Robert La Caze

Robert La Caze

Nation:	France
Automobile world championship
First start:	1958 Grand Prix of Morocco
Last start:	1958 Grand Prix of Morocco
Constructors
1958  Robert La Caze
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 1 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Robert La Caze (born February 26, 1917 in Paris , † July 1, 2015 in Le Cannet ) was a French racing driver .

Career

Although French, La Caze spent his entire racing career in North Africa and drove for many years with a Moroccan racing license. La Caze competed in road and circuit races, and he also competed in rallies . Racing cars from Renault , Lancia and Delahaye were used . In 1954 he won the international Morocco rally in a Simca and in 1957 drove a factory Gordini at the 24 Hours of Le Mans .

When a race for the automobile world championship was held in Morocco in 1958 , La Caze received an invitation to take part in the race. With a Formula 2 - Cooper T45 La Caze third in the standings of the Formula 2 car and 14 in the overall standings was.

After the death of Paul Pietsch , Robert La Caze was the oldest Formula 1 racing driver. He was followed by André Guelfi .

statistics

Statistics in Formula 1

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1958	Robert La Caze	Cooper T45	Climax 1.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
1958
											14th

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	WD	withdrawn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
1957	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T15S	Charles de Clareur	failure	Engine failure
1959	Jean Kerguen	Porsche 550 RS	Jean Kerguen	failure	Clutch damage
1960	Jean Kerguen	Porsche 718 RS60 / 4	Jean Kerguen	failure	drive shaft

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1955		Renault 4CV	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
					DNF
1957	Gordini	Gordini T15S	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
							DNF
1959	Jean Kerguen	Porsche 550	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
						DNF
1960	Jean Kerguen	Porsche 718 RS	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
							DNF

literature

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

Web links

• Robert La Caze in the Driver Database (in English)