Paul Pietsch

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Paul Pietsch
Nationality  German
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1950-1952
Teams	Alfa Romeo, non-works Maserati and Veritas
Races	3
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1950 Italian Grand Prix
Last race	1952 German Grand Prix

Paul Pietsch (born June 20, 1911) is a former racing driver from Germany and successful magazine publisher.

Born in in Freiburg^[1], Pietsch began his racing career in 1932 with a private Bugatti and Alfa Romeo.

Racing with an Alfa Romeo, he won in Sweden the 1933 III Svenska Isloppet GP(Ice Race) in Hemfjärden, and in 1934 the I Vallentunaloppet (Ice Race) in Vellentunasjön.

In the 1935 German Grand Prix he raced for Auto Union, and finished 3rd in the Italian Grand Prix before leaving the team with its hard-to-drive rear engines. From 1937 onwards he entered a private Maserati. His greatest hours came in the 1939 German Grand Prix which he led from lap 2 onwards until the ignition failed, making him drop down to third, which was still an excellent result for a privateer against the dominant force of the Silver Arrows.

After the war, he participated in 3 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on September 3, 1950. His drive in a factory Alfa Romeo in the 1951 German Grand Prix ended with an accident. He scored no championship points.

At that time, Pietsch was already a successful editor and publisher of motorcycle and automobile magazines. His company Motor Presse Stuttgart [1] is the largest in the European market for technology and special interest magazines.

As of March 2008, Pietsch is the oldest surviving Formula One driver. His son Peter-Paul Pietsch races often at the Nürburgring with fellow journalists.

[edit] Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	WDC	Points
1950	Paul Pietsch	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati Straight-4	GBR	MON	500	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA Ret		-	0
1951	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo 159	Alfa Romeo Straight-8	SUI	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	ITA	ESP	-	0
1952	Motor-Presse-Verlag	Veritas Meteor	Veritas Straight-6	SUI	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	NED	ITA	-	0

[edit] Complete European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Entrant	Make	1	2	3	4	5	EDC	Points
1932	Pilesi Racing Team	Bugatti	ITA	FRA	GER Ret			22=	23
1935	Auto Union	Auto Union	BEL	GER 9	SUI	ITA 3	ESP	11=	31
1937	Private entry	Maserati	BEL	GER Ret	MON	SUI 10	ITA	17=	35
1938	Private entry	Maserati	FRA	GER 6	SUI	ITA		14=	28
1939	Maserati	Maserati	BEL	FRA	GER 3			14	26
	Private entry	Maserati				SUI Ret

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