Peter Mattli

The Porsche 907 with Peter Mattli at the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans was the start

Peter Mattli (born May 31, 1944 ) is a Swiss entrepreneur, politician and former racing driver .

Entrepreneur

In the 1930s, Peter Mattli's grandfather ran a horse and cart company in Wassen on Gotthardstrasse . In 1931 he bought the first truck . His son Otto, the father of Peter Mattli, founded his own transport company in 1945 . In 1949 the last horses were sold and the haulage business was run exclusively by truck. The company grew steadily and in the 1970s mainly benefited from the construction of the Gotthard road tunnel . In 1981, Peter and his brother Ruedi took over the company, which today also operates a concrete plant in addition to transporting construction sites and selling materials .

After entering politics, Peter Mattli gradually stepped down from the management of the company, which is now run in the third generation by his nephew Pascal.

Politician

Peter Mattli is a member of the FDP, the Liberals, and was elected to the government of the Canton of Uri in 1987 . Between 1998 and 2000 he served as Landammann and was chairman of the cantonal government . In 2004 he was not re-elected. For several years he sat on the board of the HC Ambrì-Piotta ice hockey club .

Racing career

Peter Mattli was active as a racing driver in the 1960s and 1970s. He competed in mountain races and drove sports car races for several years from 1971 . He competed twice in the Le Mans 24-hour race . In 1971 , he and Walter Brun finished seventh overall in a Porsche 907 . This placement was synonymous with victory in the class for prototypes with a displacement of up to 2 liters. In 1972 he finished the race in 18th place overall.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement
1971	Wicky Racing Team	Porsche 907	Walter Brun		Rank 7 and class win
1972	Wicky Racing Team	Porsche 907	Walter Brun	Hervé Bayard	Rank 18

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
1965	Peter Mattli	Alfa Romeo Giulia	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
																			30th
1966	Peter Mattli	Alfa Romeo TZ	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
													DNF
1971	Wicky Racing	Porsche 908 Porsche 907	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
							10				7th
1972	Wicky Racing	Porsche 907	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
							4th				18th

Web links

Commons : Peter Mattli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Peter Mattli at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Mattli is running again. In: Urner Wochenblatt . November 7, 2003.
2. ↑ Four new heads in the Uri government. In: news.ch. March 21, 2004.
3. ^ NLA: HC Ambri-Piotta in the red. ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2016 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. In: Hockey News. August 6, 2012.