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

Родился: 10.04.1934 Маарсберген Умер: 03.08.1964 Дюссельдорф (Кёльн?), Германия Сезонов в Ф1: 8 Лет в Ф1: 8 Гран При: 31 Старты: 28* *не стартовал: 3 Победы: - подряд: Подиумы: - подряд: Поул-позиции: - подряд: Первый ряд: - подряд: Быстрые круги: - подряд: Лучший финиш: 6 Лучший старт: 8 Дубли: Хет-трики: Лидирование старт/финиш: Большие шлемы: Круги: 1351 - лидирования: Километры: 8495.03 - лидирования: Очки: 4 - за один сезон: 2 - подряд:

Ф1: 1957-1964

Год	Команда	Шасси
1957	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 550RS
1958	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 550RS
		Porsche 718 RSK
1959	Scuderia Ugolini	Maserati 250F
	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718 RSK
1960	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Cooper T51
1961	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718
1962	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718
1963	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718
1964	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718

The last truly amateur driver to compete in Grand Prix racing on a regular basis, de Beaufort metamorphosed from the roly-poly dilettante of his early racing career into a much more serious and competent performer - without losing his perennially sunny disposition - to earn the respect of his peers.

De Beaufort began his racing career with production Porsche Spyders in 1956 and was soon itching to pit himself against the stars of the day, racing his Porsche RSK sports car in the Formula 2 category of the 1957 German Grand Prix. He had to content himself, however, with occasional Grand Prix outings until the 1961 season, when he acquired the ex-Moss Rob Walker Porsche 718.

This car, with its four-cylinder engine, then saw extensive service over the next four seasons, the broad-shouldered Count - invariably driving in stockinged feet - battling nobly against more powerful fuel-injected cars. His orange-painted machine was entered in non-championship races the length and breadth of Europe, enjoying its greatest successes in 1963 with second place in both the Syracuse and Rome GPs and third in the Austrian GP at Zeltweg.

De Beaufort plugged away into the 1964 season with the by now veteran Porsche, but in practice for the German Grand Prix he crashed heavily, sustaining injuries from which there was no recovery and dying three days later in hospital in Düsseldorf.

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