Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz

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Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz
Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz 1952
Nation: ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
Automobile world championship
First start: 1953 Grand Prix of Argentina
Last start: 1953 Grand Prix of Argentina
Constructors
1953  Cooper
statistics
World Cup balance: no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR
1 - - -
World Cup points : -
Podiums : -
Leadership laps : -
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Adolfo Julio Carlos Schwelm-Cruz (born June 28, 1923 in Buenos Aires ; † February 10, 2012 there ) was an Argentine racing car driver .

Career

In 1949 Schwelm-Cruz drove the first professional races in Italy with an Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 . Two years later he won the championship in the national sports car racing series of Argentina, which helped him to become nationally known.

In the 1953 season , Schwelm-Cruz participated in his home race, the Argentine Grand Prix , in a Cooper T20 . Although he was able to qualify for the race in 13th place, he was the first driver to retire from the race after only 20 laps due to a wheel loss caused by a broken suspension.

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

general overview

season team chassis engine run Victories Second Third Poles nice
Race laps
Points WM-Pos.
1953 Cooper Car Company Cooper T20 Bristol 2.0 L6 1 - - - - - - NC
total 1 - - - - - -

Single results

season 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9
1953 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Switzerland within 2to3.svg Flag of Italy.svg
DNF
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5 6th
1954 Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar C-Type ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT MexicoMexico CAP
DNF
1955 Gordini Gordini T15S ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT ItalyItaly TAR
DNF

Web links

Commons : Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolfo Schwelm Cruz. In: oldracingcars.com. Retrieved April 23, 2012 .