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Nationality
  
Swiss

Championships
  
0

Active years
  
1951–1952

Wins
  
0


Teams
  
non-works Ferrari

Name
  
Rudi Fischer

Entries
  
8 (7 starts)

Role
  
Racing driver

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Born
  
19 April 1912Stuttgart, Wurttemberg, Germany (
1912-04-19
)

Died
  
December 30, 1976, Lucerne, Switzerland

Similar People
  
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Rudolf "Rudi" Fischer (19 April 1912 – 30 December 1976) was a racing driver from Switzerland.

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Rudi Fischer 1952 Swiss racing driver Rudi Fischer behind the wheel of a Ferrari

Fischer participated in eight World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 27 May 1951. He achieved two podium finishes, and scored a total of 10 championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One and Formula Two races.

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Career

Fischer finished third in a race which marked the reopening of the AVUS, a German motor racing circuit. It had been closed for a 14-year period and was damaged during World War II. A crowd of 350,000 watched Paul Greifzu of Suhl, Thuringia, win in a car he built himself. Fischer drove a Ferrari to third place over a distance of 207.5 kilometres. His time was 1 hour, 10 minutes, 27.5 seconds. In the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix, in Bern, Fischer finished second to Piero Taruffi; both drivers were in Ferraris.

Écurie Espadon/Scuderia Espadon

Fischer was the leader of the "Écurie Espadon", the entrant name for most of his racing career.

Écurie Espadon was composed of a group of Swiss amateur gentleman racers. The word "Écurie" was used at the beginning as most of the team's cars were French, generally Gordinis. Later the team's equipment changed to Ferraris and other Italian vehicles, thus the name of the team changed to use the equivalent Italian word "Scuderia".

The team was involved in several races all over Europe, as the presentation document described.

The team was composed of:

  • Rudolf Fischer: a successful restaurant owner.
  • Rudolf Schoeller
  • Peter Hirt: a wealthy businessman from Küssnacht, near Zürich, involved in precision tool manufacturing.
  • Peter (Pierre) Staechelin from Basel.
  • Max de Terra
  • Paul Glauser
  • Complete Formula One World Championship results

    (key)

    Entered and practiced in his Ferrari 500, but engine failure meant that he reverted to the previous season's 212 model for the race. Drive shared with Peter Hirt.

    References

    Rudi Fischer Wikipedia