Manfred Schurti

Start of the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring in 1977; Manfred Schurti in the Jägermeister Porsche 935 is third behind Jacky Ickx and Rolf Stommelen, who also drove the Porsche 935

Manfred Schurti (born December 24, 1941 in Lustenau ) is a former Liechtenstein automobile racing driver .

Career

Manfred Schurti is still the most famous and most successful racing driver in the Principality of Liechtenstein. He was born in Austria on Christmas Eve 1941, in the middle of World War II, and began his career in Formula Vee in the late 1960s . In 1970 a world championship was held for this racing formula, which Schurti won. In 1972 he won the overall classification of the Formula Super Vau Castrol Trophy and the International Castrol GTX Trophy . In the same year he was elected Sportsman of the Year in Liechtenstein. Entering and switching to Formula 2 was not very successful - there were only four starts from 1973 to 1976 - so that Schurti turned to touring and sports car racing from 1976 . He drove in the German racing championship and in the sports car world championship . In the German racing championship, he won a total of three races. In 1980 he drove in the Procar series , where he was once victorious.

Schurti competed nine times in the Le Mans 24-hour race ; with the best result in 1976 when he and Rolf Stommelen finished fourth in the overall ranking. The Liechtensteiner also wrote motorsport history at Le Mans. In 1975 he was part of the only five-man team that made it into the final ranking. Together with Gijs van Lennep , Toine Hezemans , John Fitzpatrick and Georg Loos he finished fifth.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1974	Martini Racing	Porsche Carrera RSR	Helmut Koinigg				failure	Fire
1975	Gelo Racing Team	Porsche Carrera RSR	G. Lennep	T. Hezemans	J. Fitzpatrick	G. Loos	5th place and class win
1976	Martini Racing Porsche Systems	Porsche 935	Rolf Stommelen				4th place and class win
1977	Martini Racing Porsche Systems	Porsche 935/77	Rolf Stommelen				failure	Engine failure
1978	Martini Racing Porsche Systems	Porsche 935/78	Rolf Stommelen				Rank 8
1979	Gelo Sportwear International	Porsche 935	Hans Heyer				failure	Engine failure
1980	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 924 Carrera	Jürgen Barth				Rank 6
1981	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche Carrera GTR	Andy Rouse				11th place and class win
1982	Goodrich Corporation	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Pat Bedard	Paul Miller			failure	Gearbox damage

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1978	Dick Barbour performance	Porsche 935 / 77A	Dick Barbour	Rolf Stommelen	failure	suspension

Web links

• Manfred Schurti in the Driver Database
• Short biography on the website www.oldracingcars.com
• Short portrait with picture at www.liechtenstein.li