Tom
Belsø

Tom Belsø was born in Gladsaxe on 27 August 1942 and is regarded as the first Dane in Formula One. He began in touring cars, won his first race and became Scandinavian Touring Car Champion in 1969. In 1972 he moved up to Formula Two, where fourth place at the Albi Grand Prix was his best result. He drove a Lola in Formula 5000 in 1973, and in 1974 he won a round of the Rothmans 5000 European Championship at Snetterton.

In 1973 he qualified an Iso-Marlboro run by Frank Williams Racing Cars for the Swedish Grand Prix, but did not take part in the race. In 1974 he tried to qualify four times and succeeded in South Africa and Sweden. In South Africa he retired on the opening lap with a clutch failure, while in Sweden he finished eighth. Belsø died on 12 January 2020.

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