André Wicky (22 May 1928 – 14 May 2016) was a Swiss racing driver, active from the late 1950s to the late 1970s. He was mainly involved in sports car racing, as an entrant and team owner as well as a driver, but also took part in several non-championship Formula One races during the 1960s.
Career Wicky entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1960 and 1961 with an AC Ace, winning the 2.0 GT class in 1960. He returned to Le Mans in 1966, and raced every year until 1975, campaigning Porsches. From 1969, he drove for his own team, the Wicky Racing Team, and his best overall result was 17th in 1971, driving a Porsche 908. The same year, Walter Brun finished seventh in a Wicky Porsche. Occasionally Wicky campaigned other marques besides Porsche; in 1974 he entered a BMW 3.0CSL for Brun, although it retired after one lap, and a De Tomaso Pantera for Max Cohen-Olivar and Philippe Carron, which retired after 16 laps.
From 1961, he participated in occasional Formula One races, first with a Cooper T53, but this car suffered engine failures in every race that Wicky entered. At the 1963 Mediterranean Grand Prix, he drove a Lotus 24 for Scuderia Filipinetti, and achieved his best Formula One result of ninth from 11th on the grid. He subsequently bought the Lotus and entered it in the next two Syracuse Grands Prix, but found little success with the car, only able to repeat his ninth-place finish in the 1965 race, albeit a distant last.John Thompson, "The Formula One Record Book", Frewin, 1974, pp.214-215.
Racing record
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1960 Ecurie Lausannoise Georges Gachnang Jean Gretener AC Ace-Bristol GT2.0 239 NC NC 1961 Ecurie Lausannoise Edgar Berney AC Ace-Bristol GT2.0 115 DNF DNF 1966 Prototip Bizzarrini SRL Edgar Berney Bizzarrini P538-Chevrolet P+5.0 8 DNF DNF 1967 Philippe Farjon Philippe Farjon Porsche 911S GT2.0 126 DNF DNF 1968 Jean-Pierre Hanrioud Jean-Pierre Hanrioud Porsche 910 P2.0 248 DNF DNF 1969 Wicky Racing Team Edgar Berney Porsche 911T GT2.0 34 DNF DNF 1970 Wicky Racing Team Jean-Pierre Hanrioud Porsche 907 P2.5 161 DNF DNF 1971 Wicky Racing Team Max Cohen-Olivar Porsche 908/02 P3.0 236 DNF DNF 1972 Wicky Racing Team Walter Brun Max Cohen-Olivar Porsche 908/02 S3.0 - DNS DNS 1973 Wicky Racing Team Max Cohen-Olivar Philippe Carron Porsche 908/02 S3.0 270 21st 9th 1974 Wicky Racing Team Jacques Boucard Louis Cosson Porsche 908/02 S3.0 41 DNF DNF 1975 Wicky Racing Team Jose Thibault Elio Cogo De Tomaso Pantera-Ford GTS - DNQ DNQ
Complete Formula One non-championship results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1961 André Wicky Cooper T51 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 LOM GLV PAU BRX VIE AIN SYR NAP LON SIL SOL KAN DAN MOD FLG OUL LEW VAL RAN NAT RSA 1963 André Wicky Cooper T53 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 LOM GLV PAU IMO SYR AIN INT ROM SOL KAN Ecurie Filipinetti Lotus 24 BRM P56 1.5 V8 MED AUT OUL RAN 1964 André Wicky Lotus 24 BRM P56 1.5 V8 DMT NWT SYR AIN INT SOL MED RAN 1965 André Wicky Lotus 24 BRM P56 1.5 V8 ROC SYR SMT INT MED RAN 1966 André Wicky Cooper T53 BRM P56 2.0 V8 RSA SYR INT OUL 1967 André Wicky Cooper T66 Porsche 906 3.0 F6 ROC SPR INT SYR OUL ESP
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