George Constantine

This article describes the American racing driver. For the Romanian actor, see George Constantin .

George Constantine

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	1959 USA Grand Prix
Last start:	1959 USA Grand Prix
Constructors
1959  Michael Taylor
statistics
World Cup balance:	-
Starts Victories Poles SR 1 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

George John Constantine (born February 22, 1918 in Southbridge ; † January 7, 1968 there ) was an American racing driver .

Career

George Constantine drove SCCA series sports car races in North America in the 1950s. His first racing car was a Jaguar XK 120 . In 1956 he won the Grand Prix of Sports Cars in Watkins Glen in a Jaguar D-Type . Constantine celebrated many victories on an Aston Martin DBR2 , such as the Nassau Trophy in the Bahamas in 1959. In 1959, he and Walt Hansgen were voted USSC Driver of the Year.

His successes made Constantine a well-known racing driver in the USA in the late 1950s . He was therefore one of the local greats invited to Sebring for the 1959 US Grand Prix . Constantine drove a Cooper T45 - Climax that Michael Taylor had reported for him. The American couldn't finish the race. An overheated cylinder stopped Constantine's activities and prevented him from finishing his home race.

He continued to drive sports car races until the mid-1960s, finishing fifth in the Daytona 3-hour race in 1962 .

statistics

Statistics in Formula 1

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1959	Taylor-Crawley Racing Team	Cooper T45	Climax 2.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
1959
									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	WD	withdrawn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

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1958	David Brown Ltd.	Aston Martin DB2 / 4 MK.III	John Dalton		failure	Bearing damage
1960	Robert Publicker	Ferrari 250 GT California	Robert Publicker	Dean McCarthy	Rank 10
1961	NART	Ferrari Dino 246S	Jim Hall		Rank 6 and class win
1962	John Bunch	Ferrari 250TR59 / 60	Gaston Andrey		failure	Front axle

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
1958	Aston Martin	Aston Martin DB2	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
				DNF
1960	Robert Publicker	Ferrari 250 GT	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
				10
1961	NART	Ferrari Dino 246S	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
			6th
1962	John Bunch	Ferrari 250TR	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
			5		DNF

literature

• Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .

Web links

• George Constantine at Racing Sports Cars