Siegfried Stohr
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 Italy
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| First start: | 1981 Italian Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | Dutch Grand Prix 1981 | ||||||||
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| 1981 Arrows | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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Siegfried Stohr (born October 10, 1952 in Rimini ) is a former Italian racing driver .
Career
Siegfried Stohr was born to an Italian mother and a German father. In 1978 he won the Italian Formula 3 championship on a Chevron . In 1979 he moved to the Formula 2 European Championship and achieved second places in the races in Vallelunga and Pau . Equipped with sponsorship money from Beta, Stohr switched to Toleman in 1980 , won the race in Enna and came fourth in the final ranking of the European Championship.
In 1981 , the Italian entered Formula 1 with financial support from his sponsor . He played the season for the British Arrows team, but could not prevail against his teammate Riccardo Patrese . Above all, a serious incident at the Belgian Grand Prix had a lasting impact on Stohr's further racing career. During the chaotic start procedure in Zolder - mechanics were still on the track even though the race was open - Stohr knocked down an Arrows mechanic who was working on the Patrese vehicle in front of him. The mechanic got away with serious injuries, but Stohr was in deep shock. He achieved his best result at his last Grand Prix, the Grand Prix of the Netherlands , when he narrowly missed World Championship points with seventh place in the Arrows A3 . At the end of the season, Stohr, who could never quite overcome the accident, retired from racing, founded a racing driver school and received his doctorate in psychology from the University of Parma .
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who, 3rd Edition . Travel Publishing, London 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8
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Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Stohr, Siegfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rimini |