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🇩🇪 Hans Klenk

Racing driver from Germany. Formula 1, Veritas.
Driver facts
Full name
Hans Klenk
Born
28 October 1919(b. 1919)
Nationality
Germany
Current team
Veritas
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
1
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
2,965
Driver photo · 3:4
Racer Rating
2,965
RANK 2855 / 15,348 INDEXED · -24 SEASON
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
FIA CATEGORISATION NOT YET INDEXED
SOURCE · FIA.COM
SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Hans Klenk is a racing driver from Germany who last raced in Formula 1 for Veritas. Klenk has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]

A Racer Rating of 2,965 ranks Klenk 2855th 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.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS
1952 form
LAST 1 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER
P1P5P10P20DNFGER
Recent results
TAP A ROW FOR THE FULL RACE
1952-08-03NürburgringFormula 1P11+48
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1952▸Formula 1Veritas100000P23+482,970
Recent coverage
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Hans Klenk was a German racing driver whose recorded career comprised a single Formula 1 start in 1952 for Veritas. He contested the World Championship Grand Prix held on 3 August 1952 and finished twenty-third, failing to score championship points. His competitive record is minimal; across all documented racing, he made one classified start and averaged a finishing position of eleventh place.[1]

Outside the championship record, Klenk was known for his success in sports car racing, notably winning the 1952 edition of La Carrera Panamericana alongside Karl Kling in a Mercedes-Benz W194. This victory in one of the era's most demanding road races underscores that his talent lay principally in endurance and sports car competition rather than in single-seater machinery. His Racer Rating of 2,965 reflects a semi-professional driver active in the early 1950s; the single Grand Prix appearance left little data on which to judge his standing against contemporary championship competitors at the highest level.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia
Karl Kling[1]
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