Rolf Johann Stommelen (1943-07-11)11 July 1943 Siegen, Nazi Germany
Died
24 April 1983(1983-04-24) (aged 39) Riverside, California, United States
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
German
Active years
1969–1976, 1978
Teams
Surtees, Brabham, Eifelland, Hill, RAM, Hesketh, Arrows
Entries
63 (54 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
1
Career points
14
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1970 South African Grand Prix
Last entry
1978 Canadian Grand Prix
Rolf Johann Stommelen[1] (German pronunciation:[ʁɔlfˈjoːhanˈʃtoːmeln̩]; 11 July 1943 – 24 April 1983) was a racing driver from Siegen, Germany. He participated in 63 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one podium, and scored a total of 14 championship points. He also participated in several non-Championship Formula One races.
One of the best endurance sports car racing drivers of the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, Stommelen won the 24 Hours of Daytona four times: in 1968, 1978, 1980 and 1982 and the Targa Florio in 1967 in a Porsche 910.
^FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1979. Patrick Stephens Ltd. white p. 43. ISBN 0-85059-320-4.
Rolf Johann Stommelen (German pronunciation: [ʁɔlf ˈjoːhan ˈʃtoːmeln̩]; 11 July 1943 – 24 April 1983) was a racing driver from Siegen, Germany. He participated...
Jochen Mass were the main drivers, when the F1 schedule permitted. RolfStommelen, who was recovering from his bad crash in the 1975 Spanish GP, was the...
full-season drive in 1977. Reutemann's seat at Brabham was taken up by RolfStommelen and then Boro's Larry Perkins. After seeing Lauda's crash, Chris Amon...
old Tyrrell 007 for Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi. RAM was going to run RolfStommelen in one of its ex-works Brabham BT44s, but in the middle of the practice...
had a big crash caused by tire failure in the banking, his teammate RolfStommelen supported the car of Vic Elford and Jochen Neerpasch.[clarification...
completed race. During the race four spectators were hit by the Hill GH1 of RolfStommelen, after he crashed and landed in a spectator area, causing their deaths...
aerodynamic aids having been banned in motorsport. It was only when RolfStommelen demonstrated how undriveable the car was without the moving flaps that...
diagnosed with cancer shortly afterwards. His failing health caused RolfStommelen to take his place. The team initially ran a copy of the Shadow DN9,...
Güngör, Turkish sociologist, psychologist, and academic (b. 1938) 1983 – RolfStommelen, German racing driver (b. 1943) 1984 – Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish...
Bernie Ecclestone, at the end of the year. Aided by number-two driver RolfStommelen, the team came fourth in the Constructors' Championship. Tauranac signed...
track, leaving Andretti leading from John Watson in the Surtees and RolfStommelen's Hill. Watson then had to pit with a vibration and the leader Andretti...
for his team. In the second entry, Tim Schenken was hired instead of RolfStommelen, who moved to Surtees. Schenken had previously driven for Frank Williams'...
marred by the collapse of RolfStommelen's rear wing mounting, which pitched his car into the crowd and killed four people. Stommelen was injured in the accident...
before the season started. Ex-Shadow driver Riccardo Patrese and veteran RolfStommelen eventually drove for Arrows. Three teams (besides Williams and Arrows...
the only fatality in IMSA GTP history. In the 1983 Times Grand Prix, RolfStommelen's Joest-constructed Porsche 935 lost its rear wing at the Dogleg and...
entered a redesigned March 721 under the Eifelland name and signed RolfStommelen from Surtees. Before the season was over, however, they withdrew from...
hopes of new success. His place at Brabham was taken up by debutant RolfStommelen. Ex-Ferrari driver Pedro Rodríguez was signed by BRM. 1964 champion...
led by Siffert/Davis, who also claimed the Index of Performance. The Stommelen/Klass car in 7th was the first, and only, Sports car to finish. Finally...
the new Porsche 908, in the hands of RolfStommelen. It was found to need major aerodynamic refinement, but Stommelen eventually got a time of 3:44.1. On...
back to the 2.0L engines (fuel-injected for 220 bhp) in two cars, for RolfStommelen/Jochen Neerpasch and Targa Florio winners Udo Schütz/Joe Buzzetta. However...
1975 when Graham Hill's team brought him in to replace the injured RolfStommelen. He impressed enough to secure a full-time drive with Surtees but was...
the Dutch Grand Prix, he crashed and died in the subsequent fire. RolfStommelen returned to Formula One to take the place of Andrea de Adamich at Brabham...
following drivers are worthy of note: Jochen Mass Hans-Joachim Stuck RolfStommelen Joachim Winkelhock Manfred Winkelhock Christian Danner Wolfgang von...
Mans in langheck (longtail) form for Vic Elford/Richard Attwood and RolfStommelen/Kurt Ahrens, with Herbert Linge in the reserve car. In the Prototype...
Regazzoni achieved his first podium finish by coming second, while RolfStommelen achieved his only podium finish, coming third in a Brabham-Ford. Local...
whilst Jones joined Williams, Patrese linked up with Arrows, alongside RolfStommelen. Shadow subsequently took Arrows to court, arguing that Arrows had stolen...
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