Fritz Glatz

Friedrich "Fritz" Glatz (born July 21, 1943 in Vienna ; † July 14, 2002 in Most ) was an Austrian automobile racing driver who had a fatal accident during a race in the EuroBoss series. Glatz usually did not run under his maiden name. Rather, he used various pseudonyms that included the terms bald or "hairless" in different languages . His best known pseudonym was Pierre Chauvet; in later years Glatz also appeared as James Bald, Umberto Calvo and Frederico Careca.

In the 1970s and 1980s Glatz took part in a number of formula races in different classes. Later he got involved in the sports car sector.

Formula racing

Between 1981 and 1988 Glatz took part in a number of races in Formula 2 and its successor series, the Formula 3000, under the name Pierre Chauvet.

Formula 2

1981: The debut

Glatz made his first Formula 2 race at the last race of the European championship in Mantorp, Sweden . He drove a Toleman TG280 for the (only occasionally competing) Team Jo Gartner Racing . Glatz finished the race in 16th place, two laps behind.

1982: Bertram Schäfer Racing

In the 1982 season, Glatz drove alongside Frank Jelinski ten races for the German team Bertram Schäfer Racing , the private Maurer MM82 used. Glatz achieved a few finishings, but did not get into the points. His best result was eighth place in the sixth race of the year, the Gran Premio di Roma F2 in Vallelunga.

At the second race of the year Glatz signed up for the Ebor Motorsport team . It is unclear with which vehicle he contested the race. Sometimes a Toleman TG 280 with a BMW engine is mentioned, other sources speak of a Ralt RT4 with a Hart engine.

1983: Back to Jo Gartner

In the 1983 season Glatz drove ten races for Jo Gartner's team Emco Sports . Emco used two used Spirit chassis of the type 201. The vehicles were equipped with Honda engines in the 1982 season and made a strong impression on the Spirit factory team at the time. Gartner converted the cars for the 1983 season, however, to BMW Heidegger engines. The team's regular driver was Jo Gartner ; he took part in all races of the season. Gartner won the Pau Grand Prix that season, which was dominated by Jonathan Palmer and the Ralt cars, and was able to achieve a few more arrivals in the points. Glatz, on the other hand, only crossed the finish line twice with a technically identical car. His best result was 12th place at the Grote Prijs van Limborg in Zolder, where he was lapped four times before reaching the finish line.

1984: Another year with Emco

In the last season of Formula 2 Glatz stayed with Emco Sports . He contested ten races again. He finished four times. With sixth place in the Donington 50,000, Glatz achieved his first - and only - championship point in Formula 2.

Glatz was the only driver of the team who took part in all races of the year. Gartner, the regular driver, ended his Formula 2 involvement in the spring of 1984 after receiving a Formula 1 cockpit from Osella , and Lamberto Leoni , who also competed for Emco in the first two races of the year, later switched to Minardi .

Glatz drove three different cars for Emco this season. In the first three races he started with a Minardi M283, which at the start of the season used a Heidegger engine and then a BMW engine prepared by Mader. In the fourth and fifth races Glatz again drove the now outdated Spirit 201 with Mader engine; then he used a March 842 until the end of the season . With this car he scored his championship point in Donington.

Formula 3000

Glatz continued his involvement in formula racing from 1985 to 1988, when the Formula 3000 championship took the place of Formula 2. During these years he reported again under the pseudonym Pierre Chauvet. During these years he started 17 races, but did not score any championship points.

1985: A race with Oreca

In the first season, Glatz only took part in one race: he registered for the first race of the year for the French team Oreca and drove a March 85B. He qualified tenth in the "chaotic event". He retired after a few laps of the race.

1986: Eddie Jordan Racing

In the second Formula 3000 season, Glatz drove for the Irish team Eddie Jordan Racing , the forerunner of the later Formula 1 racing team Jordan Grand Prix . Jordan used several used March 85Bs this season. Glatz competed in eight of 11 championship races, qualified six times and finished twice. The best result was 14th place at the Le Mans race. His teammates also did not achieve any championship points.

In the following year Glatz did not drive a Formula 3000 race.

1988: Final races for British teams

After a one-year break, Glatz started in 1988 for the British Racetech 3000 team , which ran a Lola T87 / 50 with a Cosworth engine. Glatz registered for six races, but was only able to qualify three times. His best result was 19th place at the Silverstone race. For the last three races of the year he was replaced by the French Didier Artzet , who qualified only once.

Glatz contested the last two races of the year for the British Madgwick team, which fielded a Reynard car . Glatz finished 14th on the Dijon circuit.

Sports cars and historic motorsport

Following one of his Formula 3000 races, Fritz Glatz contested numerous sports car races in different classes. For example, he contested two races for the Interseries , but there were 13 years between the two appearances. In 1979 he drove a race in Kassel-Calden in a Porsche 934 , but could not classify. In 1992 he started the race in Jarama . The emergency vehicle was a March HSB822, which Glatz himself had equipped with a 4-liter turbo engine from Audi . In the first run he retired after an engine failure. The repair of the engine had to be abandoned due to a lack of spare parts; Glatz could no longer take part in the second run, for which he was qualified despite the failure. Later he was involved in historical motorsport, among other things. He died in July 2002 when he (under the pseudonym Frederico Careca) lost control of his Footwork FA17 in a race at the Autodrom Most in the Czech Republic . The car rolled over several times. Glatz later died in a hospital due to profuse internal bleeding and severe spinal injuries.

statistics

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
1982	Fritz Glatz	TOJ SC205	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH
							DNF			DNF
1986	Tiga Race Cars Schanche Racing	Tiga GC286 Argo JM19	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	JER	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
								DNF	DNF
1988	ADA Engineering Schanche Racing	ADA 03 Argo JM19C	JER	JAR	MON	SIL	LEM	BRÜ	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ	SAN
									DNF	DNF	10

Web links

• Fritz Glatz at motorsportmemorial.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry on Fritz Glatz on www.driverdb.com
2. ↑ The statistics page www.formula2.net names both possibilities.
3. ↑ Motorsport news. Issue 15, 1985, ISSN  1421-8488 , with a detailed racing report.
4. ↑ grandprix.com: Fritz Glatz. Grand Prix, July 19, 2002, accessed April 18, 2020 . 
5. ↑ n-tv.de: Frederico Careca had an accident. N-TV, July 15, 2002, accessed April 18, 2020 .