Trumpeter and racing driver
11. Aug 2023
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Johnny Claes, a jazz trumpeter and racing driver from Belgium but born in London, started 23 Formula One Grand Prix, without great success, but finished 7th at the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix (picture-above) in his own Écurie Nationale Belge Talbot-Lagot T26C. A two-time winner of the gruelling Liège-Rome-Liège road rallye, he also finished third overall at Le Mans in 1955, in a D-Type Jaguar.
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Formula 1, Monaco, Le Mans, 24 Hours Le Mans, Johnny Claes, Equipe Nationale Belge, Talbot Lago, Jaguar, Belgium, 1950
Source: DR
