Johnny Claes

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.

Complete Formula One results

Regular championship

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Pts.
1950	Ecurie Belge	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot L6	GBR 11	MON 7	500	SUI 10	BEL 8	FRA Ret	ITA Ret			NC	0
1951	Ecurie Belge	Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot L6	SUI 13	500	BEL 7	FRA Ret	GBR 13	GER 11	ITA Ret	ESP Ret		NC	0
1952	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	Gordini L6	SUI	500	BEL 8							NC	0
	Ecurie Belge	Simca-Gordini T15	Simca-Gordini L4				FRA Ret	GBR 14		NED DNA
	HW Motors	HWM 52	Alta L4						GER 10
	Vicomtesse de Walckiers	Simca-Gordini T15	Simca-Gordini L4								ITA DNQ
1953	Ecurie Belge	Connaught Type A	Lea-Francis L4	ARG	500	NED Ret		FRA 12	GBR	GER Ret	SUI	ITA Ret	NC	0
	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati L6				BEL Ret
1955	Stirling Moss Ltd.	Maserati 250F	Maserati L6	ARG	MON	500	BEL DNS						NC	0
	Equipe Nationale Belge	Ferrari 500	Ferrari L4					NED 11	GBR	ITA

Champion Elimination Medals Championship

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Wins	2nd	3rd	Pts.
1950	Ecurie Belge	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot L6	GBR 11	MON 7	500	SUI 10	BEL 8	FRA Ret	ITA Ret			NC	0	0	0	0
1951	Ecurie Belge	Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot L6	SUI 12	500	BEL 6	FRA Ret	GBR 13	GER 11	ITA Ret	ESP Ret		NC	0	0	0	0
1952	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	Gordini L6	SUI	500	BEL 6							NC	0	0	0	0
	Ecurie Belge	Simca-Gordini T15	Simca-Gordini L4				FRA Ret	GBR 12		NED DNA
	HW Motors	HWM 52	Alta L4						GER 8
	Vicomtesse de Walckiers	Simca-Gordini T15	Simca-Gordini L4								ITA DNQ
1953	Ecurie Belge	Connaught Type A	Lea-Francis L4	ARG	500	NED Ret		FRA 10	GBR	GER Ret	SUI	ITA Ret	NC	0	0	0	0
	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati L6				BEL Ret
1955	Stirling Moss Ltd.	Maserati 250F	Maserati L6	ARG	MON	500	BEL DNS						NC	0	0	0	0
	Equipe Nationale Belge	Ferrari 500	Ferrari L4					NED 10	GBR	ITA

Johnny Claes Memorial Trophy

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	WDC	Laps
1950	Ecurie Belge	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot L6	GBR 3 5	MON 71 1	SUI 7 2	BEL 0 NC	ITA 8 4			1st	89
1951	Ecurie Belge	Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot L6	SUI 2 3	BEL 0 NC	FRA 0 NC	GBR 5 3	GER 11 1	ITA 0 NC	ESP 1 5	=8th	19
1952	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	Gordini L6	SUI	BEL 0 NC						NC	0
	Ecurie Belge	Simca-Gordini T15	Simca-Gordini L4			FRA 0 NC	GBR 0 NC		NED 0 DNA
	HW Motors	HWM 52	Alta L4					GER 0 NC
	Vicomtesse de Walckiers	Simca-Gordini T15	Simca-Gordini L4							ITA 0 DNS
1953	Ecurie Belge	Connaught Type A	Lea-Francis L4	ARG	NED 50 1		FRA 1 4	GBR	GER 0 NC	SUI	2nd	51
	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati L6			BEL 0 NC
1955	Stirling Moss Ltd.	Maserati 250F	Maserati L6	ARG	MON	BEL 0 DNS					1st	72
	Equipe Nationale Belge	Ferrari 500	Ferrari L4				NED 72 1	GBR	ITA