Jo Siffert: Die Schweizer Rennfahrer-Legende: The Swiss racing legend: La Légende suisse du sport automobile - Erstausgabe

Late in the afternoon of October 24th, 1971, Switzerland lost its greatestsportsman. During a non-championship Formula 1 race at the Brands Hatchcircuit outside London, thirty-five year old Jo Siffert crashed his BRM andperished in the flames. Not only was Siffert a great national hero in Switzerland,but also an icon to millions of motor racing fans around the world. Born andraised in modest circumstances, the boy from Fribourg was determined tomake a career for himself, not just in his true passion, motor racing but alsoin society. It took him ten years to become one of the greatest racing drivers,winning Formula 1, Formula 2 and Porsche sports car races all over the world.A possible mechanical failure on his BRM Formula 1 car caused the legendarySwiss racing driver to crash at a track that had given him his biggest successonly three years before.This book tells the complete story of Jo Siffert, from his modest childhoodto his biggest successes. The author Ed Heuvink was a witness to Siffert¿sspectacular triumphs. In the course of compiling this book, he has talked toSiffert¿s relatives, friends and competitors. The three hundred and thirty-sixpage volume covers Siffert¿s short life in depth and contains numerous seldomseen and personal photographs from private archives. This high quality book iscompleted by a comprehensive statistics section.