Loris Kessel

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Biography

Kessel was born in Lugano.

He participated in six Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 2 May 1976. He scored no championship points.

In 1976, he drove a Brabham for RAM, and in 1977 he drove his own Apollon-Williams, although this car was not a success.

Kessel ran a series of car dealerships in Switzerland and 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, he died in Montagnola following a long illness.

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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
Template:F2	Team Vonlanthen	March 742	BMW	BAR	HOC	PAU	SAL	HOC	MUG	KAR	PER	HOC	VAL Template:Small					NC	0
Template:F2	Ambrozium Racing Team	March 742	BMW	EST Template:Small	THR Template:Small	HOC Template:Tooltip	NÜR Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	SAL Template:Small	ROU							16th	7
		March 752										MUG Template:Small	PER	SIL Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small	NOG	VAL Template:Small
Template:F2	Horag Hotz Racing	March 812	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR Template:Small	VAL	MUG Template:Small									NC	0
	Astra Team Merzario Srl	Merzario M1								PAU Template:Small
	Horag Hotz Racing	March 802									PER Template:Small	SPA
	Astra Team Merzario Srl	March 812											DON Template:Small	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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1976	RAM Racing	Brabham BT44B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	MON	SWE Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR	GER	AUT Template:Small	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 Template:Small	USA	CAN	JPN	NC	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

• Loris Kessel Auto
• Kessel Racing Template:Webarchive