Rudi Fischer
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Rudolf "Rudi" Fischer (19 April 1912 – 30 December 1976) was a Swiss racing driver, who competed in Formula One at seven Grands Prix from Template:Ifnumber to Template:Ifnumber.Template:Efn
Fischer debuted in Formula One at the Template:F1GP in Template:Ifnumber. He achieved two podium finishes, and scored a total of ten championship points. He also participated in numerous non-championship Formula One and Formula Two races.
Career
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Fischer finished third in a race which marked the reopening of the AVUS, a German motor racing circuit. It had been closed for a 14-year period and was damaged during World War II. A crowd of 350,000 watched Paul Greifzu of Suhl, Thuringia, win in a car he built himself. Fischer drove a Ferrari to third place over a distance of 207.5 kilometres. His time was 1 hour, 10 minutes, 27.5 seconds.[1] In the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix, in Bern, Fischer finished second to Piero Taruffi; both drivers were in Ferraris.[2]
Écurie Espadon/Scuderia Espadon
Fischer was the leader of the "Écurie Espadon",[3] the entrant name for most of his racing career.
Écurie Espadon was composed of a group of Swiss amateur gentleman racers. The word "Écurie" was used at the beginning as most of the team's cars were French, generally Gordinis. Later the team's equipment changed to Ferraris and other Italian vehicles, thus the name of the team changed to use the equivalent Italian word "Scuderia".
The team was involved in several races all over Europe, as the presentation document described.[4]
The team was composed of:
- Rudolf Fischer: a successful restaurant owner.
- Rudolf Schoeller
- Peter Hirt: a wealthy businessman from Küssnacht, near Zürich, involved in precision tool manufacturing.
- Peter (Pierre) Staechelin from Basel.
- Max de Terra
- Paul Glauser
Racing record
Post WWII Grandes Épreuves results
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| 1949 | Écurie Espadon | Simca Gordini T11 | Simca-Gordini 1.4 L4 | GBR | BEL | SUI 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FRA | ITA |
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Complete Formula One World Championship results
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />WDCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Pts |
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| Template:Ifnumber | Écurie Espadon | SVA 1500 | Fiat 1.5 L4s | GBR | MON | 500 | SUI DNA |
BEL | FRA | ITA | NC | 0 | |
| Template:Ifnumber | Écurie Espadon | Ferrari 212 | Ferrari 212 2.5 V12 | SUI 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ITA DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ESP | NC | 0 |
| 1952 | Écurie Espadon | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 500 2.0 L4 | SUI 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
500 | BEL | FRA DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GBR 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GER 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NED | ITA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4th | 10 |
| Ferrari 212 | Ferrari 166 2.0 V12 | FRA 11†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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† Entered and practiced in his Ferrari 500, but engine failure meant that he reverted to the previous season's 212 model for the race.[8] Drive shared with Peter Hirt.
Notes
References
- ↑ 350,000 See Reopening of Motor RaceWay In Berlin After an Interval of 14 Years, The New York Times, July 2, 1951, Page 31.
- ↑ Swiss Auto Race to Taruffi, Los Angeles Times, May 19, 1952, Page 24.
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