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Wolfgang Seidel

Wolfgang Seidel

German racing driver (1926–1987)

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
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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 Combined with some doubts about the level of preparation of his cars, Seidel's competition licence was withdrawn, and he offered his two cars up for sale.[1] In spite of not having a licence, Seidel competed in the non-championship 1962 Mexican Grand Prix a few months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]

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Non-Championship results

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References

  1. [1]
    Björklund, Bengt, ed. (October 1962). "Från skilda fronter" [From different fronts]. Illustrerad Motor Sport (in Swedish). No. 10. Lerum, Sweden. p. 30.
  2. [2]
    Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship Drivers – Where are they now?". Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  3. [3]
    Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. pp. 344–5. ISBN 0851127029.
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