Dries van der Lof

Andres "Dries" van der Lof (born 23rd of August 1919 in Emmen, died 3rd of June 1956 in Rouen) was a Dutch racing driver who competed in Formula 1 from 1951 to 1956. He is often regarded as one of the best drivers to have never won a World Championship.

van der Lof started with two poor seasons in 1951 and 1952, with a best result of 17th. However, it all changed in 1953, when he was finally able to obtain his first points: they were at the 1953 Belgian Grand Prix, where he also obtained his first podium. He scored more points in the Swiss Grand Prix, finishing 5th.

In 1954, he started to show his true pace, being the only driver to have won two races that year. However, he wasn't as consistent as teammate B. Bira, who ended up taking the title that year. He finished 2nd.

1955 looked promising: he started out with a win at the Monaco Grand Prix. However, he and his teammate B. Bira were attacked outside their hotel following the 1955 British Grand Prix, and as a result of this, he was left out of the season.

1956 started out dissapointing for the Dutch superstar, retiring from the Monaco Grand Prix. However, while running on the points in the 1956 French Grand Prix, his rear suspension gave up, then his car veers left into the earth bank and catches fire immediately. Debris from the Lotus flies into the crowd. Dries van der Lof died from his burns at only 36 years old. Another 8 spectactors were also pronounced death, as well as many others injured.

Complete Alternate Formula One 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	WDC	Pts.
1951	Scuderia Commesso	Kurtis Kraft 2000	Ferrari 375 4.5 V12	MON	500 17	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER		ITA			NC	0
		Maserati 4CLT/48								NED DNQ
1952	Scuderia Commesso	Maserati 4CLT/48	Ferrari 375 4.5 V12	MON	ENG	BEL 17	FRA	GBR	GER	NED DNQ	ITA	USA	AUS	NC	0
1953	Asso di Fori	Aston Martin AM-04	Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12	MON	NED Ret	BEL 3	FRA 9	GBR	GER	SUI 5	ITA	USA 13		12th	6
1954	Asso di Fori	Aston Martin AM-04	Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12	MON Ret	FRA Ret									2nd	24
	Jaguar - Aston Martin Racing					BEL 5	NED Ret	GBR 1	SUI 3	GER 1	USA Ret	ITA Ret
1955	Jaguar - Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin AM-04	Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12	MON 1	FRA Ret	BEL Ret	GBR Ret	SCO	SOV	ITA				9th	9
1956	Team Lotus	Lotus 10	B.C.M.A. A/AS Griffin 2.5 L6	MON Ret	FRA Ret	BEL	GER	GDR	IRL	SCO	GBR	ITA	THA	NC	0