Rikky from Opel
Nation: | Liechtenstein | ||||||||
Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | 1973 French Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 1974 Dutch Grand Prix | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1973–1974 Ensign Racing · 1974 Motor Racing Developments | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
Podiums : | - | ||||||||
Leadership laps : | - |
Frederick "Rikky" von Opel (born October 14, 1947 in New York City ) is a former racing car driver from the Opel family . So far he is the only Formula 1 racing driver who competed for Liechtenstein .
Career
Rikky von Opel is the great-grandson of Adam Opels and the first child from the second marriage of the racing driver Fritz von Opel to Emita Herrán Olozaga. He began his career under the pseudonym Antonio Bronco, because he wanted to convince as a racing driver and not as a descendant of an automobile dynasty; he also wanted to show consideration for his family.
In 1972 Opel won the British Formula 3 Championship . He drove his first Formula 1 race in 1973 for Ensign at the French Grand Prix . After only moderate success in five other starts, he moved in the 1974 season to the Brabham team, for which he competed in four races. He completed his last Grand Prix in 1974 in the Netherlands .
Von Opel was only able to reach the finish line in four of his ten races. His best finishes were two ninth places for Brabham. He did not reach a World Cup point.
In the 1990s, von Opel, who was in a relationship with the actress Marisa Berenson in the 1970s , withdrew from the public and has lived in a monastery in Thailand ever since .
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
Single results
season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th |
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1973 | |||||||||||||||
15th | 13 | DNS | DNF | DNF | NC | DNF | |||||||||
1974 | |||||||||||||||
DNS | DNF | DNF | DNQ | 9 | 9 | DNQ |
Legend | ||
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
TD | Friday test driver | |
without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | excluded | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
C. | Race canceled | |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
other | P / bold | Pole position |
SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who, 3rd Edition . Travel Publishing, London 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8
Web links
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Opel, Rikky from |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Opel, Frederick von; Bronco, Antonio (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Liechtenstein car racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |