(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000

Родился: 17.07.1912 Штутгарт Умер: 03.06.1958 Кёльн Сезонов в Ф1: 1 Лет в Ф1: 1 Гран При: 1 Старты: 1 Победы: - подряд: Подиумы: - подряд: Поул-позиции: - подряд: Первый ряд: - подряд: Быстрые круги: - подряд: Лучший финиш: Лучший старт: 33 Дубли: Хет-трики: Лидирование старт/финиш: Большие шлемы: Круги: 1 - лидирования: Километры: 22.81 - лидирования: Очки: - за один сезон: - подряд:

Ф1: 1953

Год	Команда	Шасси
1953	Erwin Bauer	Veritas RS

Although Bauer's inclusion in this book is due to a single outing in the German GP, he is nevertheless of interest in that he provided one of Lotus's earliest Continental successes. When Colin Chapman was deemed too inexperienced by the organisers to tackle the Nürburgring 1000 Km in 1954, Erwin was brought in as a last-minute substitute for the Lotus creator and claimed fourth in the 1500 cc class ahead of some much more vaunted machinery such as Porsches and Borgwards.

Bauer raced sports cars and saloons and also rallied throughout the fifties, sharing a Mercedes 220SE with Willi Heeks in 1956. In 1957 he teamed up with Gottfried Kochert in the Austrian's 2-litre Ferrari. Their partnership was to have a tragic ending at the 1958 Nürburgring 1000 Km when Bauer, having claimed tenth place at the end of the race, failed to appreciate that he had finished. Racing on for one more lap, he slid wide while passing a slower car and crashed fatally into the trees which lined the mountain circuit.

(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000