Loris Kessel

Loris Kessel (1 April 1950 – 15 May 2010) was a racing driver from Switzerland. He was born in Lugano and died in Montagnola following a long illness.

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

In 1976, he 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.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(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	Pos.	Pts
1974	Team Vonlanthen	March 742	BMW	BAR	HOC	PAU	SAL	HOC	MUG	KAR	PER	HOC	VAL Ret					NC	0
1975	Ambrosium H7 Racing Team	March 742	BMW	EST Ret	THR Ret	HOC 4	NÜR Ret	PAU 8	HOC 4	SAL DNQ	ROU							16th	7
		March 752										MUG Ret	PER	SIL NC		NOG	VAL 8
	Loris Kessel	March 752													ZOL Ret
1981	Horag Hotz Racing	March 812	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR 12	VAL	MUG Ret									NC	0
		March 802									PER Ret	SPA
	Astra Team Merzario Srl	Merzario M1								PAU DNPQ
		March 812											DON 19	MIS	MAN

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	16	17	WDC	Points
1976	RAM Racing	Brabham BT44B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP DNQ	BEL 12	MON	SWE Ret	FRA DNQ	GBR	GER	AUT NC	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN		NC	0
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	ITA DNQ	USA	CAN	JPN	NC	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1985	Carma F.F.	Ruggero Melgrati Jean-Pierre Frey	Alba AR2	C2	0	DNS	DNS
1993	Obermaier Racing GmbH	Otto Altenbach Jürgen Oppermann	Porsche 962C	C2	355	7th	3rd