Raymond Summers
Nation:
France France
Automobile world championship
First start:
Monaco Grand Prix 1950
Last start:
1950 Italian Grand Prix
Constructors
1950 Ferrari , Raymond Sommer, Talbot
statistics
World Cup balance:
WM-16. ( 1950 )
World Cup points :
3
Podiums :
-
Leadership laps :
5 over 70 km
Raymond Sommer (born August 31, 1906 in Mouzon , † September 10, 1950 in Cadours ) was a French racing driver .
Career
The son of an aviation pioneer was nicknamed "Raymond the Lionheart" because of his courageous driving style. Sommer turned down all offers from the large works teams and preferred to be his own boss. He tried to make up for the inferiority of his private cars with courage and driving skills. Raymond Sommer moved into the limelight with his two victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1932 and 1933 , where he drove over 21 hours in 1932 after his partner fell ill. Further sports car successes followed, such as victory at the French Grand Prix in 1935 .
After the Second World War , Sommer competed in races with a BMW 328 and with a Maserati and in 1946 won the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud near Paris. In the first automobile world championship year in 1950 , he competed in a private Ferrari and a Talbot-Lago . His most notable race was the Belgian Grand Prix on June 18, 1950, in which he was able to keep up with the superior Alfa Romeos , but had to retire due to a defect. End of August 1950 was the summer of the first pilot with the developed under public scrutiny sixteen-cylinder racing car BRM P15 of British Racing Motors in a Formula 1 race was launched. Immediately after the start of the BRDC International Trophy , a Formula 1 race that had no world championship status, the drive shaft of Sommer's car broke, so that the BRM only moved a few centimeters on its own. The spectators, disappointed by BRM, threw coins into summer's cockpit as a mockery.
Three weeks later, Sommer had a fatal accident in France. On September 10, 1950, he took part in the Grand Prix de Cadours , a Formula 2 in the French province. On lap five of the race, the steering broke on his Cooper 1100 twin , causing him to slip off the track in a fast corner and sustain fatal injuries.
statistics
Pre-war Grands Prix
season
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
Points
position
1933
-
DNF
4th
7th
DNA
1934
-
DNA
3
1935
39
7th
6th
6th
DNF
9
7th
1936
21st
5.
7th
9
DNF
1937
27
6th
5
DNF
7th
8th
1939
23
9.
4th
5
DNF
DNA
Legend
colour
meaning
EM points
gold
victory
1
silver
2nd place
2
bronze
3rd place
3
green
Classified, covered more than 75% of the race distance
4th
blue
not entitled to points, covered between 50% and 75% of the race distance
5
violet
not eligible for points, covered between 25% and 50% of the race distance
6th
red
not eligible for points, covered less than 25% of the race distance
7th
colour
abbreviation
meaning
EM points
black
DSQ
disqualified
8th
White
DNS
did not start
DNA
did not arrive
other
P / bold
Pole position
SR / italic
Fastest race lap
DNF
Race not finished (did not finish)
Statistics in the automobile world championship
general overview
Single results
season
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
1950
4th
DNF
DNF
DNF
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
Le Mans results
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ Statistics of the BRDC International Trophy 1950 on the website www.formula2.net (archived version) (accessed on January 8, 2018).
↑ Mike Lawrence: Grand Prix Cars 1945-1965 , Motor Racing Publications 1998, ISBN 1899870393 , p. 35.
↑ "The heart of a lion" - biographical article on Raymond Sommer's racing career (English) , Forix.com - 8W
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