- Heinz Schiller
Former F1 driver
Name = Heinz Schiller
Nationality = flagicon|Switzerland Swiss
Years = F1|1962
Team(s) = non-works Lotus
Races = 1
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1962 German Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =1962 German Grand Prix Heinz Schiller (
January 25 ,1930 inFrauenfeld -March 26 ,2007 ), was a formerracing driver fromSwitzerland . He participated in oneFormula One World Championship Grand Prix, onAugust 5 , 1962. He retired from the race, scoring no championship points.Schiller was a
speedboat champion in his native Switzerland before turning tosports car racing , finding success during the mid-1950s. He then switched to single seater cars, starting inhillclimbing before moving up to circuit racing.He first appeared in Formula One at the beginning of 1962 with Ecurie Nationale Suisse, driving their three-year old Porsche in the Brussels Grand Prix, where he finished 8th on aggregate after the three heats. He subsequently drove the same car at the
1962 Pau Grand Prix , coming home 9th.Under the Ecurie Filipinetti banner but still driving the same Porsche, Schiller failed to qualify at the Napoli Grand Prix, largely because only 10 cars were permitted to take the start. He was entered by
Ecurie Maarsbergen for the1962 Belgian Grand Prix but was withdrawn, before finishing 7th in the Grosser Preis der Solitude for Ecurie Filipinetti. He then switched to aLotus 24 for his single World Championship event, the1962 German Grand Prix which ended with oil pressure problems, as did his attempt at the Mediterranean Grand Prix, now back in the Porsche.Schiller made one appearance in Formula One in 1963, finishing 3rd at Pau but five laps down, again in the old Porsche, before returning to sports cars. He finished 10th at the
1964 24 Hours of Le Mans withGerhard Koch .Complete Formula One World Championship results
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References
* "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
* "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
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