Silvio Moser

Silvio Moser

Nation:	Switzerland
Automobile world championship
First start:	1967 British Grand Prix
Last start:	1971 Italian Grand Prix
Constructors
1967–1968  Charles Vögele Racing  · 1969–1971  Silvio Moser Racing Team
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-16. ( 1969 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 12 - - -
World Cup points :	3
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Silvio Moser (born April 24, 1941 in Zurich ; † May 26, 1974 in Locarno ) was a Swiss automobile racing driver .

Career

Moser started as a private driver between 1967 and 1971 in Formula 1 . He dropped out prematurely in eight of his twelve Formula 1 starts, meaning that he was only able to drive four races the full distance. In two of these four races he achieved championship points:

• 5th place at the Grand Prix of the Netherlands in 1968
• 6th place at the 1969 USA Grand Prix

As a result of his injuries sustained in an accident in the 1000 km sports car race in Monza on April 25, 1974 , Moser died on May 26, 1974. On the 144th lap of the race, Moser lost control of a 2-liter car in the Ascari chicane. Lola T294 and crashed at high speed against the March 75S in the run-off zone, which Gabriele Serblin had parked there after a gearbox failure. Moser suffered severe head injuries and was taken to the Ospedale Niguarda Ca 'Granda in Milan in an ambulance , where he was operated on that evening. A few days later the family moved to a clinic in Locarno , where further operations followed. Silvio Moser died 31 days after the race from the long-term consequences of the accident.

statistics

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1965	Bizzarini Automobili	Iso Grifo A3C	Mario Casoni	failure	accident

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	21st	22nd
1963		Alfa Romeo Giulietta	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
																					5
1964	Silvio Moser Foitek	Alfa Romeo TZ	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
																		6th				15th
1965	Bizzarrini	Iso Grifo	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
				DNF
1967		Alfa Romeo GTA	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
											7th
1969	Piccionaia Racing	Porsche 907	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
									14th
1972	Antonio Nicodemi Jolly Club	Lola T290	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
									DNF			DNF
1973	Antonio Nicodemi Silvio Moser	Lola T290	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
								5			DNF
1974	Bretscher Racing	Lola T294	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
			16

literature

• Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who, 3rd Edition . Travel Publishing, London 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8

Web links

Commons : Silvio Moser  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• private website
• Silvio Moser at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ Silvio Moser at Motorsport Memorial