Jo Siffert - The Swiss Racing Legend

By: Ed Heuvink . like new book, minor tear at the left top corner see image.

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Late in the afternoon of October 24th, 1971, Switzerland lost its greatest sportsman. During a non-championship Formula 1 race at the Brands Hatch circuit outside London, thirty-five year old Jo Siffert crashed his BRM and perished in the flames. Not only was Siffert a great national hero in Switzerland, but also an icon to millions of motor racing fans around the world. Born and raised in modest circumstances, the boy from Fribourg was determined to make a career for himself, not just in his true passion, motor racing, but also in society. It took him ten years to become one of the greatest racing drivers, winning Formula 1, Formula 2 and sports car races all over the world. A possible mechanical failure on his BRM Formula 1 car caused him' to crash at a track that had been so kind to him in the past. He left behind a wife and two small children and also a nation in mourning. Jo Siffert, a true racer, was simply a racing legend.

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