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Johnny Claes

  • 1950–1955
  • CLA
  • Born 11 August 1916 in Fulham, United Kingdom
  • Died 3 February 1956
  • Octave John Claes

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position18.6
  • Avg finish10.4
  • Retirement rate43%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+105
  • Points scored0
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak–
  • Longest points-scoring streak–
  • TeamsTalbot-Lago (1950–1951) · Gordini (1952) · Simca-Gordini (1952) · HWM (1952) · Connaught (1953) · Maserati (1953, 1955) · Ferrari (1955)

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

7 1950: 6 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1951: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1952: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 5 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 195019511952195319557 1950: 6 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1951: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1952: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 5 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 195019521955
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1950Talbot-Lago60–
1951Talbot-Lago70–
1952Gordini, Simca-Gordini, HWM40–
1953Connaught, Maserati50–
1955Maserati, Ferrari10–

Every race

25 entries, 23 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 25 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1950British Grand PrixTalbot-Lago21P11
Monaco Grand PrixTalbot-Lago19P7
Swiss Grand PrixTalbot-Lago14P10
Belgian Grand PrixTalbot-Lago14P8
French Grand PrixTalbot-Lago15DNF
Italian Grand PrixTalbot-Lago22DNF
1951Swiss Grand PrixTalbot-Lago18P13
Belgian Grand PrixTalbot-Lago11P7
French Grand PrixTalbot-Lago12DNF
British Grand PrixTalbot-Lago14P13
German Grand PrixTalbot-Lago18P11
Italian Grand PrixTalbot-Lago21DNF
Spanish Grand PrixTalbot-Lago15DNF
1952Belgian Grand PrixGordini19P8
French Grand PrixSimca-Gordini20DNF
British Grand PrixSimca-Gordini23P14
German Grand PrixHWM32P10
Italian Grand PrixSimca-Gordini–DNQ
1953Dutch Grand PrixConnaught17NC
Belgian Grand PrixMaserati10DNF
French Grand PrixConnaught21P12
German Grand PrixConnaught25DNF
Italian Grand PrixConnaught30DNF
1955Belgian Grand PrixMaserati–DNS
Dutch Grand PrixFerrari16P11

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
Louis Rosier1950–19510:72:11+5.82%0 : 16Compare
Philippe Étancelin1950–19510:21:10+3.03%0 : 3Compare
Yves Giraud-Cabantous1950–19510:20:10+5.82%0 : 5Compare
Pierre Levegh1950–19511:22:4+1.02%0 : 0Compare
Louis Chiron19510:00:6+3.71%0 : 0Compare
Birabongse Bhanudej1952–19531:00:3+6.55%0 : 0Compare
Guy Mairesse1950–19511:02:1−4.95%0 : 0Compare
Roy Salvadori19530:00:4+11.54%0 : 0Compare
Raymond Sommer19500:01:2–0 : 0Compare
Duncan Hamilton19510:11:1–0 : 0Compare
Jacques Swaters19510:12:0–0 : 0Compare
Kenneth McAlpine19530:00:3+5.72%0 : 0Compare
Eugène Chaboud1950–19510:01:1–0 : 1Compare
André Pilette19510:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Robert Manzon19520:10:1–0 : 4Compare
José Froilán González1951–19530:00:2–0 : 1Compare
Eugène Martin19500:00:2–0 : 0Compare
Henri Louveau1950–19510:00:2–0 : 0Compare
Eugenio Castellotti19550:10:1–0 : 2Compare
Mike Hawthorn19550:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Harry Schell19500:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Jean Behra19520:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Juan Manuel Fangio19530:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Onofre Marimón19530:00:1–0 : 4Compare
Emmanuel de Graffenried19530:00:1–0 : 3Compare
Charles Pozzi19500:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Tony Gaze19520:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Paul Frère19520:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Jack Fairman19530:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Stirling Moss19530:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Maurice Trintignant19550:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Georges Grignard19510:01:0–0 : 0Compare

Green: Johnny Claes 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
Spa-Francorchamps47.7
Silverstone312.7
Reims-Gueux312
Monza3–
Nürburgring310.5
Bremgarten211.5
Zandvoort211