André Constant Simon (5 January 1920 – 11 July 2012) was a racing driver from France. He participated in Formula One from to , competing in a total of 12 World Championship races but scoring no championship points.
Along with the 1955 Formula One season, Mercedes entered the 1955 World Sportscar Championship, were usually two drivers per car were needed, thus at least six for a three car effort. With his Le Mans experience since 1949, finishing 5th in the 1952 24 Hours of Le Mans which was won by Mercedes, Simon was hired to mainly help driving the sportscars. Mercedes was a four car team in January 1955 and at the 1955 Mille Miglia in May, where Karl Kling got injured and had to skip the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix. Thus, Mercedes was down to three, and only to two when Hans Herrmann got injured in practice and was out for the season. Simon was quickly at hand and got the drive in the No. 4 Mercedes. He was teamed up with Kling for Le Mans, and ran in 3rd when Mercedes retired after the 1955 Le Mans disaster.
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! WDC
! Points
|-
| 1951
! Equipe Gordini
! Gordini Type 15
! Gordini Straight-4
| SUI<br><small>DNA</small>
| 500
| BEL
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA<br>
| GBR
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP<br>
! NC
! 0
|-
| 1952
! Scuderia Ferrari
! Ferrari 500
! Ferrari Straight-4
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SUI<br><small>Ret *</small>
| 500
| BEL
| FRA
| GBR
| GER
| NED
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA<br>
! NC
! 0
|-
|rowspan=2|1955
! Daimler Benz AG
! Mercedes-Benz W196
! Mercedes-Benz Straight-8
| ARG
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON<br>
| 500
| BEL
| NED
|
|
|
!rowspan=2|NC
!rowspan=2|0
|-
! Officine Alfieri Maserati
! Maserati 250F
! Maserati Straight-6
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br>
| ITA
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1956
! André Simon
! Maserati 250F
! Maserati Straight-6
| ARG
| MON
| 500
| BEL
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA<br>
| GBR
| GER
|
!rowspan=2| NC
!rowspan=2| 0
|-
! Equipe Gordini
! Gordini Type 16
! Gordini Straight-6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA<br>
|-
|rowspan=2| 1957
! Scuderia Centro Sud
!rowspan=2| Maserati 250F
!rowspan=2| Maserati Straight-6
| ARG
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MON<br>
| 500
| FRA
| GBR
| GER
| PES
|
!rowspan=2| NC
!rowspan=2| 0
|-
! Ottorino Volonterio
|
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|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA<br><small>11 †</small>
|-
!colspan="14"|
|}
:<nowiki>*</nowiki> Indicates shared drive with Giuseppe Farina
:<nowiki>†</nowiki> Indicates shared drive with Ottorino Volonterio
References
External links
- Profile at grandprix.com
- Profile at Motor Sport magazine database