Carel Godin de Beaufort explained

Carel Godin de Beaufort
Nationality:	Dutch
Birth Date:	10 April 1934
Birth Place:	Maarsbergen, Netherlands
Death Place:	Cologne, West Germany
Years:	–
Team(S):	Ecurie Maarsbergen (privateer Porsche and Cooper) Scuderia Ugolini (privateer Maserati)
Races:	31 (28 starts)
Championships:	0
Wins:	0
Podiums:	0
Points:	4
Poles:	0
Fastest Laps:	0
First Race:	1957 German Grand Prix
Last Race:	1964 German Grand Prix

Years:	–, –
Teams:	Wolfgang Seidel Ed Hugus privateer Porsche System Engineering
Best Finish:	5th
Class Wins:	1

Jonkheer Karel Pieter Antoni Jan Hubertus "Carel" Godin de Beaufort (10 April 1934 – 2 August 1964) was a Dutch nobleman and motorsport driver. He competed in Formula One between and .

Career

Godin de Beaufort participated in 31 World Championship Grands Prix, becoming the first Dutchman ever to score points in the Formula One World Championship, and numerous non-Championship Formula One races. He was one of the last truly amateur drivers in F1, and ran his own cars – painted the vibrant Dutch racing colour: orange – under the Ecurie Maarsbergen banner, the team taking its name from de Beaufort's country estate. In early years he was considered something of a mobile chicane, and a danger to other drivers on the track. However, in later years he matured into a competent and popular competitor.

Always a Porsche devotee (he only drove two World Championship races in anything else) he was a familiar sight at both Championship and non-Championship races in his orange Porsche 718, bought from the Rob Walker Racing Team. Although the 718 was outclassed even in its first year with him, he persisted with it as it was the only design into which he could fit his burly frame. The size of the car, and a streak of self-deprecating humour in de Beaufort himself, earned it the nickname "Fatty Porsche". With stereotypical aristocratic eccentricity he often drove without shoes,^[1] and at his final race in Germany was even seen taking practice laps wearing a Beatles wig, rather than his helmet.^[2]

Death

Godin de Beaufort was driving the Porsche 718 in practice for the 1964 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring when the car suddenly veered off the track at the infamous Bergwerk corner. He was thrown out and suffered massive injuries to his head, chest and legs. Initially De Beaufort was taken to a hospital in Koblenz, but on the following day he was transferred to a major neurological centre in Cologne where he died in the evening.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps
1956	Wolfgang Seidel	Mathieu Hezemans	Porsche 550A/4 RS	S 1.6	48	DNF	DNF
1957	E. Hugus	Ed Hugus	Porsche 550A RS	S 1.5	286	8th	1st
1958	Jonkheer Carel Godin de Beaufort	Herbert Linge	Porsche 550 RS	S 1.5	288	5th	2nd
1959	Jonkheer Carel Godin de Beaufort	Christian Heins	Porsche 718 RSK	S 1.5	186	DNF	DNF
1960	Jonkheer Carel Godin de Beaufort	Richard Stoop	Porsche 718 RS 60	S 1.6	180	DNF	DNF
1962	Porsche System Engineering	Ben Pon	Porsche 356B Abarth	GT 1.6	35	DNF	DNF
1963	Porsche System Engineering	Gerhard Koch	Porsche 356B 2000GS GT	GT 2.0	94	DNF	DNF

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		Pts
1957	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche RS550	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	ARG	MON	500	FRA	GBR	GER	PES	ITA				NC	0
1958	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche RSK	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	ARG	MON	NED	500	BEL	FRA	GBR					NC	0
1958	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche RS550	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4								GER	POR	ITA	MOR	NC	0
1959	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche RSK	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	MON	500	NED									NC	0
1959	Scuderia Ugolini	Maserati 250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6				FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	USA			NC	0
1960	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Cooper T51	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	ARG	MON	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	POR	ITA	USA		NC	0
1961	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA				NC	0
1962	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	NED	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	RSA			16th	2
1963	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA		14th	2
1964	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX		NC	0

Notes

– Formula 2 entry.

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)(Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1961	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	LOM	GLV	PAU	BRX	VIE	AIN	SYR	NAP	LON	SIL	SOL	KAN	DAN	MOD	FLG	OUL	LEW	VAL	RAN	NAT	RSA
1962	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	CAP	BRX	LOM	LAV	GLV	PAU	AIN	INT	NAP	MAL	CLP	RMS	SOL	KAN	MED	DAN	OUL	MEX	RAN	NAT
1963	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	LOM	GLV	PAU	IMO	SYR	AIN	INT	ROM	SOL	KAN	MED	AUT	OUL	RAN
1964	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	DMT	NWT	SYR	AIN	INT	SOL	MED	RAN

Notes and References

http://www.gpracing.net192.com/drivers/careers/158.cfm
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