Michał Nahorski

Michał Edward Nahorski (born 11 September 1909 in St. Petersburg, Russia, died 22 July 1959 in Chęciny) was a Polish, later Soviet racing driver.

Before WW2, Nahorski was a keen motorcycle racer - winning the Polish Junior Motorcycle Grand Prix in 1938. Following the war, Nahorski opened a watchmakers in Katowice which helped fund his motorcyle racing career. Nahorski became one of the finest riders in Poland before moving into car racing in the mid-1950s.

Nahorski began to excel in cars and in 1956 he entered the East German Grand Prix under the psuedonym of "Michael Naysmith" - an amateur driver from Plymouth, England. He was joined by highly rated Romanian driver Marin Dumitrescu who was racing under the psuedonym of "Martin Drummond". In reality, the team - Brown Racing Enterprises - was set up in order for several British and Eastern European engineers and drivers (including Team Principal Donald Brown, Nahorski and Dumitrescu) to defect to the Soviet Union. After the pair qualified for the race - the team's loaned equipment was found abandoned in the paddock on the Sunday morning with news that all personnel had defected.

Nahorski was a six-time Polish rally champion, but was killed in a fiery accident during the 1959 Adriatic Rally along with his co-driver Jan Langer. He was 49.

Complete Alternative Formula One results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	WDC	Points
1956	Brown Racing Enterprises	Aston Martin AM-04	Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12	MON	FRA	BEL	GER	GDR DNS	IRL	SCO	GBR	ITA	THA	NC	0