Günther Bechem

Karl-Günther Bechem (also known as Bernhard Nacke) (born 21 December 1921 in Hagen, died 3 May 2011 in Hagen) was a German racing driver. A successful sportscar driver in Germany, he made his Formula 1 début in the 1952 German Grand Prix for Motorsport Bleu. He did not show much promise, but his sportscar successes warranted drives for Scuderia Aqua and EMW in 1953. Faced with profoundly uncompetitive machinery, he failed to qualify for a single race. In the 1954 Panamericana, he suffered a severe accident, and aside from a brief comeback in hillclimbing in the 1960s, he did not return to racing.

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.
1952	Motorsport Bleu	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 23CV 4.5 L6	MON	ENG	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	NED	ITA	USA	AUS	NC	0
1953	Scuderia Aqua	Bentley 53C	Aqua SAMC-1A 1.5 L8	MON DNPQ					GER DNQ	SUI DNQ	ITA DNPQ	USA		NC	0
	Rennkollektiv EMW	EMW 01	Mercedes-Benz UM153 4.5 V10		NED DNPQ	BEL	FRA	GBR DNPQ

* denotes season still in progress