Rudi Fischer

Rudolf "Rudi" Fischer (19 April 1912 – 30 December 1976) was a Swiss racing driver, who competed in Formula One at seven Grands Prix from Template:F1 to Template:F1.Template:Efn

Fischer debuted in Formula One at the Template:F1GP in Template:F1. He achieved two podium finishes, and scored a total of 10 championship points. He also participated in numerous non-championship Formula One and Formula Two races.

Career

Fischer finished third in a race which marked the reopening of the AVUS, a German motor racing circuit. It had been closed for a 14-year period and was damaged during World War II. A crowd of 350,000 watched Paul Greifzu of Suhl, Thuringia, win in a car he built himself. Fischer drove a Ferrari to third place over a distance of 207.5 kilometres. His time was 1 hour, 10 minutes, 27.5 seconds.<ref>350,000 See Reopening of Motor RaceWay In Berlin After an Interval of 14 Years, The New York Times, July 2, 1951, Page 31.</ref> In the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix, in Bern, Fischer finished second to Piero Taruffi; both drivers were in Ferraris.<ref>Swiss Auto Race to Taruffi, Los Angeles Times, May 19, 1952, Page 24.</ref>

Écurie Espadon/Scuderia Espadon

Fischer was the leader of the "Écurie Espadon",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the entrant name for most of his racing career.

Écurie Espadon was composed of a group of Swiss amateur gentleman racers. The word "Écurie" was used at the beginning as most of the team's cars were French, generally Gordinis. Later the team's equipment changed to Ferraris and other Italian vehicles, thus the name of the team changed to use the equivalent Italian word "Scuderia".

The team was involved in several races all over Europe, as the presentation document described.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The team was composed of:

• Rudolf Fischer: a successful restaurant owner.
• Rudolf Schoeller
• Peter Hirt: a wealthy businessman from Küssnacht, near Zürich, involved in precision tool manufacturing.
• Peter (Pierre) Staechelin from Basel.
• Max de Terra
• Paul Glauser

Racing record

Post WWII Grandes Épreuves results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5
1949	Écurie Espadon	Simca Gordini T11	Simca-Gordini 1.4 L4	GBR	BEL	SUI Template:Small	FRA	ITA
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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Template:Tooltip	Pts
Template:F1	Écurie Espadon	SVA 1500	Fiat 1.5 L4s	GBR	MON	500	SUI DNA	BEL	FRA	ITA		NC	0
Template:F1	Écurie Espadon	Ferrari 212	Ferrari 212 2.5 V12	SUI Template:Small	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	ESP	NC	0
1952	Écurie Espadon	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 500 2.0 L4	SUI Template:Small	500	BEL	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	NED	ITA Template:Small	4th	10
		Ferrari 212	Ferrari 166 2.0 V12				FRA Template:Small
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Template:Smallsup Entered and practiced in his Ferrari 500, but engine failure meant that he reverted to the previous season's 212 model for the race.<ref name=8W>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Drive shared with Peter Hirt.

References

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