Erwin Bauer

Born	( 1912-07-17 ) 17 July 1912 Stuttgart , German Empire
Died	3 June 1958 (1958-06-03) (aged 45) Cologne , West Germany
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	German
Active years	1953
Teams	non-works Veritas
Entries	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1953 German Grand Prix
Last entry	1953 German Grand Prix

Erwin Erich Bauer (17 July 1912 in Stuttgart ? 3 June 1958 in Cologne ) was a German Formula One driver who raced a privately entered Veritas in his one World Championship Grand Prix. ^[1]

Racing career [ edit ]

In April, 1953, Bauer co-drove a Porsche 356 Super 1500 with Hans Herrmann at the Mille Miglia . They finished the race in the 30th position.

Bauer became famous for racing an undermatched Lotus to a fourth place in the 1954 1000km Nurburgring , and thus, providing Lotus with one of its earliest successes. His sole race in the Formula One World Championship came in 1953 at the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring . In a field of thirty four, Bauer qualified 33rd, only ahead of fellow Veritas entrant Oswald Karch . He made it onto the second lap, which was more than could be said for Hans Stuck and Ernst Loof , but then his engine expired. He had jumped up to 28th, leaping ahead of the two retiring cars plus Rudolf Krause and Maurice Trintignant .

Death [ edit ]

Five years later, again at the Nurburgring racetrack , he was killed in a 2-litre sports Ferrari where, not realising he had passed the chequered flag , kept on racing and crashed fatally on what was supposed to be his slowing-down lap. ^[1]

Complete Formula One results [ edit ]

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References [ edit ]