Loris Kessel
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BiographyEdit
He was born in Lugano and died in Montagnola following a long illness.
He participated in six Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 2 May 1976. He scored no championship points.
In 1976, he drove a Brabham for RAM, and in 1977 he drove his own Apollon-Williams, although this car was not a success.
Kessel ran a series of car dealerships in Switzerland and his own racing team, competing in Ferrari Challenge series in Italy and the main European series. The team also competes in the FIA GT3 European Championship with the same car.
Racing recordEdit
Complete European Formula Two Championship resultsEdit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula One World Championship resultsEdit
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Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Template:Tooltip | Pts |
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1976 | RAM Racing | Brabham BT44B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP Template:Small |
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MON | SWE Template:Small |
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GBR | GER | AUT Template:Small |
NED | ITA | CAN | USA | JPN | NC | 0 | |
1977 | Jolly Club of Switzerland | Apollon Fly | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP | MON | BEL | SWE | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA Template:Small |
USA | CAN | JPN | NC | 0 |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans resultsEdit
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip |
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1985 | Template:Flagicon Carma F.F. (Cheetah) | Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Frey Template:Flagicon Ruggero Melgrati Template:Flagicon Aldo Bertuzzi |
Alba AR2-Carma | C2 | - | DNS | DNS |
1993 | Template:Flagicon Obermaier Racing GmbH | Template:Flagicon Otto Altenbach Template:Flagicon Jürgen Oppermann |
Porsche 962C | C2 | 355 | 7th | 3rd |
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