Loris Kessel

Loris Kessel

Kessel in 1976
Born	(1950-04-01)1 April 1950 Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
Died	15 May 2010(2010-05-15) (aged 60) Montagnola, Ticino, Switzerland
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Swiss
Active years	1976–1977
Teams	Apollon Non-works Brabham
Entries	6 (3 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1976 Spanish Grand Prix
Last entry	1977 Italian Grand Prix

Loris Kessel (1 April 1950 – 15 May 2010) was a Swiss racing driver.

Biography

Kessel was born in Lugano, Switzerland.

Following a couple of season in Formula Two, where he managed to finish fourth twice at Hockenheim driving for the March team, Kessel made his debut in Formula One.

Kessel participated in six Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 2 May 1976, driving a Brabham for RAM.

In 1977, he drove his own Apollon-Williams. He scored no championship points.

Following his retirement from competitive motorracing in 1981, Kessel established a series of car dealerships in Switzerland as well as his own racing team, competing in Ferrari Challenge series in Italy and the main European series. The team also competes in the FIA GT3 European Championship with the same car.

In 2010, Kessel died in Montagnola, Switzerland, after a battle with leukemia.

His son Ronnie continues to operate the Kessel cars dealership.

Racing record

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	Pos.	Pts
1974	Team Vonlanthen	March 742	BMW	BAR	HOC	PAU	SAL	HOC	MUG	KAR	PER	HOC	VAL Ret					NC	0
1975	Ambrozium Racing Team	March 742	BMW	EST Ret	THR NC	HOC 4	NÜR Ret	PAU 8	HOC 4	SAL DNQ	ROU							15th	7
		March 752										MUG Ret	PER	SIL NC	ZOL Ret	NOG	VAL 8
1981	Horag Hotz Racing	March 812	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR 12	VAL	MUG Ret									NC	0
	Astra Team Merzario Srl	Merzario M1								PAU DNPQ
	Horag Hotz Racing	March 802									PER Ret	SPA
	Astra Team Merzario Srl	March 812											DON 19	MIS	MAN

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	16	17	WDC	Pts
1976	RAM Racing	Brabham BT44B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP DNQ	BEL 12	MON	SWE Ret	FRA DNQ	GBR	GER	AUT NC	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN		NC	0
1977	Jolly Club of Switzerland	Apollon Fly	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA DNQ	USA	CAN	JPN	NC	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1985	Carma F.F. (Cheetah)	Jean-Pierre Frey Ruggero Melgrati Aldo Bertuzzi	Alba AR2-Carma	C2	-	DNS	DNS
1993	Obermaier Racing GmbH	Otto Altenbach Jürgen Oppermann	Porsche 962C	C2	355	7th	3rd
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External links

• Loris Kessel Auto Archived 2016-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Kessel Racing Archived 2008-01-20 at the Wayback Machine