| Birth date | 30 September 1941 |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Motala, Sweden |
| Death date | 20 March 2022 (aged 80) |
| Death place | Pattaya, Thailand |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Years | – |
| Teams | Lotus, BRM, March inc. non-works |
| Races | 23 (22 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 1 |
| Points | 13 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1970 United States Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1974 Swedish Grand Prix |
Reine Tore Leif Wisell (30 September 1941 – 20 March 2022)[1] was a Swedish racing driver. He participated in 23 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 4 October 1970. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of 13 championship points.
Career
Wisell won the Swedish Formula Three Championship in 1967.
In 1970, Wisell entered Formula One with Team Lotus as a late-season replacement for John Miles, who had departed after team leader Jochen Rindt had been killed at Monza on 5 September. Wisell’s debut was in October at the 1970 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. The race was the best result of his Formula One career with a third-place finish, trailing only his teammate and future champion Emerson Fittipaldi and Pedro Rodríguez and finishing ahead of title contender Jacky Ickx. Subsequent races for Team Lotus were less successful and he was dropped by the team at the end of the 1971 season. He continued to compete in Formula One with BRM and March. He also participated in several non-Championship Formula One races. Wisell retired in 1974 after his home Grand Prix.
Death
Wisell died suddenly on 20 March 2022, aged 80, in his Thailand home.[1][2]
Career results
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 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 72C | Cosworth V8 | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA 3 | MEX NC | 16th | 4 | ||
| 1971 | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 72C | Cosworth V8 | RSA 4 | ESP NC | MON Ret | 12th | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Lotus 72D | NED DSQ | FRA 6 | GER 8 | AUT 4 | ITA | CAN 5 | USA Ret | |||||||||||||
| Lotus 56B | Pratt & Whitney Turbine | GBR NC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | Marlboro BRM | BRM P153 | BRM V12 | ARG Ret | NC | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| BRM P160B | RSA | ESP Ret | MON Ret | BEL | FRA Ret | GBR | ||||||||||||||
| BRM P160C | GER Ret | AUT | ITA 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 72D | Cosworth V8 | CAN Ret | USA 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Team Pierre Robert | March 731 | Cosworth V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE DNS | NC | 0 | ||||||||
| Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie-Durlacher | FRA Ret | GBR | NED | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | ||||||||||||
| 1974 | March Engineering | March 741 | Cosworth V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE Ret | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | NC | 0 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Scuderia Filipinetti | Henri Greder | Chevrolet Corvette C3 | GT +2.0 | 196 | DNF | DNF |
| 1970 | Scuderia Filipinetti | Jo Bonnier | Ferrari 512S | S 5.0 | 36 | DNF | DNF |
| 1973 | Équipe Gitanes | Baron Hughes de Fierlandt Jean-Louis Lafosse | Lola T282-Ford Cosworth | S 3.0 | 164 | DNF | DNF |
| 1974 | Gulf Research Racing | Vern Schuppan | Gulf GR7-Cosworth | S 3.0 | 49 | DNF | DNF |
References
- ^ "Motorsport Memorial – Reine Wisell". Motorsport Memorial. Archived 9 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Racinglegendaren Reine Wisell död" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. 20 March 2022. Archived 20 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 March 2022.