Charles de Tornaco
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 Belgium
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | 1952 Belgian Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1952 Dutch Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1952 Ecurie Francorchamps | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Charles de Tornaco (* 7. June 1927 in Brussels ; † 18th September 1953 in Modena , Italy ) was a Belgian Formula 1 - racing driver and the son of Raymond de Tornaco .
Career
De Tornaco was registered for Grand Prix with the Ecurie Francorchamps team in the 1952 and 1953 seasons with a Ferrari 500 . He started at the Belgian Grand Prix and the Dutch Grand Prix in 1952. The race in Belgium was the only one where he crossed the finish line, so seventh was his best place in a World Championship run.
On September 18, 1953, de Tornaco died in an accident during the training of the Gran Premio di Modena , which was not part of the World Cup, at the Aerautodromo di Modena .
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
general overview
| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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| 1952 | Ecurie Francorchamps | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.0 L4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
| total | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 |
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| 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| WD | withdrawn | |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 |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 1953 |
Ecurie Francorchamps
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Jaguar C-Type |
Roger Laurent
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Rank 9 |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
| season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th |
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| 1953 | Ecurie Francorchamps |
Ferrari 225S Jaguar C-Type Ferrari 212 Export |
 SEB
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MIM
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LEM
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SPA
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ONLY
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RTT
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 CAP
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| DNF | 9 | DNF |
See also
Web links
- Charles de Tornaco at Racing Sports Cars (English)
- Charles de Tornaco. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed March 13, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | De Tornaco, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1953 |
| Place of death | Modena , Italy |