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'''Octave John''' ''''Johnny'''' '''Claes''' (born 11 August 1916 in London, died 3 February 1956 in Brussels) was a Belgian racing driver and jazz trumpeter who competed in Formula 1 from 1950 to 1955. His success in various alternate championships during that time led to the 1979 renaming of the Mediocrity Award to the [[Johnny Claes Memorial Trophy]] after the first two-time winner of the award dropped out of the all-time top ten list.
'''Octave John''' ''''Johnny'''' '''Claes''' (born 11 August 1916 in London, died 3 February 1956 in Brussels) was a Belgian racing driver and jazz trumpeter who competed in Formula 1 from 1950 until 1955. Starting off as the owner-driver of the initially competitive [[Claes Racing Developments]], he competed as a privateer (employing other drivers alongside him) until significant rule changes in 1953 drove him to drive for other teams, notably [[Leader]] and [[Mercedes-Benz]] before buying into [[Jacques Swaters]]' [[Ecurie Nationale Belge]] in early 1955. After a couple of entries that year, Claes retired from racing due to ill health. He died shortly thereafter from tuberculosis, aged 39.


==Complete Formula One results==
==Complete Alternate Formula One results==
===Regular championship===
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
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! 8
! 8
! 9
! 9
! 10
! 11
! WDC
! WDC
! Pts.
! Pts.
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| [[1950 Formula One seasons|1950]]
| [[1950 Alternate Formula One season|1950]]
! [[Ecurie Belge]]
! [[Claes Racing Developments]]
! [[Talbot-Lago]] [[Talbot-Lago T26C|T26C]]
! [[Maserati 4CLT/48]]
! [[Talbot]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
! [[Maserati]] 4CLT 1.5 L4s
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1950 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>11</small>
|bgcolor="EFCFFF"| [[1950 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>7</small>
|bgcolor="efcfff"| [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>Ret</small>
| [[1950 Indianapolis 500|500]]
| [[1950 Indianapolis 500|500]]
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1950 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br><small>10</small>
|bgcolor="EFCFFF"| [[1950 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1950 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>8</small>
|bgcolor="cfcfff"| [[1950 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>10</small>
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1950 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="cFCFFF"| [[1950 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>9</small>
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1950 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="EFCFFF"| [[1950 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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! 0
! 0
|-
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| [[1951 Formula One season|1951]]
| [[1951 Alternate Formula One season|1951]]
! [[Ecurie Belge]]
! [[Claes Racing Developments]]
! [[Talbot-Lago]] [[Talbot-Lago T26C|T26C-DA]]
! [[Maserati 4CLT]]
! [[Talbot]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
! [[Maserati]] 4CLT 1.5 L4s
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1951 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br><small>13</small>
|bgcolor="cfcfff"| [[1951 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>6</small>
| [[1951 Indianapolis 500|500]]
| [[1951 Indianapolis 500|500]]
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1951 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>7</small>
|bgcolor="efcfff"| [[1951 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1951 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="cfcfff"| [[1951 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>6</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1951 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>13</small>
|bgcolor="EFCFFF"| [[1951 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1951 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>11</small>
|bgcolor="cFCFFF"| [[1951 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>6</small>
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1951 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="efcfff"| [[1951 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1951 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="ffcfcf"| [[1951 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
|
|
|
|
! NC
! NC
! 0
! 0
|-
|-
|rowspan="4"| [[1952 Formula One season|1952]]
| [[1952 Alternate Formula One season|1952]]
! [[Gordini|Equipe Gordini]]
! [[Claes Racing Developments]]
! [[Gordini]] [[Gordini T16|T16]]
! [[Maserati 4CLT/48]]
! [[Gordini]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
! [[Maserati]] 4CLT 1.5 L4s
| [[1952 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]
|bgcolor="efcfff"| [[1952 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>Ret</small>
| [[1952 Indianapolis 500|500]]
|bgcolor="ffcfcf"| [[1952 English Grand Prix|ENG]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1952 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>8</small>
|bgcolor="cFCFFF"| [[1952 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>14</small>
|
|bgcolor="cFCFFF"| [[1952 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>6</small>
|
|bgcolor="ffcfcf"| [[1952 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
|
|bgcolor="efcfff"| [[1952 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|
|bgcolor="EFCFFF"| [[1952 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|
|bgcolor="dfffdF"| [[1952 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>5</small>
|
|bgcolor="EFCFFF"| [[1952 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
!rowspan="4"| NC
|bgcolor="cfcfff"| [[1952 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br><small>7</small>
!rowspan="4"| 0
|-
! [[Ecurie Belge]]
! [[Simca]]-[[Gordini]] [[Simca-Gordini T15|T15]]
! [[Simca]]-[[Gordini]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
|
|
|
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1952 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1952 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>14</small>
|
| [[1952 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>DNA</small>
|
|
|-
! [[Hersham and Walton Motors|HW Motors]]
! [[Hersham and Walton Motors|HWM]] [[HWM 52|52]]
! [[Alta Car and Engineering Company|Alta]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
|
|
|
|
|
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1952 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>10</small>
|
|
|
|-
! Vicomtesse de Walckiers
! [[Simca]]-[[Gordini]] [[Simca-Gordini T15|T15]]
! [[Simca]]-[[Gordini]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[1952 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1953 Formula One season|1953]]
! [[Ecurie Belge]]
! [[Connaught Engineering|Connaught]] [[Connaught Type A|Type A]]
! [[Lea-Francis]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
| [[1953 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1953 Indianapolis 500|500]]
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1953 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1953 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>12</small>
| [[1953 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1953 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>Ret</small>
| [[1953 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1953 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
!rowspan="2"| NC
!rowspan="2"| 0
|-
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Officine Alfieri Maserati]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Maserati A6GCM|A6GCM]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
|
|
|
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1953 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1955 Formula One season|1955]]
! [[Stirling Moss|Stirling Moss Ltd.]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Maserati 250F|250F]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
| [[1955 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1955 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1955 Indianapolis 500|500]]
|bgcolor="#ffffff"| [[1955 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>DNS</small>
|
|
|
|
|
!rowspan="2"| NC
!rowspan="2"| 0
|-
! [[Equipe Nationale Belge]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 500|500]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
|
|
|
|
|
! 18th
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1955 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>11</small>
| [[1955 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1955 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|
|
|}
 
===[[Champion Elimination Medals Championship]]===
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! WDC
! Wins
! 2nd
! 3rd
! Pts.
|-
|-
| [[1950 Formula One seasons|1950]]
| [[1953 Alternate Formula One season|1953]]
! [[Ecurie Belge]]
! [[Leader]]
! [[Talbot-Lago]] [[Talbot-Lago T26C|T26C]]
! [[Leader LF153]]  
! [[Talbot]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
! [[Mercedes-Benz]] UM153 4.5 V10
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1950 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>11</small>
|bgcolor="ffcfcf"| [[1953 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>7</small>
|bgcolor="ffcfcf"| [[1953 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
| [[1950 Indianapolis 500|500]]
|bgcolor="efcfff"| [[1953 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1950 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br><small>10</small>
|bgcolor="EFCFFF"| [[1953 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1950 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>8</small>
|bgcolor="ffcfcf"| [[1953 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1950 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="cfcfff"| [[1953 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>20</small>
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1950 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="cfcfff"| [[1953 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br><small>13</small>
|bgcolor="ffcfcf"| [[1953 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
|bgcolor="efcfff"| [[1953 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|
|
|
|
! NC
! NC
! 0
! 0
! 0
! 0
! 0
|-
|-
| [[1951 Formula One season|1951]]
| [[1954 Alternate Formula One season|1954]]
! [[Ecurie Belge]]
! [[Mercedes-Benz Team Europe]]
! [[Talbot-Lago]] [[Talbot-Lago T26C|T26C-DA]]
! [[Mercedes-Benz WM-2]]  
! [[Talbot]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
! [[Mercedes-Benz]] UM153 4.5 V10
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1951 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br><small>12</small>
|bgcolor="ffcfcf"| [[1954 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
| [[1951 Indianapolis 500|500]]
|bgcolor="efcfff"| [[1954 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1951 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>6</small>
|bgcolor="EFCFFF"| [[1954 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1951 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="cFCFFF"| [[1954 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>8</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1951 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>13</small>
|bgcolor="ffcfcF"| [[1954 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1951 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>11</small>
|bgcolor="cFCFFF"| [[1954 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br><small>11</small>
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1951 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="cfcfff"| [[1954 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>9</small>
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1951 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br><small>Ret</small>
| [[1954 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1954 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|
|
|
! NC
! NC
! 0
! 0
! 0
! 0
! 0
|-
|rowspan="4"| [[1952 Formula One season|1952]]
! [[Gordini|Equipe Gordini]]
! [[Gordini]] [[Gordini T16|T16]]
! [[Gordini]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
| [[1952 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]
| [[1952 Indianapolis 500|500]]
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1952 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>6</small>
|
|
|
|
|
|
!rowspan="4"| NC
!rowspan="4"| 0
!rowspan="4"| 0
!rowspan="4"| 0
!rowspan="4"| 0
|-
! [[Ecurie Belge]]
! [[Simca]]-[[Gordini]] [[Simca-Gordini T15|T15]]
! [[Simca]]-[[Gordini]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
|
|
|
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1952 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1952 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>12</small>
|
| [[1952 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>DNA</small>
|
|
|-
! [[Hersham and Walton Motors|HW Motors]]
! [[Hersham and Walton Motors|HWM]] [[HWM 52|52]]
! [[Alta Car and Engineering Company|Alta]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
|
|
|
|
|
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1952 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>8</small>
|
|
|
|-
! Vicomtesse de Walckiers
! [[Simca]]-[[Gordini]] [[Simca-Gordini T15|T15]]
! [[Simca]]-[[Gordini]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[1952 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1953 Formula One season|1953]]
! [[Ecurie Belge]]
! [[Connaught Engineering|Connaught]] [[Connaught Type A|Type A]]
! [[Lea-Francis]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
| [[1953 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1953 Indianapolis 500|500]]
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1953 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1953 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>10</small>
| [[1953 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1953 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>Ret</small>
| [[1953 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1953 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
!rowspan="2"| NC
!rowspan="2"| 0
!rowspan="2"| 0
!rowspan="2"| 0
!rowspan="2"| 0
|-
|-
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Officine Alfieri Maserati]]
| [[1955 Alternate Formula One season|1955]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Maserati A6GCM|A6GCM]]
! [[Ecurie Nationale Belge]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
! [[Cooper T41]]  
|
! [[Jaguar]] JFE-2 4.5 V12
|
|
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1953 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>Ret</small>
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1955 Formula One season|1955]]
! [[Stirling Moss|Stirling Moss Ltd.]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Maserati 250F|250F]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
| [[1955 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1955 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1955 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1955 Indianapolis 500|500]]
|bgcolor="ffcfcf"| [[1955 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>DNQ</small>
|bgcolor="#ffffff"| [[1955 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>DNS</small>
| [[1955 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
|
| [[1955 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
|
|
|
|
!rowspan="2"| NC
!rowspan="2"| 0
!rowspan="2"| 0
!rowspan="2"| 0
!rowspan="2"| 0
|-
! [[Equipe Nationale Belge]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 500|500]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
|
|
|
|
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1955 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>10</small>
| [[1955 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1955 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1955 Scottish Grand Prix|SCO]]
| [[1955 Soviet Grand Prix|SOV]]
| [[1955 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1955 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1955 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|
| [[1955 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]
|
| [[1955 Moroccan Grand Prix|MOR]]
! NC
! 0
|}
|}


===[[Johnny Claes Memorial Trophy]]===
''*'' denotes season still in progress
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! WDC
! Laps
|-
| [[1950 Formula One seasons|1950]]
! [[Ecurie Belge]]
! [[Talbot-Lago]] [[Talbot-Lago T26C|T26C]]
! [[Talbot]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| [[1950 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>3</small><br /><small>5</small>
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>57</small><br /><small>1</small>
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| [[1950 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br><small>7</small><br /><small>2</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1950 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>0</small><br /><small>NC</small>
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| [[1950 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>8</small><br /><small>4</small>
|
|
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st'''
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''75'''
|-
| [[1951 Formula One season|1951]]
! [[Ecurie Belge]]
! [[Talbot-Lago]] [[Talbot-Lago T26C|T26C-DA]]
! [[Talbot]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| [[1951 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br><small>2</small><br /><small>3</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1951 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>0</small><br /><small>NC</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1951 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>0</small><br /><small>NC</small>
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| [[1951 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>5</small><br /><small>3</small>
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| [[1951 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>11</small><br /><small>1</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1951 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>0</small><br /><small>NC</small>
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| [[1951 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br><small>1</small><br /><small>5</small>
! =8th
! 19
|-
|rowspan="4"| [[1952 Formula One season|1952]]
! [[Gordini|Equipe Gordini]]
! [[Gordini]] [[Gordini T16|T16]]
! [[Gordini]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
| [[1952 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1952 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>0</small><br /><small>NC</small>
|
|
|
|
|
!rowspan="4"| NC
!rowspan="4"| 0
|-
! [[Ecurie Belge]]
! [[Simca]]-[[Gordini]] [[Simca-Gordini T15|T15]]
! [[Simca]]-[[Gordini]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
|
|
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1952 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>0</small><br /><small>NC</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1952 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>0</small><br /><small>NC</small>
|
| [[1952 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>0</small><br /><small>DNA</small>
|
|-
! [[Hersham and Walton Motors|HW Motors]]
! [[Hersham and Walton Motors|HWM]] [[HWM 52|52]]
! [[Alta Car and Engineering Company|Alta]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
|
|
|
|
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1952 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>0</small><br /><small>NC</small>
|
|
|-
! Vicomtesse de Walckiers
! [[Simca]]-[[Gordini]] [[Simca-Gordini T15|T15]]
! [[Simca]]-[[Gordini]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
| [[1952 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>0</small><br /><small>DNS</small>
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1953 Formula One season|1953]]
! [[Ecurie Belge]]
! [[Connaught Engineering|Connaught]] [[Connaught Type A|Type A]]
! [[Lea-Francis]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
| [[1953 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| [[1953 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>50</small><br /><small>1</small>
|
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| [[1953 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>1</small><br /><small>4</small>
| [[1953 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1953 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>0</small><br /><small>NC</small>
| [[1953 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]
| rowspan="2" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''2nd'''
| rowspan="2" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| '''51'''
|-
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Officine Alfieri Maserati]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Maserati A6GCM|A6GCM]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
|
|
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1953 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>0</small><br /><small>NC</small>
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[1955 Formula One season|1955]]
! [[Stirling Moss|Stirling Moss Ltd.]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Maserati 250F|250F]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Straight-6|L6]]
| [[1955 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1955 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
|bgcolor="#ffffff"| [[1955 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>0</small><br /><small>DNS</small>
|
|
|
|
| rowspan="2" style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st'''
| rowspan="2" style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''72'''
|-
! [[Equipe Nationale Belge]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 500|500]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Straight-4|L4]]
|
|
|
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| [[1955 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>72</small><br /><small>1</small>
| [[1955 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1955 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|
|}


[[Category:Real-life drivers]]
[[Category:Real-life drivers]]
[[Category:Formula One Drivers]]

Revision as of 17:26, 20 February 2015

Octave John 'Johnny' Claes (born 11 August 1916 in London, died 3 February 1956 in Brussels) was a Belgian racing driver and jazz trumpeter who competed in Formula 1 from 1950 until 1955. Starting off as the owner-driver of the initially competitive Claes Racing Developments, he competed as a privateer (employing other drivers alongside him) until significant rule changes in 1953 drove him to drive for other teams, notably Leader and Mercedes-Benz before buying into Jacques Swaters' Ecurie Nationale Belge in early 1955. After a couple of entries that year, Claes retired from racing due to ill health. He died shortly thereafter from tuberculosis, aged 39.

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 11 WDC Pts.
1950 Claes Racing Developments Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s GBR
Ret
MON
Ret
500 SUI
Ret
BEL
10
FRA
9
ITA
Ret
NC 0
1951 Claes Racing Developments Maserati 4CLT Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s MON
6
500 BEL
Ret
FRA
6
GBR
Ret
GER
6
NED
Ret
ITA
DNQ
NC 0
1952 Claes Racing Developments Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s MON
Ret
ENG
DNQ
BEL
14
FRA
6
GBR
DNQ
GER
Ret
NED
Ret
ITA
5
USA
Ret
AUS
7
18th 2
1953 Leader Leader LF153 Mercedes-Benz UM153 4.5 V10 MON
DNQ
NED
DNQ
BEL
Ret
FRA
Ret
GBR
DNQ
GER
20
SUI
13
ITA
DNQ
USA
Ret
NC 0
1954 Mercedes-Benz Team Europe Mercedes-Benz WM-2 Mercedes-Benz UM153 4.5 V10 MON
DNQ
FRA
Ret
BEL
Ret
NED
8
GBR
DNQ
SUI
11
GER
9
USA ITA NC 0
1955 Ecurie Nationale Belge Cooper T41 Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12 MON FRA
DNQ
BEL NED GBR SCO SOV GER ITA POR MOR NC 0

* denotes season still in progress