Christian Kautz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christian Kautz

Swiss racing driver (1913-1948)

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1913

Place of Birth: Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 04-Jul-1948

Profession: engineer, aircraft pilot, motorcycle racer, racing automobile driver

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Christian Kautz (born 23 November 1913 – died on 4 July 1948) was an auto racing driver from Switzerland.Son of a Swiss multi-millionaire, his career started with Mercedes-Benz as a junior driver in 1936, then as an Auto Union junior driver in 1938, starting in three Grands Prix.
Kautz was a testpilot for Lockheed in the United States during the Second World War.
He died at only 34 years of age in a fatal accident in a Maserati at the 1948 Swiss Grand Prix in Bremgarten.