Silvio Moser

Silvio Moser (24 April 1941 – 26 May 1974)[1] was a racing driver from Switzerland.

Silvio Moser

Born	24 April 1941 Zürich, Switzerland
Died	26 May 1974 (aged 33) Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Swiss
Active years	1966–1971
Teams	Privateer Cooper, Brabham and Bellasi
Entries	20 (12 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	3
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1966 German Grand Prix
Last entry	1971 Italian Grand Prix

Early life and career

Moser began his career in the early sixties, racing Alfa Romeos and moved to single seaters in 1964,[2] with a good deal of success both in European Formula three and the Temporada Series.[2]

Formula One

Having built a strong reputation in Formula Junior/Three, Formula Two and sports car racing Moser debuted in Formula One on 15 July 1967 at the British Grand Prix[2] with a Vögele Team Cooper-ATS. Prior to this he had attempted to qualify for the German Grand Prix in 1966 with a Formula Two Brabham–Cosworth BT16, entered in his own name, but the engine failed in practice.[2] He continued in 1968 with a Brabham-Repco BT20, in 1969 in a privately entered Brabham BT24 Cosworth,[3] in 1970 with the Bellasi-Cosworth and again for one race in 1971. In total, he participated in 19 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix (12 starts), scoring a total of three championship points.

Post Formula One and death

After the failure of the Bellasi project[2] Moser returned to Formula Two and drove a Brabham in 1971 and 1972, and a Surtees in 1973, with limited success, but managed second place at Monza in the Lottery GP.[2]

Moser died from severe injuries without regaining consciousness, 31 days after being involved in an accident while driving his Lola-BMW in the 1,000 km sports car race at Monza.[3]

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Pts
1966	Silvio Moser	Brabham BT16 F2	Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER DNS	ITA	USA	MEX					NC	0
1967	Charles Vögele	Cooper T77	ATS 2.7 V8	RSA	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR Ret	GER	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX			NC	0
1968	Charles Vögele	Brabham BT20	Repco 620 3.0 V8	RSA	ESP	MON DNQ	BEL	NED 5	FRA	GBR NC	GER DNS	ITA DNQ	CAN	USA	MEX		23rd	2
1969	Silvio Moser Racing Team	Brabham BT24	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA	ESP	MON Ret	NED Ret	FRA 7	GBR	GER	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	USA 6	MEX 11			16th	1
1970	Silvio Moser Racing Team	Bellasi F1 70	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED DNQ	FRA DNQ	GBR	GER DNQ	AUT Ret	ITA DNQ	CAN	USA	MEX	NC	0
1971	Jolly Club of Switzerland	Bellasi F1 70	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA Ret	CAN	USA			NC	0
Source:[2]

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1967	Fritz Baumann	Cooper T77	ATS 2.7 V8	ROC	SPC	INT	SYR Ret	OUL	ESP
1968	Charles Vögele	Brabham BT20	Repco 620 3.0 V8	ROC Ret	INT 7	OUL
1969	Silvio Moser Racing Team	Brabham BT24	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC	INT	MAD	OUL 10
1971	Jolly Club of Switzerland	Bellasi F1 70	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Ret	ROC	QUE	SPR	INT	RIN	OUL	VIC
Source:[4]

Complete European Formula Two 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	Pos.	Pts
1968	Charles Vögele Racing Team	Tecno TF68	Ford	HOC	THR	JAR	PAL	TUL Ret	ZAN 4	PER 11	HOC	VAL 11									15th	3
1971	Silvio Moser Racing Team	Brabham BT30	Ford	HOC	THR	NÜR	JAR 9	PAL 7	ROU DNQ	MAN	TUL										18th	2
		Brabham BT36										ALB DNQ	VAL 14	VAL 6
1972	Jolly Club of Switzerland	Brabham BT38	Ford	MAL	THR	HOC	PAU DNQ	PAL 9													NC	0
	Silvio Moser Racing Team								HOC 12	ROU
	Scuderia del Lario										ÖST 14	IMO NC	MAN	PER Ret	SAL	ALB 10	HOC 13
1973	Silvio Moser Racing Team	Surtees TS10	Ford	MAL	HOC Ret	THR 11	NÜR 8	PAU Ret	KIN	NIV 10	HOC 7	ROU	MNZ Ret	MAN Ret	KAR 12	PER Ret	SAL Ret	NOR Ret	ALB DNQ		29th	2
	Brian Lewis Racing	March 732	BMW																	VAL Ret
Source:[4]

References

1. Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
2. Steve Small. The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. p. 260. ISBN 0851127029.
3. "Nachrichten: Silvio Moser gestorben". Auto Motor u. Sport. Heft. 13 1974: Seite 116. 22 June 1974.
4. "Silvio Moser – Biography". MotorSportMagazine. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

External links

• Official Site