André Wicky Explained

André Wicky
Birth Date:	22 May 1928
Death Place:	Lausanne, Switzerland

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.

Career

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]

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps
1960	Ecurie Lausannoise	Georges Gachnang Jean Gretener	AC Ace-Bristol	GT 2.0	239	NC	NC
1961	Ecurie Lausannoise	Edgar Berney	AC Ace-Bristol	GT 2.0	115	DNF	DNF
1966	Prototip Bizzarrini SRL	Edgar Berney	Bizzarrini P538-Chevrolet	P +5.0	8	DNF	DNF
1967	Philippe Farjon	Philippe Farjon	Porsche 911S	GT 2.0	126	DNF	DNF
1968	Jean-Pierre Hanrioud	Jean-Pierre Hanrioud	Porsche 910	P 2.0	248	DNF	DNF
1969	Wicky Racing Team	Edgar Berney	Porsche 911T	GT 2.0	34	DNF	DNF
1970	Wicky Racing Team	Jean-Pierre Hanrioud	Porsche 907	P 2.5	161	DNF	DNF
1971	Wicky Racing Team	Max Cohen-Olivar	Porsche 908/02	P 3.0	236	DNF	DNF
1972	Wicky Racing Team	Walter Brun Max Cohen-Olivar	Porsche 908/02	S 3.0	-	DNS	DNS
1973	Wicky Racing Team	Max Cohen-Olivar Philippe Carron	Porsche 908/02	S 3.0	270	21st	9th
1974	Wicky Racing Team	Jacques Boucard Louis Cosson	Porsche 908/02	S 3.0	41	DNF	DNF
1975	Wicky Racing Team	Jose Thibault Elio Cogo	De Tomaso Pantera-Ford	GTS	-	DNQ	DNQ

Complete Formula One non-championship 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 T51	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	LOM	GLV	PAU	BRX	VIE	AIN	SYR	NAP	LON	SIL	SOL	KAN	DAN	MOD	FLG	OUL	LEW	VAL	RAN	NAT	RSA
1963	André Wicky	Cooper T53	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	LOM	GLV	PAU	IMO	SYR	AIN	INT	ROM	SOL	KAN
	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus 24	BRM P56 1.5 V8											MED	AUT	OUL	RAN
1964	André Wicky	Lotus 24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	DMT	NWT	SYR	AIN	INT	SOL	MED	RAN
1965	André Wicky	Lotus 24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	ROC	SYR	SMT	INT	MED	RAN
1966	André Wicky	Cooper T53	BRM P56 2.0 V8	RSA	SYR	INT	OUL
1967	André Wicky	Porsche Special	Porsche F4	ROC	SPR	INT	SYR	OUL	ESP

Notes and References

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