Kurt Adolf ( German Kurt Adolff , born November 5, 1921 in Stuttgart - died January 24, 2012 ) - a German race car driver who participated in the German Grand Prix of 1953, as well as in secondary competitions at the national level.
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| Citizenship |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | November 5, 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of death | January 24, 2012 (90 years) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Performances in the " Formula 1 " | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 1 ( 1953 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cars | Ecurie espadon Ferrari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Grand Prix | one | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only The Grand Prix | Germany 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Heir, later owner of a textile company. Chasing began in the race sedans in the company of Carl Kling and Fritz Riesz. During World War II, he served as a parachutist. In the early 50s he began playing in the race of sports cars and Formula 2 national level. Took second place in the sports car race in Hockenheim in 1950, in the same year he won the Solitude race ( him. Solituderennen ), in 1952 became the third in the Eifel races, also in Hockenheim. Received an offer to speak for the team from the chief Mercedes Alfred Neubauer, but refused.
The peak of Kurt's career was the year 1953, when he was invited to the Rudi Fisher team " Ecurie Espadon ". For this team behind the wheel of a Ferrari 500, he took part in the Eifel races, finishing fourth with a lag of almost a minute, then in July with the same car could not get to the finish line of the Afus races. In August, he took part in the only Formula 1 Grand Prix for himself. This time at his disposal was an outdated Ferrari 166C model, so the results turned out to be relevant - in the qualification he was the 27th of 34 participants, in the race came down already on the 4th lap. Subsequently, a short time acted in the mountain races, after which he ended his racing career and went into the family business.
In the mid-1990s, after Michael Schumacher ’s transfer to Ferrari, he was briefly drawn to the attention of the press again, as he was the first German to drive a Ferrari car in Formula 1.
He died in January 2012.
Results in Formula 1
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The table lists the results of all the Grand Prix Formula 1, which was attended by the pilot. The rows of the table are the seasons, the columns are the stages of the Grand Prix. Each cell contains the abbreviated name of the stage and the result of the driver, additionally indicated by color. Decoding of symbols and colors is presented in the table below.
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| Season | Team | Chassis | Engine | Sh | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | 7 | eight | 9 | A place | Glasses |
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| 1953 | Ecurie espadon | Ferrari 166C | Ferrari 166 2.0 V12 | P | ARG | 500 | NID | BEL | FRA | Led | GER Descent | Suture | ITA | - | 0 |
Literature
Steve Small. The Grand Prix Who's Who . - 2. - Guinness World Records Limited, 1996. - p. 14. - 464 p. - ISBN 0-85112-623-5 .
Links
- Kurt Adolf (Rus.) On the site wildsoft.motorsport.com
- Kurt Adolph on grandprix.com
- Kurt Adolf on the oldracingcars.com website
- Kurt Adolf on the oldracingcars.info site
- Kurt Adolf (English) on racingsportscars.com
- Adolf, Kurt (English) on historicracing.com
- Photos of Kurt Adolf at the 1953 German Grand Prix