10 Facts About Siegfried Stohr

Siegfried Stohr was born on 10 October 1952 and is a former racing driver from Italy.

Siegfried Stohr participated in 13 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 15 March 1981.

Siegfried Stohr won the Italian Formula Three Championship in 1978 driving a Chevron and progressed to Formula two for 1979 where he took second places at Vallelunga and Pau, with a Chevron before switching with less success to a March.

Siegfried Stohr joined Arrows for the 1981 Formula One season, as teammate to Riccardo Patrese.

Patrese proved considerably faster than Siegfried Stohr, who struggled in his first few races.

Just as Siegfried Stohr began to improve, he was involved in a start-line accident at the 1981 Belgian Grand Prix; after Patrese's engine stalled, his mechanic Dave Luckett ran onto the grid to try to reignite it while the race had already started.

Siegfried Stohr crashed into the back of Patrese's car, seriously injuring Luckett.

Siegfried Stohr's confidence was badly affected by the accident and his performance throughout the rest of the season deteriorated, along with that of his team, relative to their rivals.

Siegfried Stohr retired before the end of the season after crashing out of qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix.

Siegfried Stohr wrote columns about driving safety in several publications.