Fritz Glatz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Fritz Glatz

Austrian racing driver

Date of Birth: 21-Jul-1943

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 14-Jul-2002

Profession: engineer, racing driver, racing automobile driver

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Fritz Glatz

  • Friedrich "Fritz" Glatz (July 21, 1943 – July 14, 2002) was an Austrian racing driver from Vienna.
  • He raced under the pseudonyms Pierre Chauvet and Frederico Careca as well as a number of others.Glatz began his career in 1980 racing in the German Formula Three Championship.
  • The following year he drove in that series as well as the European Formula Three Championship and made his European Formula Two Championship debut.
  • He competed in 10 Formula Two races in 1982 for Bertram Schäfer Racing but failed to score points, with a best finish of 8th.
  • In 1983 again made 10 Formula Two starts, this time for Emco Sports but only succeeded in finishing twice and scored no points.
  • In 1984 he returned to Emco Sports and finally broke into the points with a 6th place at Donington Park, with his single point good enough for 15th in the championship.
  • Formula Two gave way to International Formula 3000 in 1985 and "Chauvet" only attempted two races with Oreca, failing to finish both races.
  • In 1986 he drove in Formula 3000 nearly full-time for Jordan Racing but had a best finish of just 14th and he failed to qualify once.
  • He also drove in two World Sports-Prototype Championship races for two teams (Roy Baker Racing in Jerez and Martin Schanche Racing in the Nürburgring, failing to score points on both occasions).
  • Glatz was away from racing in 1987 but in 1988 returned to Formula 3000 at 45 years of age racing full-time for Racetech 3000.
  • However, after 3 failures to qualify in 6 races, he left the team and went to Madgwick International.
  • His best finish on the season was 12th, out of the points.
  • He also made 3 World Sports-Prototype Championship starts.
  • In 1989 he made one start in the inaugural season of British Formula 3000, which was good enough for 13th in points.
  • He made a handful of sports car starts throughout the 1990s, mainly in Interserie. In 2002 he was driving a 1996-vintage Arrows Footwork FA17 Formula One car in a EuroBOSS race at Autodrom Most when his car bounced over a curb and became airborne.
  • Glatz died from his injuries.

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