Siegfried Stohr

Siegfried Stohr (born 10 October 1952) is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 13 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 15 March 1981. He scored no championship points.

Siegfried Stohr

Stohr at the 1981 Argentine Grand Prix
Born	10 October 1952 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

Stohr won the Italian Formula Three Championship in 1978 driving a Chevron[1] and progressed to Formula two for 1979 where he took second places at Vallelunga and Pau, with a Chevron before switching with less success to a March.[1] For 1980 he joined Alan Docking Racing, driving a Toleman, and finished fourth in the championship with one win, at Enna.[1]

Stohr joined Arrows for the 1981 Formula One season, as teammate to Riccardo 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 the 1981 Belgian Grand Prix; after Patrese had stalled his engine, his mechanic Dave Luckett ran onto the grid to try to restart it, expecting the start to be aborted. But it went ahead, and Stohr crashed into the back of Patrese's car, seriously injuring Luckett.[2] 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 after the end of the season.

A psychology graduate at the University of Padua, Stohr started a racing school and safe driving academy at the Misano circuit in 1982.[3] In the 1990s he became a regular columnist for the Italian motorsport weekly Autosprint. He also wrote columns about driving safety in several publications.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WDC	Points
1981	Arrows Racing Team	Arrows A3	Cosworth V8	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

References

1. Steve Small. The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. p. 362. ISBN 0851127029.
2. "Dave Luckett - Speedcafe". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
3. "GuidarePilotare of Siegfried Stohr. Courses of secure and sportive driving for private, company and enti". guidarepilotare.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• Biography at F1 Rejects