Oswald Karch

Oswald Karch

Nation:	Germany
Automobile world championship
First start:	1953 German Grand Prix
Last start:	1953 German Grand Prix
Constructors
1953  Oswald Karch
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 1 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Oswald Karch (born March 6, 1917 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ; † January 28, 2009 ) was a German racing car driver .

Career

In the 1950s, Oswald Karch was a well-known participant in national racing events on both sides of the inner-German border. Karch primarily took part in monopostor races and initially used his self-made BMW, which he soon replaced with a Veritas RS .

With this he also took part in the 1953 German Grand Prix , but was unable to place in the race (he started from 34th place on the grid, 35 vehicles were at the start) after a retirement. In 1954, after some successes in national races, he drove the 12-hour race in Casablanca and achieved sixth place in the highly competitive class up to 2-liter displacement. He had already taken part in this race in 1953 .

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	Oswald Karch	Veritas RS	Veritas 2.0 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
1953
							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	WD	withdrawn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

literature

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

Web links

• Image: Oswald Karch