Jo Siffert - The Swiss racing legend
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Beschreibung
Late in the afternoon of October 24th, 1971, Switzerland lost its greatest
sportsman. During a non-championship Formula 1 race at the Brands Hatch
circuit outside London, thirty-five year old Jo Siffert crashed his BRM and
perished 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 and
raised in modest circumstances, the boy from Fribourg was determined to
make a career for himself, not just in his true passion, motor racing but also
in 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 legendary
Swiss racing driver to crash at a track that had given him his biggest success
only three years before.
This book tells the complete story of Jo Siffert, from his modest childhood
to his biggest successes. The author Ed Heuvink was a witness to Siffert’s
spectacular triumphs. In the course of compiling this book, he has talked to
Siffert’s relatives, friends and competitors. The three hundred and thirty-six
page volume covers Siffert’s short life in depth and contains numerous seldom
seen and personal photographs from private archives. This high quality book is
completed by a comprehensive statistics section.
Autor*in
Ed Heuvink
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