 Stohr at the1981 Argentine Grand Prix | |
| Born | (1952-10-10)10 October 1952 (age 72) Rimini, Italy |
|---|---|
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Active years | 1981 |
| Teams | Arrows |
| Entries | 13 (9 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1981 United States Grand Prix West |
| Last entry | 1981 Italian Grand Prix |
Siegfried Stohr (born 10 October 1952) is a formerracing driver from Italy. He participated in 13Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 15 March 1981. He scored no championship points.
Stohr started in the Italian Formula Italia class in 1976 finishing second in the championship.[1] In 1977 he won the series.[2] Stohr won theItalian Formula Three Championship in 1978 driving aChevron[3] and progressed toFormula two for 1979 where he took second places atVallelunga andPau, with a Chevron before switching with less success to aMarch.[3] For 1980 he joinedAlan Docking Racing, driving aToleman, and finished fourth in the championship with one win, atEnna.[3]
Stohr joinedArrows for the 1981 Formula One season, as teammate toRiccardo Patrese. Patrese proved considerably faster than Stohr, who struggled in his first few races. Just as Stohr began to improve, he was involved in a start-line accident at the1981 Belgian Grand Prix; after Patrese's engine stalled, his mechanic Dave Luckett ran onto the grid to try to reignite it while the race had already started.[4] Stohr crashed into the back of Patrese's car, seriously injuring Luckett.[5] Stohr's confidence was badly affected by the accident and his performance throughout the rest of the season deteriorated, along with that of his team, relative to their rivals. Stohr retired before the end of the season after crashing out of qualifying for theItalian Grand Prix.
After Formula One, Stohr made a short lived comeback in the Italian Superturismo Championship in 1989 driving a BMW M3.[6]
A psychology graduate at the University of Padua, Stohr started a racing school and safe driving academy at theMisano circuit in 1982.[7] In the 1990s he became a regular columnist for the Italian motorsport weeklyAutosprint. He also wrote columns about driving safety in several publications.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
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| 1979 | Trivellato Racing Team | March 792 | BMW | SIL Ret | HOC 9 | THR Ret | NÜR 4 | VLL 2 | MUG 11 | PAU 2 | HOC Ret | ZAN 7 | PER Ret | MIS 5 | DON Ret | 8th | 17 |
| 1980 | Alan Docking Racing | Toleman TG280 | Hart | THR | HOC | NÜR 4 | VLL 5 | PAU 2 | SIL 18 | ZOL 3 | MUG 6 | ZAN Ret | PER 1 | MIS 13 | HOC 3 | 4th | 29 |
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | WDC | Points |
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| 1981 | Arrows Racing Team | ArrowsA3 | CosworthV8 | USW DNQ | BRA Ret | ARG 9 | SMR DNQ | BEL Ret | MON Ret | ESP Ret | FRA DNQ | GBR Ret | GER 12 | AUT Ret | NED 7 | ITA DNQ | CAN | CPL | NC | 0 |
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 |
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| 1981 | Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A3 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0V8 | RSA Ret |
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| Preceded by | Italian Formula Three Champion 1978 | Succeeded by |