| Wolfgang Seidel | |
| Nationality: | West German |
| Birth Date: | 4 July 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Dresden, Germany |
| Death Place: | Munich, Germany |
| Years: | ,, – |
| Races: | 12 (10 starts) |
| Championships: | 0 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Podiums: | 0 |
| Points: | 0 |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 0 |
| First Race: | 1953 German Grand Prix |
| Last Race: | 1962 German Grand Prix |
Wolfgang Seidel (4 July 1926 – 1 March 1987) was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in 12 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 2 August 1953. He scored no championship points.
Seidel often entered cars under his own name, or under the Scuderia Colonia banner. After having been refused a start at the 1962 German Grand Prix due to slowness, Seidel got in an argument with officials from the Automobilclub von Deutschland. Combined with some doubts about the level of preparation of his cars, Seidel's competition licence was withdrawn, and he offered his two cars up for sale.[1] In spite of not having a licence, Seidel competed in the non-championship 1962 Mexican Grand Prix a few months later.
He died in 1987 of a heart attack.[2]
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | WDC | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Wolfgang Seidel | Veritas RS | Veritas Straight-6 | ARG | 500 | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | SUI | ITA | NC | 0 | |||
| 1958 | Scuderia Centro Sud | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | ARG | MON | NED | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | POR | ITA | MOR | NC | 0 | ||
| RRC Walker Racing Team | Cooper T43 (F2) | Climax Straight-4 | GER | ||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Wolfgang Seidel | Cooper T45 | Climax Straight-4 | ARG | MON | 500 | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | POR | ITA | USA | NC | 0 | ||
| 1961 | Scuderia Colonia | Lotus 18 | Climax Straight-4 | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | NC | 0 | ||||
| 1962 | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Emeryson 1006 | Climax Straight-4 | NED | MON | BEL | FRA | NC | 0 | ||||||||
| Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus 24 | BRM V8 | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | RSA | ||||||||||
(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 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Scuderia Centro Sud | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | GLV | SYR | AIN | INT | CAE | ||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Scuderia Colonia | Lotus 18 | Climax Straight-4 | LOM | GLV | PAU | VIE | AIN | SYR | NAP | LON | SIL | SOL | KAN | MOD | FLG | OUL | LEW | VAL | |||||
| 1962 | Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel | Porsche 718 | Porsche Flat-4 | BRX | LOM | LAV | GLV | AIN | NAP | CLP | RMS | |||||||||||||
| Lotus 24 | BRM V8 | SOL | MED | DAN | OUL | MEX | RAN | NAT |