Carlos Menditéguy

Carlos Menditéguy

Nation:	Argentina
Automobile world championship
First start:	1953 Grand Prix of Argentina
Last start:	1960 Argentine Grand Prix
Constructors
1953 Gordini  1954-58 Maserati  1960 Cooper
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-14. ( 1957 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 10 - - -
World Cup points :	9
Podiums :	1
Leadership laps :	39 over 152 km

Carlos Alberto Menditéguy (born August 10, 1915 in Buenos Aires , † April 28, 1973 there ) was an Argentine polo player and racing driver.

Career

Menditéguy belonged to the large reservoir of sporting all-rounders at the beginning of the 1950s, who moved to Europe in the wake of Juan Manuel Fangio and José Froilán González to look for their borders there. Carlos was already one of the six best polo riders in the world when he tried his hand at the wheel of a racing car. In the automobile world championship in 1953 he started for the first time on a Gordini in his hometown, but without countable success.

His style was characterized by fearlessness rather than a clean driving style. His mechanics were often challenged because he was too hard on the engine and chassis of his Maserati , which he preferred to drive.

He started regularly at his home grand prix in Argentina , but never played a full Formula 1 season and in 1954 he was completely absent.

He tried again the following year. In the heat race in his hometown, he finished seventh despite the failure, but back then there were only world championship points up to fifth. He got this at his start in Monza , where he finished fifth.

During the automobile world championship in 1957 he achieved his best result with a third place in his place of birth. This was also his best year. Although he started with higher demands in Monaco , France and Great Britain , he could not repeat the sense of achievement. In the final ranking he finished 14th.

He contested his last of only ten races in Formula 1 in 1960 at the age of 45, of course, in Buenos Aires - but this time on a Cooper - Climax in order to end a motorsport career of casual starts with a conciliatory fourth place . In comparison with other local heroes, his results were quite impressive.

Menditeguy found his final resting place in the Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires.

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	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	Gordini 2.0 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1955	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	19th
1956	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1957	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	4th	-	-	1	-	-	4th	14th
1958	Scuderia Sud Americana	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1960	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T51	Maserati 2.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	19th
total				10	-	-	1	-	-	9

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	Remarks
1953
	DNF
1954
	DNS
1955												canceled on 2nd lap, took over Bucci's car; Rd. 22-50.
	DNF / DNF						5
1956
	DNF
1957
	3	DNF		DNF	DNF
1958
	7th
1960
	4th

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

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1956	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 300S	Cesare Perdisa	failure	accident

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1954	Roberto Bonomi	Ferrari 625TF	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
			DNF
1956	Maserati	Maserati 300S	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
			1	DNF
1957	Maserati Madunina	Maserati 300S Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
			2			DNF

Web links

Commons : Carlos Menditéguy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Carlos Menditéguy at Racing Sports Cars