Loris Kessel (1 April 1950 – 15 May 2010) was a racing driver from Switzerland.

Biography

Kessel was born in Lugano.

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

In 1976, Kessel 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, Kessel 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)

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! Engine

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! 3

! 4

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! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

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! Pts

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! Team Vonlanthen

! March 742

! BMW

| BAR

| HOC

| PAU

| SAL

| HOC

| MUG

| KAR

| PER

| HOC

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL<br />

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! NC

! 0

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|rowspan=2|

!rowspan=2| Ambrozium Racing Team

! March 742

!rowspan=2| BMW

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EST<br />

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR<br />

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC<br /><small></small>

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR<br />

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PAU<br />

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC<br />

|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| SAL<br />

| ROU

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!rowspan=2| 15th

!rowspan=2| 7

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! March 752

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|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MUG<br />

| PER

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SIL<br />

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL<br />

| NOG

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL<br />

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! Horag Hotz Racing

! March 812

!rowspan=4| BMW

| SIL

| HOC

| THR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR<br />

| VAL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MUG<br />

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!rowspan=4| NC

!rowspan=4| 0

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! Astra Team Merzario Srl

! Merzario M1

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|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| PAU<br />

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! Horag Hotz Racing

! March 802

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|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER<br />

| SPA

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! Astra Team Merzario Srl

! March 812

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|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON<br />

| MIS

| MAN

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Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

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! Pts

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| 1976

! RAM Racing

! Brabham BT44B

! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8

| BRA

| RSA

| USW

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ESP<br />

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL<br />

| MON

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SWE<br />

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| FRA<br />

| GBR

| GER

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT<br />

| NED

| ITA

| CAN

| USA

| JPN

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! NC

! 0

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| 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

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ITA<br />

| USA

| CAN

| JPN

! NC

! 0

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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! Team

! Co-Drivers

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! Class

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! 1985

|align="left"| Carma F.F. (Cheetah)

|align="left"| Jean-Pierre Frey<br/> Ruggero Melgrati<br/> Aldo Bertuzzi

|align="left"| Alba AR2-Carma

| C2

| -

| DNS

| DNS

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! 1993

|align="left"| Obermaier Racing GmbH

|align="left"| Otto Altenbach<br/> Jürgen Oppermann

|align="left"| Porsche 962C

| C2

| 355

| 7th

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

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!colspan="8"|

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References

  • Loris Kessel Auto
  • Kessel Racing