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Birabongse Bhanudej

  • 1950–1954
  • BIR
  • Born 15 July 1914 in Grand Palace
  • Died 23 December 1985
  • Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position13.1
  • Avg finish7.4
  • Retirement rate47%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+63
  • Points scored8
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak–
  • Longest points-scoring streak2
  • TeamsMaserati (1950–1951, 1953–1954) · Gordini (1952) · Connaught (1953)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

The career at a glance

6 1950: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P8 1951: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1952: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1954: 6 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P17 195019511952195319546 1950: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P8 1951: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1952: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1954: 6 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P17 195019521954
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1950Maserati45P8
1951Maserati10–
1952Gordini40–
1953Connaught, Maserati40–
1954Maserati63P17

Every race

19 entries. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 19 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1950British Grand PrixMaserati5DNF
Monaco Grand PrixMaserati15P52
Swiss Grand PrixMaserati8P43
Italian Grand PrixMaserati15DNF
1951Spanish Grand PrixMaserati19DNF
1952Swiss Grand PrixGordini11DNF
Belgian Grand PrixGordini18P10
French Grand PrixGordini7DNF
British Grand PrixGordini10P11
1953French Grand PrixConnaught11DNF
British Grand PrixConnaught19P7
German Grand PrixConnaught15DNF
Italian Grand PrixMaserati23P11
1954Argentine Grand PrixMaserati10P7
Belgian Grand PrixMaserati13P6
French Grand PrixMaserati6P43
British Grand PrixMaserati10DNF
German Grand PrixMaserati19DNF
Spanish Grand PrixMaserati15P9

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Emmanuel de Graffenried1950–19542:05:2−0.57%5 : 0Compare
Roberto Mieres19540:12:4+0.95%3 : 3Compare
Juan Manuel Fangio1953–19540:30:3+8.44%0 : 26Compare
Harry Schell19540:13:2+1.64%3 : 0Compare
Sergio Mantovani1953–19541:10:4+3.84%0 : 2Compare
Louis Chiron19501:13:1−2.88%5 : 4Compare
Onofre Marimón1953–19540:01:4+7.06%3 : 4.1Compare
Robert Manzon19520:10:4+3.41%0 : 7Compare
Stirling Moss19540:10:4+2.79%0 : 4.1Compare
Roy Salvadori1953–19540:03:2−0.03%3 : 0Compare
Johnny Claes1952–19530:13:0−6.15%0 : 0Compare
Ken Wharton19540:11:2±0.00%3 : 0Compare
Jean Behra19520:00:3+2.66%0 : 4Compare
Luigi Villoresi19541:02:0–3 : 2Compare
Felice Bonetto1950–19531:01:1−0.80%3 : 2Compare
Luigi Musso1953–19540:20:1–0 : 6Compare
Paco Godia1951–19540:10:2–0 : 0Compare
Maurice Trintignant19520:01:1–0 : 2Compare
Alberto Ascari19540:01:1–3 : 0.1Compare
Kenneth McAlpine19530:01:1–0 : 0Compare
David Murray19500:02:0–0 : 0Compare
Franco Rol19500:01:1–2 : 0Compare
Louis Rosier19540:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Nello Pagani19501:01:0–3 : 0Compare
Toni Branca19501:01:0–3 : 0Compare
Jorge Daponte19540:01:0–0 : 0Compare
David Hampshire19500:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Joe Fry19500:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Tony Rolt19530:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Ian Stewart19530:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Franco Comotti19500:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Paul Pietsch19500:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Chico Landi19530:00:1–0 : 0Compare
José Froilán González19500:00:1–2 : 0Compare
Brian Shawe-Taylor19500:00:0–0 : 0Compare
Ron Flockhart19540:00:0–0 : 0Compare
Ottorino Volonterio19540:00:0–0 : 0Compare

Green: Birabongse Bhanudej came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.

Strongest circuits

Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.

CircuitStartsWinsPodiumsAvg finish
Silverstone49
Bremgarten24
Monza211
Pedralbes29
Spa-Francorchamps28
Reims-Gueux24
Nürburgring2–