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Siegfried Stohr

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Siegfried Stohr
Born (1952-10-10) 10 October 1952 (age 72)
Rimini, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityItaly Italian
Active years1981
TeamsArrows
Entries13 (9 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1981 United States Grand Prix West
Last entry1981 Italian Grand Prix

Siegfried Stohr (born 10 October 1952) is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 13 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 15 March 1981. He scored no championship points.

Biography

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Stohr started in the Italian Formula Italia class in 1976 finishing second in the championship.[1] In 1977 he won the series.[2] Stohr won the Italian Formula Three Championship in 1978 driving a Chevron[3] and progressed to Formula two for 1979 where he took second places at Vallelunga and Pau, with a Chevron before switching with less success to a March.[3] For 1980 he joined Alan Docking Racing, driving a Toleman, and finished fourth in the championship with one win, at Enna.[3]

Stohr joined Arrows for the 1981 Formula One season, as teammate to Riccardo Patrese. Patrese proved considerably faster than Stohr, who struggled in his first few races. Just as Stohr began to improve, he was involved in a start-line accident at the 1981 Belgian Grand Prix; after Patrese's engine stalled, his mechanic Dave Luckett ran onto the grid to try to reignite it while the race had already started.[4] Stohr crashed into the back of Patrese's car, seriously injuring Luckett.[5] Stohr's confidence was badly affected by the accident and his performance throughout the rest of the season deteriorated, along with that of his team, relative to their rivals. Stohr retired before the end of the season after crashing out of qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix.

After Formula One, Stohr made a short lived comeback in the Italian Superturismo Championship in 1989 driving a BMW M3.[6]

A psychology graduate at the University of Padua, Stohr started a racing school and safe driving academy at the Misano circuit in 1982.[7] In the 1990s he became a regular columnist for the Italian motorsport weekly Autosprint. He also wrote columns about driving safety in several publications.

Career results

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Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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(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 Pos. Pts
1979 Trivellato Racing Team March 792 BMW SIL
Ret
HOC
9
THR
Ret
NÜR
4
VAL
2
MUG
11
PAU
2
HOC
Ret
ZAN
7
PER
Ret
MIS
5
DON
Ret
8th 17
1980 Alan Docking Racing Toleman TG280 Hart THR HOC NÜR
4
VAL
5
PAU
2
SIL
18
ZOL
3
MUG
6
ZAN
Ret
PER
1
MIS
13
HOC
3
4th 29

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WDC Points
1981 Arrows Racing Team Arrows A3 Cosworth V8 USW
DNQ
BRA
Ret
ARG
9
SMR
DNQ
BEL
Ret
MON
Ret
ESP
Ret
FRA
DNQ
GBR
Ret
GER
12
AUT
Ret
NED
7
ITA
DNQ
CAN CPL NC 0

Complete Formula One non-championship results

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(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1
1981 Arrows Racing Team Arrows A3 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA
Ret

References

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  1. ^ "Formula Italia 1976 standings". DriverDatabase. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Formula Italia 1977 standings". DriverDatabase. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Steve Small. The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. p. 362. ISBN 0851127029.
  4. ^ "Siegfried Stohr 1981 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder". YouTube.
  5. ^ "Dave Luckett - Speedcafe". speedcafe.com. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Italian Touring Car Championship 1989 standings". DriverDatabase. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  7. ^ "GuidarePilotare of Siegfried Stohr. Courses of secure and sportive driving for private, company and enti". guidarepilotare.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Italian Formula Three Champion
1978
Succeeded by