Siegfried Stohr


Siegfried Stohr 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.

Biography

Stohr started in the Italian Formula Italia class in 1976 finishing second in the championship. In 1977, he won the series. Stohr won the Italian [Formula Three Championship] in 1978 driving a Chevron and progressed to European [Formula Two Championship|Formula two] for 1979 where he took second places at Vallelunga Circuit|Vallelunga] and Pau, with a Chevron before switching with less success to a March. For 1980, he joined Alan Docking Racing, driving a Toleman, and finished fourth in the championship with one win, at Enna.
Stohr joined Arrows [Grand Prix International|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's engine stalled, his mechanic Dave Luckett ran onto the grid to try to reignite it while the race had already started. Stohr crashed into the back of Patrese's car, seriously injuring Luckett. 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 the Italian Grand Prix.
After Formula One, Stohr made a short lived comeback in the Italian Superturismo Championship in 1989 driving a BMW M3.
A psychology graduate at the University of Padua, Stohr started a racing school and safe driving academy at the Misano [World Circuit Marco Simoncelli|Misano circuit] in 1982. In the 1990s he became a regular columnist for the Italian motorsport weekly Autosprint. He also wrote columns about driving safety in several publications.

Career results

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112Pts
Trivellato Racing TeamMarch 792BMWSIL
Ret		HOC
9		THR
Ret		NÜR
4		VLL
2		MUG
11		PAU
2		HOC
Ret		ZAN
7		PER
Ret		MIS
5		DON
Ret		8th17
Alan Docking RacingToleman TG280Hart Ltd.|Hart]THRHOCNÜR
4		VLL
5		PAU
2		SIL
18		ZOL
3		MUG
6		ZAN
Ret		PER
1		MIS
13		HOC
3		4th29

Complete Formula One World Championship results

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112131415WDCList of Formula [One World Championship points scoring systems|Points]
1981Arrows Racing TeamArrows A3Cosworth V81981 [United States Grand Prix West|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		CANCPLNC0

Complete Formula One non-championship results

YearEntrantChassisEngine1
1981Arrows Racing TeamArrows A3Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8RSA
Ret