José Froilán González

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José Froilán González
Nationality 22px-Flag of Argentina.png Argentine
Years 1950 - 1957, 1960
Team(s) Maserati, Talbot-Lago, Ferrari, Vanwall
Races 27
Championships 0
Wins 2
Podiums 13
Poles 3
Fastest laps 6
First race 1950 Monaco Grand Prix
First win 1951 British Grand Prix
Last win 1954 British Grand Prix
Last race 1960 Argentine Grand Prix
Video Grand Prix France at Reims 1953


José Froilán González (born October 5, 1922 in Arrecifes) was an Argentine Formula 1-driver. He made his Formula One debut for Scuderia Achille Varzi in the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix. His last Grand Prix was the 1960 Argentine Grand Prix. González raced 30 Grand Prix' in 9 seasons (1950-1957 and 1960). In those 30 Grand Prix', González scored 2 victories (1951 British Grand Prix and 1954 British Grand Prix), 7 second place finishes, 4 third place finishes, 3 pole positions and 6 fastest laps. González scored 72.14 points and led 14 times in 9 Grand Prix', for 270 laps, making a career lead of 1363.85 kilometers or approximately 847.457 miles. He win 1951 Coppa Acerbo and 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Maurice Trintignant, for Ferrari. González' nicknames were The Pampas Bull (by his English fans) and El Cabezón (Fat Head, by his close colleagues).

Teams

World Drivers Championship

  • 1951 3rd place, 24 points
  • 1952 9th place, 6.5 points
  • 1953 6th place, 13.5 points
  • 1954 2nd place, 25.14 points
  • 1955 17th place, 2 points
  • 1957 21st place, 1 point

Complete Formula One results

(Note: grands prix in bold denote race victories or poles.)

Yr Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Team
1950 Mase GBR MON IND SWI BEL FRA ITA       Mase
1951 Talb SWI IND BEL FRA GBR DEU ITA SPA     Ferr
1952 Mase SWI IND BEL FRA GBR DEU DUT ITA     Mase
1953 Mase ARG IND DUT BEL FRA GBR DEU SWI ITA   Mase
1954 Ferr ARG IND BEL FRA GBR DEU SWI ITA SPA   Ferr
1955 Ferr ARG MON IND BEL DUT GBR ITA       Ferr
1956 Mase ARG MON IND BEL FRA GBR DEU ITA     Vanw
1957 Ferr ARG MON IND FRA GBR DEU PES ITA     Ferr
1960 Ferr ARG MON IND DUT BEL FRA GBR POR ITA USA Ferr


24 Hours of Le Mans winners
Eight-time Tom Kristensen
Six-time Jacky Ickx
Five-time Derek Bell · Frank Biela · Emanuele Pirro
Four-time Yannick Dalmas · Olivier Gendebien · Henri Pescarolo
Three-time Woolf Barnato  ·Rinaldo Capello ·Luigi Chinetti ·Hurley Haywood · Phil Hill  · Al Holbert  · Klaus Ludwig ·Marco Werner
Two-time Henry Birkin ·

Ivor Bueb · Ron Flockhart · Jean-Pierre Jaussaud · Gérard Larrousse · JJ Lehto · Allan McNish · Manuel Reuter · André Rossignol · Raymond Sommer · Hans-Joachim Stuck · Gijs van Lennep · Jean-Pierre Wimille

One-time Aïello ·

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