Wolfgang Seidel

Wolfgang Seidel
Born	4 July 1926; Dresden, Germany
Died	1 March 1987 (aged 60); Munich, Germany
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	West German
Active years	1953, 1958, 1960–1962
Teams	Non-works Lotus, Cooper, Emeryson, Veritas and Maserati
Entries	12 (10 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1953 German Grand Prix
Last entry	1962 German Grand Prix

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 Combined with some doubts about the level of preparation of his cars, Seidel's competition licence was withdrawn, and he offered his two cars up for sale.^[1] In spite of not having a licence, Seidel competed in the non-championship 1962 Mexican Grand Prix a few months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

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Points
1953	Wolfgang Seidel	Veritas RS	Veritas Straight-6	ARG	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER 16	SUI	ITA			NC	0
1958	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	ARG	MON	NED	500	BEL Ret	FRA	GBR		POR	ITA	MOR Ret	NC	0
1958	RRC Walker Racing Team	Cooper T43 (F2)	Climax Straight-4								GER Ret				NC	0
1960	Wolfgang Seidel	Cooper T45	Climax Straight-4	ARG	MON	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	POR	ITA 9	USA		NC	0
1961	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus 18	Climax Straight-4	MON	NED	BEL DNS	FRA DNS	GBR 17	GER Ret	ITA Ret	USA				NC	0
1962	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Emeryson 1006	Climax Straight-4	NED NC	MON	BEL	FRA								NC	0
1962	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus 24	BRM V8					GBR Ret	GER DNQ	ITA	USA	RSA			NC	0
Source:^[3]

Non-Championship results

(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	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1958	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	GLV	SYR Ret	AIN	INT 17	CAE
1961	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus 18	Climax Straight-4	LOM	GLV	PAU Ret	BRX	VIE 2	AIN WD	SYR 10	NAP	LON 5	SIL Ret	SOL Ret	KAN WD	DAN	MOD DNQ	FLG Ret	OUL 10	LEW	VAL	RAN	NAT	RSA
1962	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Porsche 718	Porsche Flat-4	CAP	BRX 9	LOM 6	LAV 7	GLV 11	PAU	AIN Ret	INT	NAP	MAL	CLP	RMS
1962	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus 24	BRM V8													SOL WD	KAN	MED 8	DAN 8	OUL EX	MEX Ret	RAN	NAT

References

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

[IMS1062-1] Björklund, Bengt, ed. (October 1962). "Från skilda fronter" [From different fronts]. Illustrerad Motor Sport (in Swedish). No. 10. Lerum, Sweden. p. 30.

[2] Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship Drivers – Where are they now?". Retrieved 3 January 2013.

[3] Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. pp. 344–5. ISBN 0851127029.

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National	Germany
People	Deutsche Biographie