Eppie Wietzes
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Egbert "Eppie" Wietzes (28 May 1938 – 10 June 2020) was a racing driver from Canada.<ref>Egbert "Eppie" Wietzes Obituary - North York ON</ref><ref>Eppie Wietzes at f1database.com Template:Webarchive</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Formula One
Wietzes was born in Assen, Netherlands in 1938,<ref name="Eppie Wietzes at grandprix.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and emigrated with his family to Canada when he was 12 years old. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 27 August 1967 in the inaugural Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport.<ref name="Eppie Wietzes at grandprix.com"/> He retired on lap 69 with wet electrics and was subsequently disqualified for receiving outside assistance.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Wietzes also participated in the 1974 Canadian Grand Prix with a rented Brabham BT42 but again retired with a transmission problem.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He scored no championship points. Wietzes later experienced success in the F5000 class and won the 1981 Trans-Am Series. In 1993, he was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame.<ref>Eppie Wietzes at the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame Template:Webarchive</ref>
Safety car
He was the driver of the first safety car in Formula One, in the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix, taking a Porsche 914 course car on to the track after a collision involving François Cevert and Jody Scheckter.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Complete Formula One World Championship results
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | WDC | Points |
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| 1967 | Team Lotus / Comstock Racing | Lotus 49 | Cosworth V8 | RSA | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | CAN Template:Small |
ITA | USA | MEX | NC | 0 | ||||
| 1974 | Team Canada F1 Racing | Brabham BT42 | Cosworth V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN Template:Small |
USA | NC | 0 |
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