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Johnny Claes Belgium
- Full name Octave John Claes
- Birth date August 11, 1916
- Birthplace Fulham, London, Great Britain
- Date of death February 3, 1956 (39 years 176 days)
- Place of death Bruxelles, Belgium
- Teams Connaught, Ferrari, Gordini, HWM, Maserati, Simca-Gordini, Talbot-Lago
World Championship Career
| Year | Car | Race | Start | Won | Pod | Class | Best | Pole | Front | Best | Lap | Hat | Pts | Pos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Talbot-Lago | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| 1951 | Talbot-Lago | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| 1952 | Gordini, Simca-Gordini, HWM | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| 1953 | Connaught, Maserati | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| 1955 | Maserati, Ferrari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| Total | 25 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Race | Circuit | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First race | British Grand Prix | Silverstone | May 13, 1950 | Race results |
| Last race | Dutch Grand Prix | Zandvoort | June 19, 1955 | Race results |
Profile
Johnny Claes raced between 1950 and 1955 under the Belgian flag but was born in Fulham and educated at Lord Williams's School, Oxfordshire. He started by racing his own Talbot Lago under the team name Ecurie Belge and recorded some impressive results for a privateer. He later traded the Talbot for a Gordini and eventually a Connaught, but always raced in the Ecurie Belge colours. He occasionally drove for works teams, including Gordini and Maserati, but never improved on his best result of seventh. He raced up until a year before his death from tuberculosis in 1956.
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