Christian Kautz (23 November 1913 – 4 July 1948) was an auto racing driver from Switzerland.[1]
Portrait of Christian Kautz
Son of a Swiss multi-millionaire, he career started with Mercedes-Benz as a junior driver in 1936, then as an Auto Union junior driver in 1938, starting in three Grands Prix. Kautz was a test pilot for Lockheed in the United States during the Second World War. He was only 34 when he died in an accident in a Maserati at the 1948 Swiss Grand Prix in Bremgarten.[2]
christian, kautz, november, 1913, july, 1948, auto, racing, driver, from, switzerland, portrait, swiss, multi, millionaire, career, started, with, mercedes, benz, junior, driver, 1936, then, auto, union, junior, driver, 1938, starting, three, grands, prix, kau. Christian Kautz 23 November 1913 4 July 1948 was an auto racing driver from Switzerland 1 Portrait of Christian KautzSon of a Swiss multi millionaire he career started with Mercedes Benz as a junior driver in 1936 then as an Auto Union junior driver in 1938 starting in three Grands Prix Kautz was a test pilot for Lockheed in the United States during the Second World War He was only 34 when he died in an accident in a Maserati at the 1948 Swiss Grand Prix in Bremgarten 2 Contents 1 Racing record 1 1 Complete European Championship results 1 2 Post WWII Grandes Epreuves results 2 References 3 External linksRacing record editComplete European Championship results edit key Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 EDC Pts1937 Daimler Benz AG Mercedes W125 Mercedes 5 7 L8s BEL4 GER6 MON3 SUI6 ITARet 3rd 191938 Auto Union AG Auto Union D Auto Union 3 0 V12s FRARet GER SUIRet ITARet 14th 281939 Christian Kautz Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 Alfa Romeo 3 0 L8s BEL FRADNS GER SUI 1Source 3 Notes 1 Not listed in the Championship Post WWII Grandes Epreuves results edit key Races in bold indicate pole position races in italics indicate fastest lap Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 41947 Christian Kautz Maserati 4CL Maserati 4CL 1 5 L4s SUI BELRet ITA FRA1948 Enrico Plate Maserati 4CL Maserati 4CL 1 5 L4s MON SUIRet FRA ITASource 4 References edit Drivers Christian Kautz mercedesamgf1 com Archived from the original on May 16 2019 Retrieved May 16 2019 Drivers Christian Kautz historicracing com Archived from the original on May 2 2016 Retrieved May 16 2019 Drivers Christian Kautz kolumbus fi Archived from the original on May 2 2019 Retrieved May 16 2019 Christian Kautz Biography MotorSportMagazine Retrieved May 16 2019 External links editChristian Kautz career summary at DriverDB com nbsp This biographical article related to Swiss auto racing is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Formula One biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christian Kautz amp oldid 1216045640, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
