Ernst Loof

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Ernst Loof
Nationality  German
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1953
Teams	Veritas
Races	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1953 German Grand Prix
Last race	1953 German Grand Prix

Ernst Loof (born July 4, 1907 - died March 3, 1956) was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in one World Championship Grand Prix, on August 2, 1953. He retired with fuel pump failure and scored no championship points. Loof was also a famous motorcycle racer and designer, who scored numerous successes in pre-war years for Imperia of Bad Godesberg. He later became one of the founders of the Veritas company, successful in Formula 2 with the Meteor racer in the immediate post-war period. The company also built sports cars, mostly BMW engined, as well as the Panhard-engined Dyna-Veritas cabriolets. He was the head designer of the Veritas car he drove in this race. Due to his age at the time, his participation in the race seems to have been mainly for testing purposes. The company had already gone bankrupt by this time, and his further plans were cut short as he contracted an inoperable brain tumor, which caused his death in 1956.

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Points
1953	Ernst Loof	Veritas Meteor	Veritas Straight-6	ARG	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	SUI	ITA	-	0