![]() Theo Helfrich sitting in his MkVIII Cooper 500 Formula Three car, at the 6th Leipziger Stadtparkrennen, 16 May 1954 | |
Born | 13 May 1913 |
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Died | 29 April 1978 64) | (aged
Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Active years | 1952–1954 |
Teams | Veritas, Klenk |
Entries | 3 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1952 German Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1954 German Grand Prix |
Theodor Helfrich (13 May 1913 in Frankfurt am Main – 29 April 1978 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein) [1] was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in three World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 3 August 1952, but scored no championship points. He was German Formula Two Champion in 1953, [1] took a number of wins in the German Formula Three Championship in a Cooper-Norton, [2] and finished in second place in the 1952 24 Hours of Le Mans race. [2]
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Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | WDC | Points |
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1952 | Theo Helfrich | Veritas RS | Veritas-L6 | SUI | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER Ret | NED | ITA | NC | 0 | |
1953 | Theo Helfrich | Veritas RS | Veritas-L6 | ARG | 500 | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER 12 | SUI | ITA | NC | 0 |
1954 | Hans Klenk | Klenk Meteor | BMW-L6 | ARG | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER Ret | SUI | ITA | ESP | NC | 0 |
Source: [3] |
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