Mario Hytten (born 20 April 1955)[1] [2] is a Swedish-born former racing driver who raced predominantly under a Swiss licence.[1] [2] He competed in the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 5th.[3] He now works as a sports promoter and sponsorship specialist. He is fluent in five languages.[4]
Hytten raced predominantly in Formula 3 and Formula 3000 in a career spanning more than a decade, from 1980 to 1992. In all he entered 75 races, won one and registered eight podium finishes.[1] He finished 5th in the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans driving the Porsche 956B.[5]
Hytten retired from racing in 1993 and moved into sports media and sponsorship.[6] He is the current CEO of Captimax Sports Media, who make camera systems for televised sporting events, and runs Planetaire AB, a sustainability communications company. He is currently working on Skyrace World Cup, a new format sailplane world championship.[7]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Corbari Italia | Lola T950 | Cosworth | SIL 9 | THR 10 | EST Ret | NÜR | VAL Ret | 10th | 8 | ||||||||
| Onyx | March 85B | PAU Ret | SPA Ret | DIJ 12 | PER 5 | ÖST 10 | ZAN Ret | DON 2 | ||||||||||
| 1986 | Arno International | March 85B | Cosworth | SIL 15 | VAL Ret | PAU DNS | SPA | IMO | MUG | NC | 0 | |||||||
| Ralt RT20 | PER DNQ | ÖST Ret | BIR DNQ | BUG | JAR DNQ | |||||||||||||
| 1987 | Racetech 3000 | March 87B | Cosworth | SIL | VAL | SPA | PAU 9 | DON DNQ | PER 13 | BRH DNQ | NC | 0 | ||||||
| Ralt RT20 | BIR Ret | IMO DNQ | BUG | JAR | ||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Team Ralt | Ralt RT22 | Judd | JER | VAL | PAU | SIL | MNZ | PER 8 | BRH Ret | BIR Ret | BUG | ZOL | DIJ | NC | 0 |