André Wicky

André Wicky

Born	22 May 1928 Lausanne, Switzerland
Died	14 May 2016 (aged 87) Lausanne, Switzerland
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Swiss
Active years	1961–1967
Teams	privateer Cooper, Lotus and Porsche
Entries	11 non-championship races (7 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1961 Pau Grand Prix
Last entry	1967 Syracuse Grand Prix

André Wicky (22 May 1928 – 14 May 2016) was a Swiss racing driver, active from the late 1950s to the late 1970s. He was mainly involved in sports car racing, as an entrant and team owner as well as a driver, but also took part in several non-championship Formula One races during the 1960s.

Wicky entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1960 and 1961 with an AC Ace, winning the 2.0 GT class in 1960. He returned to Le Mans in 1966, and raced every year until 1975, campaigning Porsches. From 1969, he drove for his own team, the Wicky Racing Team, and his best overall result was 17th in 1971, driving a Porsche 908. The same year, Walter Brun finished seventh in a Wicky Porsche. Occasionally Wicky campaigned other marques besides Porsche; in 1974 he entered a BMW 3.0CSL for Brun, although it retired after one lap, and a De Tomaso Pantera for Max Cohen-Olivar and Philippe Carron, which retired after 16 laps.

From 1961, he participated in occasional Formula One races, first with a Cooper T53, but this car suffered engine failures in every race that Wicky entered. At the 1963 Mediterranean Grand Prix, he drove a Lotus 24 for Scuderia Filipinetti, and achieved his best Formula One result of ninth from 11th on the grid. He subsequently bought the Lotus and entered it in the next two Syracuse Grands Prix, but found little success with the car, only able to repeat his ninth-place finish in the 1965 race, albeit a distant last.^[1]

Non-Championship Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1961	André Wicky	Cooper T45	Climax Str.-4	LOM	GLV	PAU Ret	BRX	VIE	AIN	SYR	NAP DNA	LON	SIL	SOL	KAN	DAN	MOD	FLG	OUL	LEW	VAL	RAN	NAT	RSA
1963	André Wicky	Cooper T53	Climax Str.-4	LOM	GLV	PAU 7	IMO	SYR Ret	AIN	INT	ROM Ret	SOL	KAN
	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus 24	BRM V8											MED 9	AUT	OUL	RAN
1964	André Wicky	Lotus 24	BRM V8	DMT	NWT DNA	SYR DNQ	AIN	INT	SOL	MED	RAN
1965	André Wicky	Lotus 24	BRM V8	ROC	SYR 9	SMT	INT	MED	RAN
1966	André Wicky	Cooper T53	BRM V8	RSA	SYR Ret	INT	OUL
1967	André Wicky	Porsche Special	Porsche Flat-4	ROC	SPR	INT	SYR DNA	OUL	ESP

References

1. John Thompson, "The Formula One Record Book", Frewin, 1974, pp.214-215.