Carel Godin de Beaufort is a racing driver from Netherlands who last raced in Formula 1 for Porsche. de Beaufort has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 29 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,952 ranks de Beaufort 349th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1964-05-24 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | DNF | −126 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | ▸Formula 1 | Porsche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −126 | 5,105 |
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Porsche | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | P14 | +222 | 5,230 |
| 1962 | ▸Formula 1 | Porsche | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | P16 | +139 | 5,008 |
| 1961 | ▸Formula 1 | Porsche | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +99 | 4,869 |
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | +55 | 4,770 |
| 1959 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +11 | 4,716 |
| 1958 | ▸Formula 1 | Porsche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −82 | 4,705 |
| 1957 | ▸Formula 1 | Porsche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −13 | 4,787 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Richie Ginther | 5,503 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 5,097 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% |
| 🇬🇧 Jim Clark | 5,692 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 15% |
| 🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren | 5,136 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 8% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Gurney | 4,902 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 8% |
| 🇸🇪 Jo Bonnier | 4,402 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% |
| 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham | 5,211 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% |
| 🇿🇦 Tony Maggs | 5,111 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9% |
| 🇬🇧 John Surtees | 4,899 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% |
| 🇺🇸 Phil Hill | 4,199 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% |
Carel Godin de Beaufort was a Dutch racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1957 to 1964, primarily for Porsche. Across eight seasons and 29 starts, he never reached the podium, though he competed consistently against the era's leading drivers. His average finishing position of tenth place reflects a career spent in the midfield, racing regularly against front-running professionals including two-time champion Jim Clark, three-time champion Jack Brabham, and three-time champion Graham Hill. Against this calibre of competition, Godin de Beaufort managed isolated strong results; he finished ahead of Clark twice, ahead of Brabham once, and ahead of McLaren once, though these remain exceptions within broader head-to-head records heavily weighted against him. His most frequent rival was Richie Ginther, a strong professional driver against whom he never finished ahead across 15 shared races.[1]
Godin de Beaufort's career was defined by his loyalty to Porsche, which accounted for 27 of his 29 starts. Porsche's Formula One effort was modest; the team scored only one race win across its entire index and fielded 16 drivers, with Wolfgang von Trips as its strongest. Within that framework, Godin de Beaufort represented a consistent, if unspectacular, presence in a competitive field. His results suggest a semi-professional racing career, competing at the highest single-seater level but lacking both the pace and the machinery to challenge for victories or podiums.[2]