Jo Siffert

Joseph "Jo" Siffert (July 7, 1936 – October 24, 1971) was a Swiss racing driver.
Affectionately known as "Seppi" to his family and close friends, Siffert was born in Fribourg, Switzerland, the son of a dairy owner. He initially made his name in racing on two wheels, powering his way to the Swiss 350 cc motorcycle championship in 1959, before switching to four wheels with a Formula Junior Stanguellini. Siffert graduated to Formula One as a privateer in 1962, with a four-cylinder Lotus-Climax. He later moved to Swiss team Scuderia Filipinetti, and in 1964 joined Rob Walker's private British Rob Walker Racing Team. Early successes included victories in the non-Championship 1964 and 1965 Mediterranean Grands Prix, both times beating Jim Clark by a very narrow margin. Siffert was married twice and to his second wife Simone during the height of his career in the late 1960s and at the time of his death in 1971. They had two children together, Véronique and Philippe.
His death was caused by the suspension of his BRM (Jo's car), which had been damaged in a lap one incident with Ronnie Peterson, and broke later. This was not admitted by BRM Team until much later when it was accidentally divulged by a BRM ex-mechanic. The BRM crashed and immediately caught fire. Siffert could not free himself from the burning car and died shortly after.
__TOC__
==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===Formula One Record===
Year	Entrant 	Team	WDC Points	WDC Pos.	Report
 	Ecurie Nationale Suisse Ecurie Filipinetti 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Ecurie Filipinetti 	 	1 	14th 	Report
 	Siffert Racing Team 	 	1 	14th 	Report
 	Siffert Racing Team R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	 	7 	10th 	Report
 	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team 	 	5 	12th 	Report
 	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team 	 	3 	14th 	Report
 	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team 	 	3 	14th 	Report
 	Rob Walker Racing Team 	 	6 	12th 	Report
 	Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 	* 	6 	12th 	Report
 	Rob Walker Racing Team 	 	12 	7th 	Report
 	Rob Walker Racing Team 	 	12 	7th 	Report
 	Rob Walker Racing Team 	 	15 	9th 	Report
 	March Engineering 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Jo Siffert Automobiles 	 	19 	5th 	Report
 	Yardley Team BRM 	 	19 	5th 	Report
*Italic donate as non-championship entries.
** Classified as a Formula Two entry.
===Race Wins===
Win Number	Grand Prix
1 	1968 British Grand Prix
2 	1971 Austrian Grand Prix
===Career Results===
==Notes==
==External Links==
Category:1936 births
Category:1971 deaths
Category:Swiss Drivers
Category:1962 Début Drivers
Category:F1 drivers killed while racing
Category:Team Lotus Drivers
Category:Brabham Drivers
Category:Rob Walker Racing Team Drivers
Category:March Drivers
Category:BRM Drivers
Category:Drivers
Category:Deceased Drivers