Theo Helfrich

Theo Helfrich

Nation:	Germany
Automobile world championship
First start:	1952 German Grand Prix
Last start:	1954 German Grand Prix
Constructors
1952–1953 Theo Helfrich · 1954 Hans Klenk
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 3 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Theodor "Theo" Helfrich (born May 13, 1913 in Frankfurt am Main ; † April 29, 1978 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) was a German Grand Prix and sports car driver.

Career

Helfrich at the Leipzig city park race in 1954

Helfrich competed in the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring from 1952 to 1954 , although he was unable to achieve any notable successes. He did not get any championship points; his only finish was twelfth in 1953 .

Theo Helfrich was more successful in the sports car. In the first 1000 km race at the Nürburgring in 1953, he finished third on a Borgward RS together with Karl-Günther Bechem and Adolf Brudes behind the more powerful Ferrari and Jaguar from Ascari / Farina and Stewart / Salvadori . In 1954, he won on the highway spider Dresden in the Formula 3 on a Cooper -T31- Norton .

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1952	Theo Helfrich	Veritas RS	BMW 2.0 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1953	Theo Helfrich	Veritas RS	BMW 2.0 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1954	Hank Klenk	Klenk Meteor	Veritas Meteor 2.0 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				3	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
1952
						DNF
1953
							12
1954
						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	WD	withdrawn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

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement
1952	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL	Helmut Niedermayr	Rank 2

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	Borgward	Borgward RS	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
							3
1956	Theo Helfrich	Porsche 550	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
						DNF

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