Roberto Mieres

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Roberto Casimiro Mieres Dasso<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (3 December 1924<ref name="WATN">Template:Cite web</ref> – 26 January 2012) was a racing driver from Mar del Plata, Argentina.<ref name="WATN" /> He participated in 17 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 7 June 1953. He scored a total of 13 championship points.

Formula One and sports car racer

Mieres competed in a number of different sports, including rowing, sailing, rugby, and tennis. He first took up motorsport in Argentina with an MG, which he later replaced with a Mercedes-Benz SSK and then a Bugatti formerly driven by Achille Varzi, using the latter to win the Argentine sports car championship. As a reward, he was invited to join his compatriots Juan Manuel Fangio and José Froilán González on a trip to Europe, during which he finished fourth in the 1950 Circuit des Nations in Geneva driving a Maserati 4CLT/48 Formula Two car. After returning to Argentina, he was recruited by the Gordini team to replace the injured Jean Behra, allowing him to make his début in the World Championship at the 1953 Dutch Grand Prix. He also competed in the French and Italian Grands Prix, taking a best finish of sixth at Monza.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Mieres scored his best result of 1953, however, in the non-championship Grand Prix de l'Albigeois held in Albi, France, finishing in fourth place.<ref>Frenchman Wins Automobile Race, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 1953, Page C2.</ref> He also finished third in a sports car handicap race at Caen in July 1953, which was won by Jean Chancel.<ref>Bayol Takes Auto Race, New York Times, 27 July 1953, Page 23.</ref> In January 1954 Mieres came in second at the Buenos Aires Grand Prix. Maurice Trintignant was victorious after Mike Hawthorn skidded close to the finish.<ref>Sports In Brief, Los Angeles Times, 1 February 1954, Page C2.</ref> The tail of Mieres' Maserati caught fire during the 1954 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps. After belatedly realising this, he slammed on the brakes and jumped to safety.<ref>Hot Race, New York Times, 24 June 1954, Page 37.</ref> Mieres then finished fifth in a Maserati at the 1954 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.<ref>Argentine Driver Triumphs In Rain, New York Times, 18 July 1954, Page S4.</ref> In the 1957 City of Buenos Aires sports car race Mieres drove a 3.5 litre Jaguar to a fourth-place finish. His driving partner was Ninian Sanderson of Scotland.<ref>Ferrari Is First At Buenos Aires, New York Times, 21 January 1957, Page 41.</ref> Mieres later teamed with Anton Van Dorey for a win in the 1959 USAC Road Racing Championship Daytona 1,000 km, the predecessor to the modern Rolex 24 at Daytona.

It is likely that an oil slick dropped by Mieres' Porsche caused a tragic accident at the 1958 Cuban Grand Prix, in which at least four people were killed and fifty more injured. Ferrari driver Armando Garcia Cifuentes skidded on a large oil slick which had been deposited on the track and crashed into a grandstand; one lap earlier, Mieres had pitted to replenish oil he had lost with a broken oil line.<ref>Crash Kills 4 In Cuba Auto Race; Rebel Kidnappers Free Fangio, New York Times, 25 February 1958, Page 1.</ref>

Retirement

After his racing career wound down in the late 1950s, Mieres returned to his other interest of sailing, and represented Argentina in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He competed against fellow former racing driver, Prince Bira in the Star class, finishing 17th and beating his old rival in the process.<ref name=olympics>Template:Cite web</ref> Only five others have competed in both the Formula One World Championships and the Olympics.<ref name=olympics/> He died at the age of 87 in Uruguay.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Points
1953	Équipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	Gordini Straight-6	ARG	500	NED Template:Small	BEL	FRA Template:Small	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA Template:Small	NC	0
1954	Roberto Mieres	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati Straight-6	ARG Template:Small	500	BEL Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small					11th	6
		Maserati 250F							GER Template:Small
	Officine Alfieri Maserati									SUI Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	ESP Template:Small
1955	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	ARG Template:Small	MON Template:Small	500	BEL 5 *	NED Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	ITA Template:Small			8th	7

* Indicates shared drive with Jean Behra.

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