Toulo de Graffenried

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Emmanuel de Graffenried
Nationality	Swiss
World Championship Career
Active years	1950 - 1954, 1956
Team(s)	Maserati, Alfa Romeo
Races	23 (22 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1950 British Grand Prix


Last race	1956 Italian Grand Prix

Baron Emmanuel 'Toulo' de Graffenried (born 18 May 1914, Paris, France - died 22 January 2007, Lonay, Switzerland) was a Swiss motor racing driver. He participated in 23 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 13, 1950, and scored a total of 9 championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races.

Toulo de Graffenried began his racing career in 1936, driving his own Maserati voiturette. Some of his most memorable results came at his home track: the challenging, cobbled, street circuit at Bremgarten near Bern. He won the 1949 British Grand Prix, a year before the FIA World Championship began. In that inagural year de Graffenried contested five of the season's seven races, with mixed results. He continued to drive in occasional races over the next six years, with his best finish being fourth place at the 1953 Belgian Grand Prix.

Following his retirement from racing, de Graffenried earned his keep operating his car dealership in Lausanne, selling Alfa Romeo, Rolls-Royce and Ferrari automobiles. He also acted as stunt double for Kirk Douglas during the filming of The Racers. Latterly, he became a common figure at Formula One events during the 1970s and '80s, acting as a corporate ambassador for Phillip Morris's Marlboro cigarette brand.

In recognition of his win at the first British Grand Prix, Toulo de Graffenried made his last appearance at the wheel of a racing car during the 1998 celebrations of Silverstone's 50th anniversary, aged 84. At the time of his death he was the last surviving starter from the inaugural Formula 1 World Championship race, the 1950 British Grand Prix, following the death of Eugène Martin three months previously.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Yr	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Points
1950	Enrico Plate	Maserati 4CLT/50	Maserati Straight-4	GBR Ret	MON Ret	500	SUI 6	BEL	FRA	ITA 6			-	0
1951	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 159	Alfa Romeo Straight-8	SUI 5	500	BEL				ITA Ret	ESP 6		16th	2
1951	Enrico Plate	Maserati 4CLT/50	Maserati Straight-4				FRA Ret	GBR	GER Ret				16th	2
1952	Enrico Plate	Maserati-Plate 4CLT	Maserati Straight-4	SUI 6	500	BEL	FRA Ret	GBR 19	GER	NED	ITA DNQ		-	0
1953	Baron de Graffenried	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati Straight-6	ARG	500	NED 5	BEL 4	FRA 7	GBR Ret	GER 5	SUI Ret	ITA Ret	8th	7
1954	Baron de Graffenried	Maserati A6GCM/250F	Maserati Straight-6	ARG 8	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	ESP Ret	-	0
1956	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	ARG	MON	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA 7		-	0