi19230000001010
David Murray25240000000001
Emmanuel de Graffenried25220000000101
Francisco Godia19100000000101
Harry Schell27120000000101
Louis Chiron2770000000101
Paul Pietsch25230000000000
Toni Branca19210000001111
1952GordiniJean Behra1370000000101
Maurice Trintignant11260000001010
Robert Manzon1140300001102
Simca GordiniMax de Terra9210000001010
Robert O’Brien10140000001010
1953ConnaughtIan Stewart7220000001010
Johnny Claes18120000000220
Kenneth McAlpine7130000001111
Reg Parnell18280000001010
Roy Salvadori7180000003021
Tony Rolt7120000001001
MaseratiChico Landi11260000001001
Emmanuel de Graffenried11200000001001
Felice Bonetto11180000001001
Giovanni de Riu11360000001010
Juan Manuel Fangio1110901000101
Luigi Musso1170000000110
Onofre Marimón11190000001001
Sergio Mantovani1170000000101
1954MaseratiAlberto Ascari42130.1400003021
Carlos Menditeguy7180000001001
Emmanuel de Graffenried680000003030
Francisco Godia960000000101
Giovanni de Riu9220000001010
Harry Schell463000002332
Jorge Daponte7150000002020
Juan Manuel Fangio6102502010202
Ken Wharton483000002222
Louis Rosier970000000110
Luigi Musso723600001102
Luigi Villoresi453200003021
Onofre Marimón4334.1400004114
Ottorino Volonterio9110000001010
Roberto Mieres443300004224
Ron Flockhart20200000000010
Roy Salvadori4153000001111
Sergio Mantovani456200004123
Stirling Moss4334.1400003214

Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1954 Italy Maserati Maserati 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 308 0 3 0.50
1953 Great Britain Connaught
Italy Maserati
Lea-Francis
Maserati
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 189 0 0 0.00
1952 France Gordini
France Simca Gordini
Gordini
Gordini
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 221 0 0 0.00
1951 Italy Maserati Osca 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
1950 Italy Maserati Maserati 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 185 0 5 1.25

19501951195219531954
8th78th46th27th17th

Extra Championship
SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by Year

Name Prince Bira
Country Thailand Thailand
Place of Birth Bangkok
Date of Birth 15/07/1914
Date of Death 23/12/1985
First Race Gran Premio de Buenos Aires 18/12/1949
Last Race International Trophy 07/05/1955
First Pole New Zealand Grand Prix 08/01/1955
Last Pole New Zealand Grand Prix 08/01/1955
First Win Richmond Trophy 26/03/1951
Last Win New Zealand Grand Prix 08/01/1955
First Podium Goodwood Trophy 30/09/1950
Last Podium International Trophy 07/05/1955

Races 53
Race Starts 48
Victories 3
Poles 1
Fastest Laps 3
Podiums 8
Laps 1880
Laps Led 115

Maserati (1950-1955), Simca Gordini (1952), Gordini (1952), HWM (1953)

1st3 Times
2nd4 Times
3rd1 Time
4th5 Times
5th2 Times
6th4 Times
7th1 Time
8th2 Times
9th3 Times
11th1 Time
17th1 Time
DNF20 Times
DNQF1 Time
DNA3 Times
DNS2 Times

SeasonTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPositionQualifying
1950MaseratiAlfredo Piàn1330000000101
Clemente Biondetti660000003222
Colin Murray870000000202
David Hampshire250000014242
David Murray560000002240
Duncan Hamilton290000001120
Eitel Cantoni6130000003020
Emmanuel de Graffenried220000004883
Enrico Platé5140000001010
Felice Bonetto650000006242
Francisco Godia19140000000101
Franco Comotti11150000001010
Franco Rol1150000004232
Fred Ashmore2160000001010
Giuseppe Farina620000001304
Harry Schell16190000001001
Joe Kelly11130000001001
José Froilán González520000003434
Juan Manuel Fangio5110000011102
Leslie Brooke13150000003011
Louis Chiron640000005443
Luigi de Filippis1160000000110
Manfred von Brauchitsch6220000002020
Nello Pagani1560000000101
Paolo Bilancia1190000001110
Pascual Puópolo6180000003020
Philip Fotheringham-Parker890000001111
Piero Carini6120000004122
Piero Taruffi630000002111
Reg Parnell510001004545
Toni Branca1690000000110
1951MaseratiDavid Hampshire1100010002222
David Murray160010002332
Emmanuel de Graffenried430000002323
Giuseppe Farina420000002231
Harry Schell440000002241
John Green17350000001010
John James1130010002020
Kenneth McAlpine17290000000010
Louis Chiron23190000000101
Noel Hillis23240000000000
Reg Parnell180010001120
Toni Branca4160000002020
1952GordiniJean Behra210001002103
Robert Manzon220000001021
MaseratiAsdrúbal Bayardo1580000000200
Danton Bazet15100000000200
Eitel Cantoni15110000000200
John James9110000001010
Jorge Daponte1580000000100
José Félix Lopes16120000000100
José Froilán González15140000000100
Nello Pagani1590000000100
Tony Gaze940000000101
Simca GordiniHarry Schell8120000001010
Jean Behra210001002103
Jean Thepenier5100000001010
Johnny Claes230000003140
Maurice Trintignant4120000001001
Robert Manzon220000001021
1953HWMLance Macklin8100000001001
Yves Giraud-Cabantous8150000001001
MaseratiChico Landi11160000001000
Emmanuel de Graffenried410001002101
Giovanni de Riu12150000001000
Ottorino Volonterio4160000002011
Paul Pietsch11150000001000
1954MaseratiEmmanuel de Graffenried7210000001000
Fortunati Firpo7180000001000
Giovanni de Riu2170000001010
Harry Schell230000005232
Jorge Daponte240000003020
Juan Manuel Fangio7130000001001
Luigi Musso210001000101
Onofre Marimón640000001101
Roberto Mieres220000004241
Roy Salvadori230000001111
Sergio Mantovani6120000001000
Stirling Moss220000011322
1955MaseratiAndré Simon310001012121
Cesare Perdisa8150000001001
Fred Zambucka170010101010
Horace Gould1330000000101
Jean Behra610001011102
Lance Macklin1390000000101
Louis Rosier320000002222
Luigi Musso620000001102
Ottorino Volonterio8190000001010
Peter Collins310001000101
Reg Hunt150010101010
Roberto Mieres620000000202
Roy Salvadori320000010101
Sergio Mantovani8160000001010
Stirling Moss340000001102

Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1955 Italy Maserati Maserati 4 1 0 1 2 1 1 344 100 0 0.00
1954 Italy Maserati Maserati 8 1 2 0 3 0 1 363 0 0 0.00
1953 Great Britain HWM
Italy Maserati
Alta
Maserati
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 167 0 0 0.00
1952 France Gordini
Italy Maserati
France Simca Gordini
Gordini
Osca
Gordini
11 0 1 0 1 0 0 553 0 0 0.00
1951 Italy Maserati
Italy Maserati
Osca
Maserati
5 1 0 0 1 0 1 179 12 0 0.00
1950 Italy Maserati Maserati 14 0 1 0 1 0 0 274 3 0 0.00

Grand Prix
SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by Year

Name Prince Bira
Country Thailand Thailand
Place of Birth Bangkok
Date of Birth 15/07/1914
Date of Death 23/12/1985
First Race Donington Grand Prix 05/10/1935
Last Race Velká cena Československa 25/09/1949
First Pole Grand Prix des Frontières 08/06/1946
Last Pole Velká cena Československa 25/09/1949
First Win Campbell Trophy 01/05/1937
Last Win Grote Prijs van Zandvoort 07/08/1948
First Podium Mountain Championship 19/10/1935
Last Podium Gran Premio d’Italia 11/09/1949

Races 55
Race Starts 53
Victories 4
Poles 9
Fastest Laps 7
Podiums 17
Laps 2251
Laps Led 173

ERA (1935-1936, 1938), (1946-1948), Maserati (1936-1939, 1946-1949), Delage (1937), Simca Gordini (1948), Ferrari (1948)

1st4 Times
2nd9 Times
3rd4 Times
4th2 Times
5th7 Times
6th3 Times
7th1 Time
8th1 Time
14th1 Time
DNF21 Times
DNQF1 Time
NC1 Time
DNS3 Times

SeasonTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPositionQualifying
1935ERANicholas Embiricos5170000001010
Raymond Mays380000001000
1936ERAArthur Dobson10180000001000
Cyril Paul10180000001000
Denis Scribbans10160000001000
Douglas Briault1030000000101
Earl Howe1020000000100
Kenneth Evans1030000000100
Patrick Fairfield10140000011001
Peter Whitehead10190000001001
Raymond Mays1070000000100
MaseratiChristian Kautz5180000001010
Miss Eileen Ellison5230000001010
Thomas Cholmondeley-Tapper340000012001
1937MaseratiAndrew Leitch1290010001010
Arthur Hyde6170000001010
Austin Dobson2130000001010
Ernõ Festetics9100000001001
Francis Chiappini2190000001010
Giacomo de Rham990000000001
John Wakefield240000001010
László Hartmann980000000101
Peter Aitken1150010002020
Robin Hanson190010003030
Teddy Rayson120010001010
1938ERAArthur Dobson120010001000
Billy Cotton140010001000
MaseratiAdolfo Mandirola14170000001001
Arthur Hyde2280000001010
Edoardo Teagno14140000000001
Emmanuel de Graffenried14200000001001
Herbert Berg2180000001010
Max Christen14130000000101
Peter Aitken2180000001010
Robin Hanson2250000001010
Teddy Rayson2120000001010
1939MaseratiArthur Hyde2120000001000
1946ERABob Cowell150010101010
Bob Gerard130010102020
George Bainbridge6150000001010
Gordon Watson150010101010
Ian Connell6130000001010
Leslie Brooke6230000001010
Peter Whitehead6170000001010
Raymond Mays690000001001
1947ERABob Gerard710001010201
Cuth Harrison740000000200
George Abecassis730000000101
John Bolster780000001001
Peter Whitehead19160000000101
Raymond Mays790000001001
Reg Parnell710001100420
MaseratiAdolfo Mandirola8270000002010
Alberto Ascari1450000011202
Arialdo Ruggeri22230000001001
Bob Ansell530000202222
Carlo Pesci2290000000101
Christian Kautz8320000002010
Emmanuel de Graffenried830000001322
Enrico Platé870000000210
Ernst Hürzeler14150000001010
François Michaud15180000001000
Gaetano Dell’Acqua22170000000101
Giovanni Minozzi22240000001001
Guido Barbieri8310000002010
Guy Jason-Henry5140000101010
Ian Connell15220000101010
Lorenzo Arrigone22130000000101
Louis Chiron820000101313
Luigi Villoresi810002010505
Max Christen14100000000110
Nello Pagani870000101322
Nino Grieco8170000001102
Piero Taruffi1490000000101
Pierre Levegh14170000001111
Raph (Georges Raphaël)890000002313
Raymond Sommer840000101514
Reg Parnell710001100420
Renato Balestrero22260000001010
Sam Gilbey1590000100110
Toni Branca14180000001010
1948ERALeslie Brooke17110000000101
Leslie Johnson20260000000000
FerrariGiuseppe Farina710001013214
Julio Gonzalez-Pola11140000001010
Raymond Sommer1230000000202
MaseratiAchille Varzi7170000001010
Alberto Ascari510001000312
Archie Baring1120010103030
Bob Ansell150010103030
Chico Landi7140000001010
Christian Kautz14200000001001
Claude Bernheim22130000000110
Clemar Bucci730000002240
Dudley Folland5150000001010
Duncan Hamilton140010002020
Emmanuel de Graffenried520000003214
Francisco Godia1760000001230
Fred Ashmore5280000001010
George Abecassis420000100110
George Bainbridge5120000001010
Giuseppe Farina710001013214
Giuseppe Morra2260000000110
Henri Louveau740000002231
Jean Judet22260000001010
Juan Jover17200000001111
Leslie Brooke17110000000101
Louis Chiron22130000000110
Luigi Fagioli7110000001230
Luigi Villoresi410002121533
Nello Pagani13140000002011
Reg Parnell130010112231
Richard Ramseyer13100000001230
Robert Brunet2240000000110
Roy Salvadori470000102020
Salvador Fábregas17210000001111
Sam Gilbey4140000102020
Toni Branca17180000001010
Simca GordiniJean-Pierre Wimille850000020303
José Scaron880000000111
Maurice Trintignant1940000000110
Raymond Sommer1230000000202
1949MaseratiAdriano Malusardi540000002112
Alberto Ascari210001012204
Andrés Fernandez250000003020
Archie Baring4200000103030
Benedicto Campos230000208043
Bob Ansell490000002020
Brian Shawe-Taylor6290000101010
Clemente Biondetti2230000102020
David Fry6280000101010
David Hampshire11150000001010
David Murray280000205261
Dioscoride Lanza2160000101010
Duncan Hamilton4110000102130
Eitel Cantoni230000002230
Emilio Romano2180000101010
Emmanuel de Graffenried2100014066102
Ernesto Tornquist260000004030
Eugène Chaboud290000102020
Franco Rol3150000001010
Frankie Sechehaye2100000104040
Fred Ashmore250000205160
George Bainbridge6400000101010
Georges Houel2200000001010
Giuseppe Farina210001225225
Henri Louveau250000202130
Jean Behra2190000102020
Joe Ashmore3170000001010
Joe Fry6150000101010
Joe Kelly6190000101010
John S. Gordon6360000101010
Juan Manuel Fangio210004211625
Lance Macklin6300000101010
Leslie Brooke270000104031
Louis Chiron3150000101120
Louis Gerard3280000001010
Luigi Villoresi220000155216
Nello Pagani250000202020
Pascual Puópolo5130000003030
Pedro Llano5140000003030
Philip Fotheringham-Parker4110000001120
Piero Carini270000201120
Piero Taruffi370000001010
Reg Parnell22000020122112
Richard Ramseyer11180000001010
Roy Salvadori6140000101120
Toni Branca580000001120
Václav Uher18250000101010
Victorio Rosa260000004030

Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1949 Italy Maserati Maserati 16 0 5 2 7 4 4 740 104 0 0.00
1948 Great Britain ERA
Italy Ferrari
Italy Maserati
France Simca Gordini
ERA
Ferrari
Maserati
Gordini
12 1 0 0 1 1 2 479 58 0 0.00
1947 Great Britain ERA
Italy Maserati
ERA
Maserati
8 0 0 0 0 2 0 191 0 0 0.00
1946 Great Britain ERA
Italy Maserati
ERA
Maserati
3 1 0 0 1 2 0 65 11 0 0.00
1939 Italy Maserati Maserati 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0.00
1938 Great Britain ERA
Italy Maserati
ERA
Maserati
4 1 2 0 3 0 1 146 0 0 0.00
1937 France Delage
Italy Maserati
Delage
Maserati
4 1 1 0 2 0 0 297 0 0 0.00
1936 Great Britain ERA
Italy Maserati
ERA
Maserati
3 0 0 1 1 0 0 193 0 0 0.00
1935 Great Britain ERA ERA 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 130 0 0 0.00

All
Statistics

Races 130
Race Starts 120
Victories 7
Poles 10
Fastest Laps 10
Podiums 25
Points 8
Laps 5035
Laps Led 288

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