- Erwin Bauer
Former F1 driver
Name = Erwin Bauer
Nationality = flagicon|Germany German
Years = F1|1953
Team(s) = non-works Veritas
Races = 1
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1953 German Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =1953 German Grand Prix Erwin Bauer (July 17, 1912 in
Stuttgart – June 3, 1958 inCologne ) was a GermanFormula One driver who raced a privately-entered Veritas in his one World Championship Grand Prix.Bauer became famous for racing an undermatched Lotus to a fourth place in the 1954
1000km Nürburgring , and thus, providing Lotus with one of its earliest successes. His sole race in the Formula One World Championship came in 1953 at the German Grand Prix at theNürburgring , the same track where he was killed five years later in a 2-litre sports Ferrari where, not realising he had passed the chequered flag, kept on racing and crashed fatally on what was supposed to be his slowing-down lap.Complete Formula One results
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