Fredy Lienhard (racing driver)

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A Lista Racing Ferrari 333SP
Fredy Lienhard in the Porsche RS Spyder at the Silverstone 1000 km race in 2008

Alfred "Fredy" Lienhard (born September 14, 1947 in Herisau , Canton Appenzell ) is a Swiss entrepreneur and racing car driver .

Live and act

Professional career

Fredy Lienhard took over entrepreneurial responsibility for Lista in 1970 at the age of 22 after the sudden death of senior partner Alfred Lienhard . Lienhard built up the Office Group with the Lista Office LO , InterOffice and Denz brands . This is now one of the leading manufacturers and providers of office furniture systems. In 2014, after more than 44 years, Lienhard handed over his mandate as Chairman of the Board of Directors to Erwin Stoller. Daughter Franziska Lienhard Nava took over the vice presidency.

car racing

In 1968 Fredy Lienhard founded the Lista Racing team . In the 1970s and 1980s, he drove in Formula Vee and Formula 2 , and Lienhard was often to be found at mountain races in Switzerland. His greatest victory celebrated Lienhard in 2002: in the Rolex Sports Car Series, he won together with Didier Theys , Mauro Baldi and Max Papis , the 24 Hours of Daytona with a Dallara SP1 of Doran Lista Racing .

Autobau AG

In 2007 Fredy Lienhard bought an area with fallow industrial buildings from the Romanshorn community . An adventure world called autobau Factory was created there . The collector's items from racing and Lienhard's private holdings are exhibited in the halls. The autobau AG was founded with the aim of promoting new talent in racing.

statistics

successes

FIA Sportscar Championship

United States Road Racing Championship

Grand-Am Sports Car Series / Rolex Sports Car Series

  • Sierger in Road America 2000 and 2001 with Didier Theys and Mauro Baldi
  • Winner of the 2001 Watkins Glen 6 Hours with Didier Theys and Mauro Baldi
  • Victory at the 2002 Daytona 24-hour race with Max Papis, Didier Theys and Mauro Baldi

European Le Mans Series (LMS)

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1999 United StatesUnited States Doran Enterprises Ferrari 333SP ItalyItaly Mauro Baldi BelgiumBelgium Didier Theys failure Gearbox damage
2000 United StatesUnited States Doran Lista Racing Doran Special ItalyItaly Mauro Baldi BelgiumBelgium Didier Theys Rank 5
2002 United StatesUnited States Doran Lista Racing Dallara LMP ItalyItaly Mauro Baldi BelgiumBelgium Didier Theys failure accident
2003 United StatesUnited States Doran Lista Racing Dallara LMP BelgiumBelgium Eric van de Poele BelgiumBelgium Didier Theys Rank 7
2007 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Horag Racing Lola B05 / 40 BelgiumBelgium Eric van de Poele BelgiumBelgium Didier Theys failure Electrics
2008 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Horag Racing Porsche RS Spyder NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Lammers BelgiumBelgium Didier Theys Rank 7

Web links

Commons : Fredy Lienhard (Rennfahrer)  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ autobau.ch: passion "autobau" ( memento of the original dated December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 5, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.autobau.ch
personal data
SURNAME Lienhard, Fredy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lienhard, Alfred (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Herisau , Switzerland