Willy Mairesse
ENB, Lotus, Scuderia Centro Sud | |
Entries | 13 (12 starts) |
---|---|
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 1 |
Career points | 7 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1960 Belgian Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1965 Belgian Grand Prix |
Willy Mairesse (French pronunciation: [wi.li mɛ.ʁɛs]; 1 October 1928 – 2 September 1969)[1] was a Formula One and sports-car driver from Belgium. He participated in 13 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 June 1960. He achieved one podium and scored a total of seven championship points. He committed suicide in a hotel room in Ostend after a crash at the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans forced an end to his career.[2]
Peter Revson once described the intensity of Mairesse before a race at Spa, Belgium. Revson looked into his car and saw Mairesse's "furrowed" face, beetled brows, and eyes which were almost tilted and their colour changed. "It was almost like looking at the devil."[3]
Sports car driver
Mairesse won first place in the marathon rally
Formula One
Mairesse was third in the Grand Prix of Europe,
Out of Formula One in 1963, Phil Hill predicted a rough future for the Ferrari team. He said there was too much competition between Mairesse and Surtees. Specifically, he commented "they will harry each other so much that they will force each other to make mistakes".[20] Mairesse's car crashed during the 1963 German Grand Prix. The Ferrari turned over multiple times after swerving off the track. He was rushed to the hospital with a broken arm. His teammate, Surtees, won the race, with Jim Clark second in a Lotus.[21]
Racing record
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | WDC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari Dino 246 | V6
|
ARG | MON | 500 | NED | BEL Ret |
FRA Ret |
GBR | POR | ITA 3 |
USA | 15th | 4 |
1961 | Equipe Nationale Belge
|
Lotus 18 | Straight-4
|
MON | NED | BEL Ret |
NC | 0 | |||||||
Team Lotus | Lotus 21 | FRA Ret |
GBR | ||||||||||||
Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 156 | V6
|
GER Ret |
ITA | USA | ||||||||||
1962 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 156 | V6
|
NED | MON 7 |
BEL Ret |
FRA | GBR | GER | ITA 4 |
USA | RSA | 14th | 3 | |
1963 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 156 | V6
|
MON Ret |
BEL Ret |
NED | FRA | GBR | GER Ret |
ITA | USA | MEX | RSA | NC | 0 |
1965 | Scuderia Centro Sud | BRM P57
|
BRM V8
|
RSA | MON | BEL DNS |
FRA | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | USA | MEX | NC | 0 |
Non-Championship Formula One 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 | Equipe Nationale Belge
|
Emeryson Mk2 | L4
|
LOM | GLV | PAU | BRX 8 |
VIE | AIN DNA |
SYR 11 |
NAP | LON | SIL | SOL DNA |
KAN | DAN | MOD | FLG | OUL | LEW | VAL | RAN | NAT | RSA |
1962 | Scuderia Ferrari | 156
|
Ferrari V6 | CAP | BRX 1 |
LOM | LAV | GLV | PAU | AIN | INT | NAP 1 |
MAL | CLP | RMS DNA |
SOL | KAN | MED | DAN | OUL | MEX | RAN | NAT | |
1963 | Scuderia Ferrari | 156
|
Ferrari V6 | LOM | GLV | PAU | IMO DNA |
SYR | AIN | INT Ret |
ROM | SOL | KAN | MED | AUT | OUL | RAN |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Driver(s) | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1958 | Ecurie Francorchamps
|
Lucien Bianchi | Ferrari 250 TR | S 3.0 | 33 | DNF | DNF |
1960 | Scuderia Ferrari | Richie Ginther | Ferrari 250 TRI/60 | S 3.0 | 204 | DNF | DNF |
1961 | SEFAC Ferrari | Mike Parkes | Ferrari 250 TRI/61 | S 3.0 | 330 | 2nd | 2nd |
1963 | SpA Ferrari SEFAC | John Surtees | Ferrari 250P | P 3.0 | 252 | DNF | DNF |
1965 | Ecurie Francorchamps
|
“Beurlys” (Jean Blaton) | Ferrari 275 GTB | GT 4.0 | 340 | 3rd | 1st |
1966 | Scuderia Filipinetti | Herbert Müller | Ferrari 365 P2 | P 5.0 | 166 | DNF | DNF |
1967 | Equipe Nationale Belge
|
“Beurlys” (Jean Blaton) | Ferrari 330 P4 | P 5.0 | 377 | 3rd | 3rd |
1968 | C. Dubois | “Beurlys” (Jean Blaton) | Ford GT40 | S 5.0 | 0 | DNF | DNF |
References
- ^ "Willy Mairesse | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 12 June 2017.
- ^ "Drivers: Willy Mairesse". Retrieved 3 June 2009.
- ^
"What Makes Peter Revson Race". Parade Magazine. 12 March 1972. p. 103.
- ^ "Liège-Rome-Liège 1956". Ewrc results. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "2 Drivers Killed In Monza Crash". The New York Times. 29 June 1959. p. 37.
- ^ "Ferrari Wins at Le Mans". Evening Standard. Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 12 June 1961. p. 14.
- ^ "Red Italian Cars Blast Race Field". News Journal. Mansfield, Ohio. 24 March 1963. p. 29.
- ^ "Ferraris Mop-Up at Le Mans, Monopolize First Six Spots". Bennington Banner. 17 June 1963. p. 6.
- ^ "Boy, 19, Dies of Injuries Suffered at Grand Prix". The New York Times. 7 August 1963. p. 30.
- ^ "Angola Victor". Mansfield News Journal. 30 November 1964. p. 15.
- ^ "Belgium Driver Wins Grand Prix of Spa". Mansfield News Journal. 17 May 1965. p. 10.
- Pacific Stars and Stripes. 22 June 1965. p. 11.
- ^ "Surtees Comes Back at Monza". Pacific Stars and Stripes. 27 April 1966. p. 20.
- ^ "Leader Crash, Porsche Wins". Syracuse Herald Journal. 9 May 1966. p. 18.
- ^ "Le Mans Is Won By Foyt". Brownsville Herald. 12 June 1967. p. 7.
- ^ "Hill, Driving a Ferrari, Scores By Lap in Grand Prix of Europe". The New York Times. 5 September 1960. p. 20.
- ^ "Graham Hill Sets Pace in Grand Prix Trial". The New York Times. 17 June 1962. p. 158.
- ^ "Clark First With Lotus in Belgian Grand". The New York Times. 18 June 1962. p. 34.
- ^ "Graham Hill Wins At Monza". The New York Times. 17 September 1962. p. 60.
- ^ "Even Clark Rates Clark Highly". The New York Times. 26 May 1963. p. 168.
- ^ "Surtees Is Victor In German Race". The New York Times. 5 August 1963. p. 44.