Paul Pietsch is a racing driver from Germany who last raced in Formula 1 for Veritas. Pietsch has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,717 ranks Pietsch 1408th 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.
| 1952-08-03 | Nürburgring | DNF | −78 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | ▸Formula 1 | Veritas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −78 | 3,717 |
| 1951 | ▸Formula 1 | Alfa Romeo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −57 | 3,764 |
| 1950 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −136 | 3,799 |
Paul Pietsch was a German driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1950 and 1952, appearing in three championship races for Veritas and Alfa Romeo. His racing career was brief and produced no championship points; his sole recorded result across these three starts came in 1952, when he finished twenty-third. The calibre of the field he faced was the highest in motorsport, competing in an era when the championship attracted the sport's strongest drivers, though his own performance did not translate into results at that level.[1]
Pietsch's racing career was peripheral to his primary work as a journalist and publisher. He founded Das Auto magazine and built Motor Presse Stuttgart into Europe's largest publisher of technology and special-interest automotive publications, a legacy that would far outlast his appearances on track. His pre-war experience as an Auto Union works driver gave him credibility in racing circles, but his world championship appearances proved unproductive. Having retired from racing by 1952, Pietsch went on to a long life; he died in 2012 at age 100, remembered as one of the last surviving figures from the era of German grand prix racing in the 1930s and 1940s.[2]