Michel Poberejsky

Michel Poberejsky

Nation:	France
Automobile world championship
First start:	1955 British Grand Prix
Last start:	1955 British Grand Prix
Constructors
1955  Gordini
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 1 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Michel Poberejsky (born June 16, 1930 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , † September 21, 2012 in Beaulieu-sur-Mer ) was a French racing driver .

Career

Poberejsky, who raced under the pseudonym Mike Sparken , began his career in 1952 with an Aston Martin DB2 and a class win in Montlhéry . The Frenchman drove most of his races in North Africa. In 1955 he won the sports car race for the Morocco Grand Prix in Agadir in a 3-liter Ferrari 750S . Poberejsky also regularly drove the Ferrari in sports car races in Great Britain.

His only use in a monoposto was in the 1955 Grand Prix of Great Britain . On a plant - Gordini he had finished seventh, but the destination already nine laps behind the winner Stirling Moss , who won his first Grand Prix.

Poberejsky died of cancer on September 21, 2012 at the age of 82.

statistics

Statistics in Formula 1

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1955	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	Gordini 2.5 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1955
						7th

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	WD	withdrawn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

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1955	Michel Poberejsky	Ferrari 750 Monza	Masts Gregory	failure	Engine failure

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
1955	Michel Poberejsky	Ferrari 750 Monza	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
						DNF

literature

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

Web links

• Image: Michel Poberejsky

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Death report