Drivers/France
Robert Manzon
- 1950–1956
- MAN
- Born 12 April 1917 in Marseille
- Died 19 January 2015
- Robert Jean Joseph Manzon
- Starts2829 entries
- Wins00% of starts
- Podiums27% of starts
- Pole positions00× started from P1
- Fastest laps0
- Titles0best finish P6
Career numbers
- Avg grid position11.4
- Avg finish6.9
- Retirement rate61%
- Pole-to-win conversion–
- Positions gained+36
- Points scored16
- Longest winning streak–
- Longest podium streak1
- Longest points-scoring streak2
- TeamsSimca-Gordini (1950–1951) · Gordini (1952–1953, 1955–1956) · Ferrari (1954)
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
Season by season
Every race
29 entries, 28 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entryMonaco Grand Prix 1950DNF · Simca-Gordini
- Last startItalian Grand Prix 1956DNF · Gordini
All 29 races, season by season
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-mate | Years | Races | Qualifying | Quali gap | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Trintignant | 1950–1954 | 2:1 | 6:11 | +0.79% | 9 : 10 | Compare |
| Jean Behra | 1952–1953 | 1:0 | 5:2 | −1.37% | 9 : 6 | Compare |
| Hermano da Silva Ramos | 1955–1956 | 0:1 | 4:2 | −2.04% | 0 : 2 | Compare |
| Mike Hawthorn | 1954 | 0:1 | 0:5 | +4.11% | 4 : 23.1 | Compare |
| Birabongse Bhanudej | 1952 | 1:0 | 4:0 | −3.29% | 7 : 0 | Compare |
| André Simon | 1951–1956 | 0:0 | 3:2 | −0.55% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| José Froilán González | 1954 | 0:1 | 0:4 | +4.79% | 4 : 14.1 | Compare |
| Louis Rosier | 1954 | 0:1 | 3:0 | – | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Johnny Claes | 1952 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| André Pilette | 1956 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Piero Taruffi | 1954 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Élie Bayol | 1955–1956 | 0:0 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jacques Pollet | 1955 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Carlos Menditéguy | 1953 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Aldo Gordini | 1951 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| André Milhoux | 1956 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Reg Parnell | 1954 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Mike Sparken | 1955 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Alberto Ascari | 1954 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Umberto Maglioli | 1954 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 2 | Compare |
| Jacques Swaters | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Harry Schell | 1953 | 0:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
Green: Robert Manzon 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.
| Circuit | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monza | 5 | 14 | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 4 | 1 | 5.3 | |
| Nürburgring | 4 | 8 | ||
| Monaco | 3 | – | ||
| Silverstone | 3 | 9 | ||
| Pedralbes | 2 | 9 | ||
| Zandvoort | 2 | 5 |