Closeup of the Porsche 956 in which Schuppan and co-drivers Al Holbert and Hurley Haywood won the 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Born
(1943-03-19) 19 March 1943 (age 81) Booleroo Centre, South Australia, Australia
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
Australian
Active years
1972, 1974–1975, 1977
Teams
BRM, Ensign, Hill, Surtees
Entries
13 (9 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Career points
0
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1972 Belgian Grand Prix
Last entry
1977 Dutch Grand Prix
Walk of fame at Le Mans- Winner in 1983
Vernon John SchuppanAM (born 19 March 1943) is a retired Australian motor racing driver. Schuppan drove in various categories, participating in Formula One, the Indianapolis 500 and most successfully in sports car racing.
Although he considers himself to be a single-seater driver, Schuppan's biggest career victory was with the factory-backed Rothmans Porsche team when he partnered Americans Hurley Haywood and Al Holbert to win the 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans driving the Porsche 956.
In 1984 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to the sport of motor racing".[1]
^"Vernon John SCHUPPAN". Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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racer Yip met Sid Taylor and agreed to sponsor VernSchuppan in Formula 5000. This led to Yip backing Schuppan in Formula One with Ensign in 1974. There followed...
drivers have competed in at least one race: Larry Perkins David Walker VernSchuppan Frank Gardner Paul Hawkins Paul England Warwick Brown Two further drivers...
One, and the first time a Finn had started a Formula One Grand Prix. VernSchuppan, the first reserve of Ensign-Ford, started illegally from 26th place...
Under" drivers such as Frank Matich, Frank Gardner, Kevin Bartlett, VernSchuppan, Graeme McRae, Graeme Lawrence, Warwick Brown, Johnnie Walker, John...
Lee Han Seng win in a Lotus 22. The final victory went to Australian VernSchuppan in a March 722 in 1973. In 1960, a Grand Prix was devised as part of...
having been offered a works Brabham drive. He was replaced at Ensign by VernSchuppan whose only finish was 15th at the Belgian Grand Prix and was later himself...
the final few litres of fuel sloshed around the tank. Watson, Jarier, VernSchuppan and Pryce (prior to his removal by Scheckter) were also victims of this...
spectators saw Englishman Brian Redman win the race from Australian VernSchuppan, with Canadian driver Eppie Wietzes finishing third. In 1974 the city...
Bernhard Tony Dron Tony Maggs Udo Schütz Umberto Maglioli Uwe Alzen VernSchuppan Vic Elford Walter Röhrl Willi Kauhsen Wolf Henzler Wolfgang Graf Berghe...
23 Rolf Stommelen 1–3 Hill-Ford GH1 22 4, 12–13 François Migault 6 VernSchuppan 7 Alan Jones 8–11 23 François Migault 4 Graham Hill 5 Tony Brise 6–14...
people to publicly praise Unser when Unser died in May 2021. Australians VernSchuppan (3rd), Geoff Brabham (5th) and Dennis Firestone (10th) were the first...
0 V8 G 18 Hans Binder 1–6, 15–17 Larry Perkins 7–9 Patrick Tambay 9 VernSchuppan 10–13 Lamberto Leoni 14 19 Vittorio Brambilla All Walter Wolf Racing...
Ensign Ensign-Ford N174 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 F 22 Rikky von Opel 1 VernSchuppan 5–11 Mike Wilds 12, 14-15 25 13 Scribante Lucky Strike Racing McLaren-Ford...
bumped out Walther. With about an hour to go, Eldon Rasmussen bumped out VernSchuppan, and John Mahler bumped out Joe Saldana. The final hour of qualifying...
chassis was modified with a new airbox to cool the turbo. Team regular VernSchuppan was paired with Jean-Pierre Jarier and American Sam Posey teamed up...
EECTooltip 1983 European Endurance Championship Al Holbert (USA) VernSchuppan (AUS) WECTooltip 1983 World Sportscar Championship 1984 Klaus Ludwig (DEU)...
Alex Soler-Roig 1, 3 Helmut Marko 1–2, 4–6 Jean-Pierre Beltoise 2–12 VernSchuppan 5 Jackie Oliver 7 Bill Brack 11 Brian Redman 12 Scuderia Ferrari SpA...
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