Siffert, Yo

Yo Siffert
Yo Siffert
Citizenship	Switzerland
Date of Birth	July 7, 1936
Place of Birth	;
Date of death	October 24, 1971 (35 years old)
Place of death	;
Performances in Formula 1
Seasons	ten
Cars	BRM
The Grand Prix	100 (96 starts)
Debut	Monaco 1962
Last Grand Prix	USA 1971
2 ( Great Britain 1968 )	2 ( Mexico 1968 )

Yo Sieffert ( German: Jo Siffert ; July 7, 1936 - October 24, 1971 ) is a Swiss race car driver who achieved success in Formula 1 , 24 hours of Le Mans , winner of the 1970 Targa Florio in 1970. The first pilot from Switzerland to win the race in Formula 1.

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Formula 1

Yo Siffert made his debut in Formula 1 in 1962 . Sieffert took part in the 5th Grand Prix of the season of 9 for the private teams Écurie Nationale Suisse and Écurie Filipinetti in Lotus cars ( 21 and 24 ). In 1963, he bought the Lotus 24-BRM from Filipinetti and became an independent pilot, setting up his own Siffert Racing Team. At the French Grand Prix, the driver first finished in the points zone, taking 6th place.

In 1964, Sieffert continued to play as part of his own team. From the second leg of the season in the Netherlands, his car was the Brabham BT11 , which he finished fourth in Germany . At the end of the season, Yo Siffert became the pilot of the private RRC Walker Racing Team , continuing to compete in the Brabham B11, and in the first race for her, at the 1964 US Grand Prix , won the first podium in his career. At the end of the season, he took 10th place in the standings.

However, the next three seasons in the team of Rob Walker ( 1965 - 1967 , from the Belgian Grand Prix in 1966 to the Cooper T81 ) did not bring podiums to Siffert. In 1966, he scored points only once (for 4th place in the US Grand Prix ).

A breakthrough in Sieffert's appearances on the Walker team occurred in 1968 , with the acquisition of the Lotus 49 team. The first Sieffert race on this machine took place in Spain . In Monaco, he started third, and in the British Grand Prix won his first victory in Formula 1, becoming the first Swiss to win the credible Grand Prix in the “royal races”. In the season finale in Mexico, Sieffert started his pole career for the first time in his career, but only sixth finished due to technical problems. At the end of the season he took 7th place.

In 1969, Siffert spent the sixth season on the Walker team, continuing to perform on Lotus ( 49B ). He started the season successfully, coming fourth in the Grand Prix of South Africa and winning podiums at the Grand Prix of Monaco and the Netherlands . However, then Siffert did not score a single point, despite the high starting position in Germany , the USA and Mexico (in the last two races he left the race very early). In the overall standings, Sieffert became 9th.

In 1970, Yo Sieffert was the first pilot of the factory team in Formula 1. He represented the debut in the "royal races" team March . Despite the successful debut of March (48 points, 3rd place in the Cup of Designers), Sieffert did not score a single point in 1970.

In 1971 he moved to BRM and spent the most successful Formula 1 season in his career (who turned out to be the last). I started three times from the first row, won the Austrian Grand Prix , having won the Grand Slam (starting from the pole, leading from start to finish, the best lap time), and came second in the season finale - the US Grand Prix . Scored 19 points, the result was 5th place in the overall standings.

Yo Siffert’s last race was the Extraordinary race at Brands Hatch . In it, the Swiss started from the pole. But on the 15th lap of the race, his car turned over, it caught fire, and Sieffert died of asphyxiation .

Complete Results Table

Legend to the table

The table lists the results of all Formula 1 Grand Prix in which the pilot participated. The rows of the table are the seasons, the columns are the stages of the Grand Prix. In each cell, the abbreviated name of the stage and the result of the rider, additionally indicated in color, are indicated. Decoding of symbols and colors is presented in the table below.

Example	Description
one	Winner
2	Second place
3	Third place
five	Finished in the spectacle zone
12	Finished out of the spectacle zone
NKL	Finished but not classified
15	Participated outside the standings, or according to a separate classification
18	Not finished, but classified
Gathering	Not finished and not classified
NKV	Not qualified
NPKV	Not prequalified
DSC	Disqualified
SUIT	Excluded from the protocol
test	Fridays Tester
NA	Participated in the Grand Prix as a combat pilot, but did not start the race
T	Injured or sick
QC	Opt out
NTR	Arrived at the Grand Prix, but did not even participate in training
NPR	It was announced among the participants of the Grand Prix, but did not arrive at the start of the competition
ABOUT	Race canceled
	Did not participate
Pole position
Fast lap

Season	Team	Chassis	Engine	W	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	9	ten	eleven	12	13	A place	Glasses
1962	Ecurie Nationale Suisse	Lotus 21	Coventry Climax FPF 1,5 L4	D	NID	MON NKV												-	0
	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus 21	Coventry Climax FPF 1,5 L4				BEL ten	FRA NA		GER 12
	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus 24	BRM P56 1.5 V8					FRA Gathering	Led		ITA NKV	SOYE	SOUTH
1963	Siffert racing team	Lotus 24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	D	MON Gathering	BEL Gathering	NID 7	FRA 6	Led Gathering	GER 9	ITA Gathering	SOYE Gathering	MEK 9	SOUTH				15	one
1964	Siffert racing team	Lotus 24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	D	MON eight													ten	7
	Siffert racing team	Brabham BT11				NID 13	BEL Gathering	FRA Gathering	Led eleven	GER four	ABT Gathering	ITA 7
	RRC Walker Racing Team	Brabham BT11											SOYE 3	MEK Gathering
1965	RRC Walker Racing Team	Brabham BT11	BRM P56 1.5 V8	D	SOUTH 7	MON 6	BEL eight	FRA 6	Led 9	NID 13	GER Gathering	ITA Gathering	SOYE eleven	MEK four				12	five
1966	RRC Walker Racing Team	Brabham BT11	BRM P60 1.9 V8	D	MON Gathering													14	3
		Cooper T81	Maserati Tipo 9 / F1 3.0 V12	D		BEL Gathering	FRA Gathering	Led NKL	NID Gathering	GER	ITA Gathering	SOYE four
		Cooper T81	Maserati Tipo 9 / F1 3.0 V12	F									MEK Gathering
1967	Rob Walker / Jack Durlacher Racing Team	Cooper T81	Maserati Tipo 9 / F1 3.0 V12	F	SOUTH Gathering	MON Gathering	NID ten	BEL 7	FRA four	Led Gathering	GER Gathering	CAN NA	ITA Gathering	SOYE four	MEK 12			12	6
1968	Rob Walker / Jack Durlacher Racing Team	Cooper T81	Maserati Tipo 9 / F1 3.0 V12	F	SOUTH 7													7	12
		Lotus 49	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8			COI Gathering	MON Gathering	BEL 7	NID Gathering	FRA eleven
		Lotus 49b	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8								Led one	GER Gathering	ITA Gathering	CAN Gathering	SOYE five	MEK 6
1969	Rob Walker / Jack Durlacher Racing Team	Lotus 49b	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F	SOUTH four	COI Gathering	MON 3	NID 2	FRA 9	Led eight	GER eleven	ITA eight	CAN Gathering	SOYE Gathering	MEK Gathering			9	15
1970	March Engineering	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F	SOUTH ten	COI NKV	MON eight	BEL 7	NID Gathering	FRA Gathering	Led Gathering	GER eight	ABT 9	ITA Gathering	CAN Gathering	SOYE 9	MEK Gathering	-	0
1971	Yardley Team BRM	BRM P153	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F	SOUTH Gathering													five	nineteen
1971	Yardley Team BRM	BRM P160	BRM P142 3.0 V12	F		COI Gathering	MON Gathering	NID 6	FRA four	Led 9	GER Gathering	ABT 1 ^[1]	ITA 9	CAN 9	SOYE 2			five	nineteen

Notes

↑ He won the " Grand Slam ": he took the pole position, led from start to finish and won, showing the fastest lap.

Links

Yo Sieffert (Russian) on wildsoft.motorsport.com

[Grandslam-1] He won the " Grand Slam ": he took the pole position, led from start to finish and won, showing the fastest lap.