Wolfgang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximilian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips (May 4, 1928 – September 10, 1961) was a German Formula 1 driver who competed from 1956 to 1961. He scored a total of two wins and four additional podiums, plus one pole position.
Formula 1 Career
Von Trips spent his entire Formula 1 career with Scuderia Ferrari, making his debut at the 1956 Italian Grand Prix. However, he did not start the race due to a practice accident. The German entered three races in the following season, including a third place finish at the event he had failed to start a year earlier. 1958 yielded another podium finish, before only entering one Formula 1 race in 1959, at the United States Grand Prix where he failed to score.
With the exception of the Indianapolis 500, 1960 was von Trip’s first full Formula 1 season. He scored points on five occasions and finished the season in seventh overall. Von Trips scored his two Formula 1 victories in 1961, but was killed in the Italian Grand Prix after a collision with Jim Clar
k. The German driver posthumously finished the season runner-up in the championship after the title was won by his Ferrari teammate Phil Hill.
ELYSEE
German watch brand ELYSEE announced von Trips as a brand ambassador in 2006, and released several Graf Berghe von Trips Edition around 2013 to 2015 in honor of the late Formula 1 driver.
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References
https://elysee-watches.com/en/pages/uber-elysee
https://www.watchreport.com/elysee-graf-berghe-von-trips-hemmersbach-watch-review/
https://fliphtml5.com/jzyj/aqzh/ELYSEE_Catalogus_2015/
https://allwatches.org/de/elysee-graf-berghe-von-trips-limited-edition-28413~28-p1325/