Charles Vögele

Charles Vögele in the Porsche 906 during training for the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring in 1966

Karl Leo "Charles" Vögele (born March 12, 1923 in Uznach ; † April 21, 2002 in Altendorf ) was a Swiss entrepreneur, racing driver and Formula 1 team manager in the 1960s.

Career

Vögele founded the fashion retail company Charles Vögele , which had branches in ten European countries.

As a driver, he took in 1960 along with Peter Ashdown at the 24-hour race at Le Mans in part, but did not finish. Charles Vögele also drove with Peter Ashdown in the 12-hour races at Sebring in 1960 and 1961 , where he achieved a class win in 1960. He also drove other sports car races with Jo Siffert . His team, Charles Vögele Racing , registered (all with Silvio Moser as driver) to take part in six Formula 1 races in 1967 (on Cooper ) and 1968 (on Brabham ). In three participations after successful qualification, two points were fought for at the Dutch Grand Prix in 1968.

He was also interested in art and antiques , and in 1976 he acquired the auction house Jürg Stuker .

Honors

1995 Culture Prize of the Canton of Schwyz for the establishment and expansion of the Seedamm Cultural Center in Pfäffikon .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1960	Lola Cars Ltd.	Lola MK1	Peter Ashdown	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1960	Charles Vögele	Lola MK1	Peter Ashdown	17th place and class win
1966	Charles Vögele	Porsche 906	Joseph Siffert	Rank 6

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
1960	Charles Vögele Lola	Lola MK1	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
				17th		17th	DNF
1961	Charles Vögele	Lola MK1	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
					19th
1962	Vögele & Leston	Lotus Elite	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
									DNF
1964		Brabham	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
																7th
1965		Brabham	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
																			5
1966	Charles Vögele	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
				6th	5			DNF		DNF	2	9
1967	Charles Vögele	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
			DNF

Web links

Commons : Charles Vögele  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Erwin Horat: Charles Vögele. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Obituary by Karl Lüönd in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on April 24, 2002
• Charles Vögele at Racing Sports Cars