1 March 1987(1987-03-01) (aged 60) Munich, Germany
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
West German
Active years
1953, 1958, 1960–1962
Teams
Non-works Lotus, Cooper, Emeryson, Veritas and Maserati
Entries
12 (10 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Career points
0
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1953 German Grand Prix
Last entry
1962 German Grand Prix
Wolfgang Seidel (4 July 1926 – 1 March 1987) was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in 12 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 2 August 1953. He scored no championship points.
Seidel and Helm Glöckler in Porsche 550-015 at the 1955 Mille Miglia, finishing 8th
Seidel often entered cars under his own name, or under the Scuderia Colonia banner. After having been refused a start at the 1962 German Grand Prix due to slowness, Seidel got in an argument with officials from the Automobilclub von Deutschland. Combined with some doubts about the level of preparation of his cars, Seidel's competition licence was withdrawn, and he offered his two cars up for sale.[1] In spite of not having a licence, Seidel competed in the non-championship 1962 Mexican Grand Prix a few months later.
He died in 1987 of a heart attack.[2]
^Björklund, Bengt, ed. (October 1962). "Från skilda fronter" [From different fronts]. Illustrerad Motor Sport (in Swedish). No. 10. Lerum, Sweden. p. 30.
^Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship Drivers – Where are they now?". Retrieved 3 January 2013.
WolfgangSeidel (4 July 1926 – 1 March 1987) was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in 12 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting...
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BRM and Tony Brooks moved to BRP (racing under Yeoman Credit Racing). Wolfgang von Trips was hired as their full-time driver for 1960. At BRP, Brooks...
Wolfgang von Trips / Jo Bonnier. Four Porsches made up the only entrants in the S-1500 class, the works car driven by Edgar Barth / WolfgangSeidel alongside...
material was recorded during 1971-1972 by Schnitzler, Freudigmann, and WolfgangSeidel. Much of the material for these albums had been previously released...
race from 1955–1973). In 1959, the car, driven by Edgar Barth and WolfgangSeidel, achieved overall victory at the Targa Florio for its first time. A...
lap 18 Moss was involved in a minor collision with the Maserati of WolfgangSeidel which forced the latter to retire and Moss to be wary of engine temperature...
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on the end of lap 2, at the approach to the Parabolica, German driver Wolfgang von Trips lost control of his Ferrari after colliding with the Lotus of...
wet and gave Hawthorn the advantage to take the lead. Ferrari teammate Wolfgang von Trips got up to third, before being passed by Jean Behra in the BRM...
Belge Ret Willy Mairesse Ret Scuderia Colonia Michael May Ret 11 DNS WolfgangSeidel DNS 17 Ret Ret Camoradi International Ian Burgess DNS DNS 14 14 Tony...
Mike Hawthorn/Peter Collins, Phil Hill/Olivier Gendebien and Wolfgang von Trips/WolfgangSeidel (called in to replace Luigi Musso injured in the previous...
Mairesse took over the non-qualified Lotus 18's with Tony Marsh and WolfgangSeidel. British Racing Partnership was also in trouble with only one Lotus...
Seisakusho of Japan, and Shijiazhuang of China, and Evolution (designed by WolfgangSeidel of Germany, and made in India) and Technopower in the US.[citation...
Bonnier/Graham Hill and Hans Herrmann/ Maurice Trintignant. Edgar Barth / WolfgangSeidel drove the regular RS60, supported again by the two privateer entries...
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 1956 – 1960, 1962 – 1963 Teams WolfgangSeidel Ed Hugus privateer Porsche System Engineering Best finish 5th (1958) Class...
overall. Behind the Ferrari, were three Mercedes of Paul von Metternich, WolfgangSeidel and Jacques Pollet, in sixth, seventh and eighth respectively. Cabianca...
his car was not ready in time for the event. His entry was taken by WolfgangSeidel. Throughout the 1960s Slotemaker competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans...
the race with the older, yet proven, Lotus 18s of non-starters Marsh and Seidel. The race was completely dominated by the Ferrari team, with the four works...
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