Mario Hytten
Mario Hytten (born 20 April 1955)[1][2] is a Swedish-born former racing driver who raced predominantly under a Swiss licence.[1][2] He competed in the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 5th.[3] He now works as a sports promoter and sponsorship specialist. He is fluent in five languages.[4]
Racing career
[edit]Hytten raced predominantly in Formula 3 and Formula 3000 in a career spanning more than a decade, from 1980 to 1992. In all he entered 75 races, won one and registered eight podium finishes.[1] He finished 5th in the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans driving the Porsche 956B.[5]
Post racing
[edit]Hytten retired from racing in 1993 and moved into sports media and sponsorship.[6] He is the current CEO of Captimax Sports Media, who make camera systems for televised sporting events, and runs Planetaire AB, a sustainability communications company.[4] He is currently working on Skyrace World Cup, a new format sailplane world championship.[7]
Racing record
[edit]Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 |  Porsche Kremer Racing
|
 George Fouché Sarel van der Merwe
|
Porsche 956B | C1 | 361 | 5th | 5th |
Complete International Formula 3000 results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Corbari Italia | Lola T950 | Cosworth | SIL 9 |
THR 10 |
EST Ret |
NÜR C |
VAL Ret |
10th | 8 | |||||||
| Onyx | March 85B | PAU Ret |
SPA Ret |
DIJ 12 |
PER 5 |
ÖST 10 |
ZAN Ret |
DON 2 | |||||||||
| 1986 | Arno International | March 85B | Cosworth | SIL 15 |
VAL Ret |
PAU DNS |
SPA | IMO | MUG | NC | 0 | ||||||
| Ralt RT20 | PER DNQ |
ÖST Ret |
BIR DNQ |
BUG | JAR DNQ |
||||||||||||
| 1987 | Racetech 3000 | March 87B | Cosworth | SIL | VAL | SPA | PAU 9 |
DON DNQ |
PER 13 |
BRH DNQ |
NC | 0 | |||||
| Ralt RT20 | BIR Ret |
IMO DNQ |
BUG | JAR | |||||||||||||
| 1988 | Team Ralt | Ralt RT22 | Judd | JER | VAL | PAU | SIL | MNZ | PER 8 |
BRH Ret |
BIR Ret |
BUG | ZOL | DIJ | NC | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Profile at Driver Database". driverdb.com. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ a b "SpeedSport-Magazine.com profile". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "Porsches dominate at Le Mans". The Gazette. June 17, 1985. p. D8. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
- ^ a b "Profile at OldRacingCars.com". Allen Brown. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Results at Racing-Reference". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ^ autosport.com: "Race of my life", February 20, 2014, p.86
- ^ "Skyrace World Cup". Planetaire. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
External links
[edit]- Mario Hytten driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Planetaire
- "Sustainability Communications, What's amiss? (pdf)" (PDF).
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