Marcel Balsa
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Nation:
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France France
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| Automobile world championship
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First start:
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1952 German Grand Prix
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Last start:
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1952 German Grand Prix
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| Constructors
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| 1952 Marcel Balsa (private)
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statistics
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World Cup balance:
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no World Cup placement
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World Cup points :
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Podiums :
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Leadership laps :
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Marcel Balsa (born January 1, 1909 in St. Frion , Creuse ; † August 11, 1984 Maisons-Alfort ) was a French racing driver .
Career
The Frenchman Marcel Balsa began his racing career after the Second World War on one (of 40) used Bugatti T51s , built in 1931, and was thus successful in national French races. He only started in one race for the automobile world championship . At the 1952 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring , he entered the race with a self-built Formula 2 with a BMW engine, but retired on lap seven. The victory went to Alberto Ascari in the Ferrari 500 . Balsa won a national formula race in Montlhéry in 1953 and then retired from racing.
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
general overview
Single results
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1
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2
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3
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4th
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5
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6th
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7th
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8th
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1952
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DNF
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| Legend
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| colour |
abbreviation |
meaning
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| gold |
- |
victory
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| silver |
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2nd place
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| bronze |
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3rd place
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| green |
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Placement in the points
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| blue |
- |
Classified outside the point ranks
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| violet |
DNF |
Race not finished (did not finish)
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| NC |
not classified
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| red |
DNQ |
did not qualify
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| DNPQ |
failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
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| black |
DSQ |
disqualified
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| White |
DNS |
not at the start (did not start)
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| WD |
withdrawn
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| Light Blue |
PO |
only participated in the training (practiced only)
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| TD |
Friday test driver
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| without |
DNP |
did not participate in the training (did not practice)
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| INJ |
injured or sick
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| EX |
excluded
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| DNA |
did not arrive
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| C. |
Race canceled
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no participation in the World Cup
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| other |
P / bold
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Pole position
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SR / italic
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Fastest race lap
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not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
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Streak results
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Leader in the overall standings
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literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .
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