Rob Schroeder

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Rob Schroeder
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Automobile world championship
First start: 1962 USA Grand Prix
Last start: 1962 USA Grand Prix
Constructors
1962  John Mecom
statistics
World Cup balance: -
Starts Victories Poles SR
1 - - -
World Cup points : -
Podiums : -
Leadership laps : -
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Robert "Rob" Schroeder (born May 11, 1926 in El Dorado , Arkansas , † December 3, 2011 in Dallas , Texas ) was an American racing driver .

Career

Little is known about the racing activities of Rob Schroeder, born in El Dorado in 1926. Only his start at the US Grand Prix in 1962 is in the motorsport statistics. Schroeder drove a Lotus 24 that John Mecom had reported for him. Mecom had taken the car from Rob Walker on loan. With seven laps behind the winner Jim Clark , who also drove a Lotus , Schroeder was classified in tenth place.

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the World Automobile Championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

season team chassis engine run Victories Second Third Poles nice
Race laps 		Points WM-Pos.
1962 John Mecom Lotus 24 Climax 1.5 L4 1 - - - - - - -
total 1 - - - - - -

Single results

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WD withdrawn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

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th
1962 John Mecom Chevrolet Corvette United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MAY ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany BER GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM FranceFrance TAV ItalyItaly CCA United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT GermanyGermany ONLY United StatesUnited States BRI United StatesUnited States BRI FranceFrance PAR
DNF

literature

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ obituary dallasnews.com from 10 December 2011
  2. ↑ 1962 United States Grand Prix , FIA homepage, accessed December 10, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Schroeder, Rob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schroeder, Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH El Dorado , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH December 3, 2011
Place of death Dallas , Texas