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Biography
Joseph Vonlanthen (born 31 May 1942 in St. Ursen) is a former racing driver from Switzerland. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on 17 August 1975, driving a Williams. He retired with engine failure, scoring no championship points.
Vonlanthen started in Formula Vee, before progressing to Formula Three, where he won the Swiss Formula 3 Championship. He found things a little tougher in Formula Two, but managed to secure a seat with Frank Williams for the non-championship Swiss Grand Prix in 1975, where he finished 14th. He also made a World Championship start in the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix. Vonlanthen can be considered lucky to have started this race, as he was only allowed to start when Wilson Fittipaldi suffered an injury in practice which prevented him from taking his place on the grid.
He subsequently returned to Formula 2 before disappearing from the sport's higher levels.
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 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Vonlanthen Racing Team | GRD 273 | Ford BDA | MAL Ret | HOC DNQ | THR | NÜR 18 | PAU | KIN | NIV | HOC Ret | ROU | MNZ Ret | MAN Ret | KAR NC | PER Ret | SAL 8 | NOR Ret | ALB | VAL 3 | 20th | 4 |
| 1974 | Team Vonlanthen | March 742 | BMW M12 | BAR DNS | HOC Ret | PAU | SAL NC | HOC Ret | MUG 17 | KAR 10 | PER 9 | HOC 7 | VAL 11 | NC | 0 | |||||||
| 1975 | Brissago Blauband Racing | March 742 | BMW M12 | EST 2 | 16th | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| March 752 | THR 9 | HOC DNQ | HOC 8 | SAL 9 | ROU Ret | MUG DNS | PER | SIL | ZOL | NOG | VAL | |||||||||||
| March 722 | NÜR DNS | PAU | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Jo Vonlanthen Racing | March 752 | BMW M12 | HOC Ret | THR | VAL | SAL | PAU | HOC Ret | ROU | MUG DNQ | PER | EST | NOG | HOC 13 | NC | 0 |
Complete Formula One World 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 | WDC | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Frank Williams Racing Cars | Williams FW03 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | SWE | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT Ret | ITA | USA | NC | 0 |