years championships races nationality points birth_date poles wins image article_title name podiums
1952 -- 1953 0 4 -lrb- 2 starts -rrb- bel belgian 0 7 june 1927 0 0 charles de tornaco.jpg charles de tornaco
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charles de tornaco

charles de tornaco -lrb- 7 june 1927 in brussels -- 18 september 1953 -rrb- was a racing driver from belgium .
he participated in 4 formula one world championship grands prix , debuting on 22 june 1952 .
he scored no championship points .
de tornaco was the co-founder of ecurie belgique , which later became ecurie francorchamps , and most of his racing career was with this team , driving ferraris .
in practice for the modena grand prix in 1953 , de tornaco rolled his car and suffered serious head and neck injuries .
there were no adequate medical facilities present , and he died on his way to hospital in a private saloon car .
