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🇧🇪 Christian Goethals

Racing driver from Belgium. Formula 1, Cooper.
Driver facts
Full name
Christian Goethals
Born
4 August 1928(b. 1928)
Nationality
Belgium
Current team
Cooper
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
1
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
3,176
Christian Goethals
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,176
Rank 7360 of 39,300 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Christian Goethals is a racing driver from Belgium who last raced in Formula 1 for Cooper. Goethals has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,176 ranks Goethals 7360th of 39,300 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1958 form
Last 1 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFGER
Recent results
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1958-08-03NürburgringFormula 1DNF−20
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1958▸Formula 1Cooper100100P15+1,8263,176
Recent coverage
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Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Goethals finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Stirling MossHigher-rated6,330110100%
🇦🇺 Jack BrabhamHigher-rated, 3× champion6,163110100%
🇬🇧 Graham HillHigher-rated, 3× champion6,130110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
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Global rank, 39,300 drivers indexed
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7,352🇱🇹 Audrius Navickas24H Series3,177
7,353🇺🇸 David PorcelliFormula Renault Eurocup3,177
7,354🇨🇳 Jiang NanTCR World Tour3,177
7,355🏳️ Luan LopesStock Car Pro Series3,177
7,356🇫🇷 Philippe Bonnel24H Series3,177
7,357🇬🇧 Robin WiddowsFormula 13,177
7,358🇦🇺 Sam ShahinPorsche Mobil 1 Supercup3,177
7,359🇺🇸 Bill MackeyFormula 13,176
7,360🇧🇪 Christian GoethalsFormula 13,176
7,361🇺🇸 Don EdmundsFormula 13,176
7,362🇺🇸 Fred GambleFormula 13,176
7,363🇦🇹 Greg MooreFIA GT Championship3,176
7,364🇦🇷 Jesús IglesiasFormula 13,176
7,365🇲🇾 Nikolas TaylorGB43,176
7,366🇺🇸 Ross ThompsonVelocity Invitational3,176
7,367🇨🇳 Ye Hongli24H Series3,176
7,368🇸🇰 Zdeno Mikulasko24H Series3,176
7,369🇦🇷 Esteban GiniTurismo Carretera3,175
7,370🇩🇪 Holger HarmsenLamborghini Super Trofeo Europe3,175
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Christian Goethals was a competitive amateur who raced primarily in sports cars during the 1950s. His Racer Rating of 3,406 places him at the semi-professional level, the category for drivers who win in pro-am and one-make classes and run mid-pack among full professionals. His racing career was built on Porsche Spyder competition in the early-to-mid 1950s, where he scored a second-place finish in the 1500cc class at Reims in 1956 and a class win at Forez in 1957, racing alongside his brother.[1]

In 1958, Goethals stepped up to single-seaters, acquiring a Cooper-Climax to enter the Formula Two class of the German Grand Prix. He started the race but did not finish, and made no further Grand Prix attempts. He returned to sportscar racing and competed in international endurance events, including a fifth-place finish in the 1960 Buenos Aires 1000 km and a second-place result in the GP de Spa that same year, before retiring from racing later in the season.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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