Christian Kautz (23 November 1913 – 4 July 1948) was an auto racing driver from Switzerland.
Son of a Swiss multi-millionaire, he career started with
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to simply as Mercedes and occasionally as Benz, is a German automotive brand that was founded in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz Group, established in 2019) is based in Stuttgart, ...
as a junior driver in 1936, then as an
Auto Union
Auto Union AG was an amalgamation of four German automobile manufacturers, founded in 1932 and established in 1936 in Chemnitz, Saxony. It is the immediate predecessor of Audi as it is known today.
As well as acting as an umbrella firm for ...
junior driver in 1938, starting in three Grands Prix. Kautz was a test pilot for
Lockheed in the United States during the Second World War. He was only 34 when he died in an accident in a
Maserati
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at the
1948 Swiss Grand Prix in Bremgarten.
Racing record
Complete European Championship results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
;Notes
* – Not listed in the Championship.
Post WWII Grandes Épreuves results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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1913 births
1948 deaths
Swiss racing drivers
Racing drivers who died while racing
Swiss aviators
Sport deaths in Switzerland
Place of birth missing
European Championship drivers
Grand Prix drivers
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