Carel Godin de Beaufort
![]() Carel Godin de Beaufort in 1962 | |
Born | Maarsbergen, Netherlands | 10 April 1934
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Died | 2 August 1964 Cologne, West Germany | (aged 30)
Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Active years | 1957 – 1964 |
Teams | Ecurie Maarsbergen (privateer Porsche and Cooper) (privateer Maserati) |
Entries | 31 (28 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 4 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1957 German Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1964 German Grand Prix |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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Years | 1956 – 1960, 1962 – 1963 |
Teams | Wolfgang Seidel Ed Hugus privateer Porsche System Engineering |
Best finish | 5th (1958) |
Class wins | 1 (1957) |
Jonkheer Karel Pieter Antoni Jan Hubertus (Carel) Godin de Beaufort (10 April 1934 – 2 August 1964) was a Dutch nobleman and motorsport driver from the Netherlands. He competed in Formula One between 1957 and 1964.
Career[]
Godin de Beaufort participated in 31 World Championship Grands Prix, becoming the first Dutchman ever to score points in the Formula One World Championship, and numerous non-Championship Formula One races. He was one of the last truly amateur drivers in F1, and ran his own cars – painted the vibrant Dutch racing colour: orange – under the Ecurie Maarsbergen banner, the team taking its name from de Beaufort's country estate. In early years he was considered something of a mobile chicane, and a danger to other drivers on the track. However, in later years he matured into a competent and popular competitor.
Always a Porsche devotee (he only drove two World Championship races in anything else) he was a familiar sight at both Championship and non-Championship races in his orange Porsche 718, bought from the Rob Walker Racing Team. Although the 718 was outclassed even in its first year with him, he persisted with it as it was the only design into which he could fit his burly frame. The size of the car, and a streak of self-deprecating humour in de Beaufort himself, earned it the nickname "Fatty Porsche". With stereotypical aristocratic eccentricity he often drove without shoes,[1] and at his final race in Germany was even seen taking practice laps wearing a Beatles wig, rather than his helmet.[2]
Death[]
Godin de Beaufort was driving the Porsche 718 in practice for the 1964 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring when the car suddenly veered off the track at the infamous Bergwerk corner. He was thrown out and suffered massive injuries to his head, chest and legs. Initially De Beaufort was taken to a hospital in Koblenz, but on the following day he was transferred to a major neurological centre in Cologne where he died in the evening.[2]
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Racing record[]
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1956 | ![]() |
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Porsche 550A/4 RS | S 1.6 | 48 | DNF | DNF |
1957 | ![]() |
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Porsche 550A RS | S 1.5 | 286 | 8th | 1st |
1958 | ![]() |
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Porsche 550 RS | S 1.5 | 288 | 5th | 2nd |
1959 | ![]() |
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Porsche 718 RSK | S 1.5 | 186 | DNF | DNF |
1960 | ![]() |
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Porsche 718 RS 60 | S 1.6 | 180 | DNF | DNF |
1962 | ![]() |
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Porsche 356B Abarth | GT 1.6 | 35 | DNF | DNF |
1963 | ![]() |
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Porsche 356B 2000GS GT | GT 2.0 | 94 | DNF | DNF |
Source:[3]
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Complete Formula One World Championship results[]
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | WDC | Pts |
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1957 | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Porsche RS550 | Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 | ARG | MON | 500 | FRA | GBR | GER 141 |
PES | ITA | NC | 0 | |||
1958 | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Porsche RSK | Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 | ARG | MON | NED 11 |
500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | NC | 0 | ||||
Porsche RS550 | GER Ret1 |
POR | ITA | MOR | ||||||||||||
1959 | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Porsche RSK | Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 | MON | 500 | NED 10 |
NC | 0 | ||||||||
Scuderia Ugolini | Maserati 250F | Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 | FRA 9 |
GBR | GER | POR | ITA | USA | ||||||||
1960 | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Cooper T51 | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | ARG | MON | 500 | NED 8 |
BEL | FRA | GBR | POR | ITA | USA | NC | 0 | |
1961 | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Porsche 718 | Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 | MON | NED 14 |
BEL 11 |
FRA Ret |
GBR 16 |
GER 14 |
ITA 7 |
USA | NC | 0 | |||
1962 | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Porsche 718 | Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 | NED 6 |
MON DNQ |
BEL 7 |
FRA 6 |
GBR 14 |
GER 13 |
ITA 10 |
USA Ret |
RSA 11 |
16th | 2 | ||
1963 | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Porsche 718 | Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 | MON | BEL 6 |
NED 9 |
FRA | GBR 10 |
GER Ret |
ITA DNQ |
USA 6 |
MEX 10 |
RSA 10 |
14th | 2 | |
1964 | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Porsche 718 | Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 | MON | NED Ret |
BEL | FRA | GBR | GER DNS |
AUT | ITA | USA | MEX | NC | 0 | |
Source:[4]
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- Notes
- ^1 – Formula 2 entry.
Complete Formula One Non-Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
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1961 | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Porsche 718 | Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 | LOM | GLV | PAU | BRX | VIE | AIN | SYR | NAP | LON | SIL | SOL Ret |
KAN | DAN Ret |
MOD DNQ |
FLG 6 |
OUL | LEW | VAL | RAN | NAT | RSA |
1962 | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Porsche 718 | Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 | CAP | BRX | LOM | LAV | GLV | PAU | AIN | INT | NAP | MAL 9 |
CLP | RMS 7 |
SOL 5 |
KAN 6 |
MED | DAN 7 |
OUL 7 |
MEX 7 |
RAN | NAT | |
1963 | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Porsche 718 | Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 | LOM | GLV | PAU 4 |
IMO 6 |
SYR 2 |
AIN | INT 9 |
ROM 2 |
SOL 7 |
KAN 7 |
MED DNS |
AUT 3 |
OUL 10 |
RAN | |||||||
1964 | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Porsche 718 | Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 | DMT | NWT | SYR | AIN | INT 13 |
SOL 8 |
MED | RAN | |||||||||||||
Source:[5]
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References[]
- ^ [1] Archived December 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jump up to: a b "8W - Who? - Carel Godin de Beaufort". 8w.forix.com. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- ^ "All Results of Carel Godin de Beaufort". RacingSportCars. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ^ Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. p. 49. ISBN 0851127029.
- ^ "Carel Godin de Beaufort – Biography". MotorSportMagazine. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- 1934 births
- 1964 deaths
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- Dutch Formula One drivers
- Ecurie Maarsbergen Formula One drivers
- Dutch nobility
- Dutch racing drivers
- People from Maarn
- Racing drivers killed while racing
- Sport deaths in Germany
- World Sportscar Championship drivers
- Formula One team owners