Reine Wisell

Reine Wisell
	Wisell in 1970
Born	30 September 1941; Motala, Sweden
Died	20 March 2022 (aged 80); Pattaya, Thailand
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Swedish
Active years	1970 – 1974
Teams	Lotus, BRM, March inc. non-works
Entries	23 (22 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	13
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1970 United States Grand Prix
Last entry	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

He also participated in several non-Championship Formula One races. He won the Swedish Formula Three Championship in 1967 and three years later he made the big step and signed with Team Lotus who were the best team this year.

In the 1970 United States Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, Wisell raced for Lotus who made their return in the championship after Jochen Rindt's death at Monza. Rindt's death caused his teammate John Miles to retire and Wisell replaced him.

His first Grand Prix was the best in his career as he achieved a third-place finish, trailing only his teammate and future champion Emerson Fittipaldi and Pedro Rodríguez and finishing ahead of title contender Jacky Ickx. This result was Wisell's best, as the subsequent years were not at the same high level, and he retired after his home Grand Prix in 1974.

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	Cosworth V8				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
1973	Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie-Durlacher	March 731	Cosworth V8								FRA Ret	GBR	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	NC	0
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 from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
"Racinglegendaren Reine Wisell död". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 20 March 2022. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

External links

Profile at grandprix.com

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[mem-1] "Motorsport Memorial - Reine Wisell". Motorsport Memorial. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

[2] "Racinglegendaren Reine Wisell död". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 20 March 2022. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.