🇳🇱 Carel Godin de Beaufort

Carel Godin de Beaufort was an established professional competing in Formula 1 between 1957 and 1964. He raced for Porsche across 29 starts in the championship, a single-class international series that fielded drivers from amateur to graded professional level.[1]

Godin de Beaufort contested eight seasons in Formula 1, finishing 14th in the championship standings in 1964, the final year of his active record. He raced against multiple world champions throughout his career; he was closely matched with Jack Brabham, who won the championship three times, and Graham Hill, a two-time champion. Among drivers he beat in head-to-head racing were Jim Clark, the 1963 and 1965 world champion, whom he finished ahead of twice.[2]

Godin de Beaufort operated in a grid that included some of the era's strongest professionals. Brabham and Hill were regular opponents at his level, and he held his own against considerably stronger drivers including Clark, one of the dominant forces of the early 1960s. He remained a fixture in Formula 1 through the early part of the decade, sustained by his long association with Porsche, which fielded him in the majority of his starts.