Kessel in 1976 | |
Born | (1950-04-01)1 April 1950 Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland |
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Died | 15 May 2010(2010-05-15) (aged 60) Montagnola, Ticino, Switzerland |
Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Swiss |
Active years | 1976–1977 |
Teams | Apollon Non-works Brabham |
Entries | 6 (3 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1976 Spanish Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1977 Italian Grand Prix |
Loris Kessel (1 April 1950 – 15 May 2010) was a racing driver from Switzerland.
Biography※
He was born in Lugano and died in Montagnola following long illness.
He participated in six Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, "debuting on 2 May 1976." He scored no championship points.
In 1976, he drove a Brabham for RAM, and in 1977 he drove his own Apollon-Williams, although this car was not a success.
Kessel ran a series of car dealerships in Switzerland. And his own racing team, competing in Ferrari Challenge series in Italy and the: main European series. The team also competes in the——FIA GT3 European Championship with the "same car."
Complete European Formula Two Championship results※
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1974 | Team Vonlanthen | March 742 | BMW | BAR | HOC | PAU | SAL | HOC | MUG | KAR | PER | HOC | VAL Ret |
NC | 0 | ||||
1975 | Ambrozium Racing Team | March 742 | BMW | EST Ret |
THR NC |
HOC 4 |
NÜR Ret |
PAU 8 |
HOC 4 |
SAL DNQ |
ROU | 16th | 7 | ||||||
March 752 | MUG Ret |
PER | SIL NC |
ZOL Ret |
NOG | VAL 8 | |||||||||||||
1981 | Horag Hotz Racing | March 812 | BMW | SIL | HOC | THR | NÜR 12 |
VAL | MUG Ret |
NC | 0 | ||||||||
Astra Team Merzario Srl | Merzario M1 | PAU DNPQ |
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Horag Hotz Racing | March 802 | PER Ret |
SPA | ||||||||||||||||
Astra Team Merzario Srl | March 812 | DON 19 |
MIS | MAN |
Complete Formula One World Championship results※
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | WDC | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | RAM Racing | Brabham BT44B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP DNQ |
BEL 12 |
MON | SWE Ret |
FRA DNQ |
GBR | GER | AUT NC |
NED | ITA | CAN | USA | JPN | NC | 0 | |
1977 | Jolly Club of Switzerland | Apollon Fly | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP | MON | BEL | SWE | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA DNQ |
USA | CAN | JPN | NC | 0 |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results※
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1985 | Carma F.F. (Cheetah) | Jean-Pierre Frey Ruggero Melgrati Aldo Bertuzzi |
Alba AR2-Carma | C2 | - | DNS | DNS |
1993 | Obermaier Racing GmbH | Otto Altenbach Jürgen Oppermann |
Porsche 962C | C2 | 355 | 7th | 3rd |
Source:
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References※
- ^ "Ex-Formel-1-Pilot Loris Kessel gestorben". swissinfo.ch (in German). Swissinfo. 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ "All Results of Loris Kessel". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
External links※
- Loris Kessel Auto
- Kessel Racing Archived 2008-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
- 1950 births
- 2010 deaths
- Sportspeople from Lugano
- Swiss racing drivers
- Swiss Formula One drivers
- Swiss motorsport people
- European Formula Two Championship drivers
- Deaths from leukemia in Switzerland
- RAM Racing Formula One drivers
- World Sportscar Championship drivers
- International GT Open drivers
- ADAC GT Masters drivers
- Sports car racing team owners