Heinz Schiller

Heinz Schiller (Frauenfeld, Switzerland, January 25, 1930 – Montana, Switzerland, March 26, 2007), was a racing driver from Switzerland. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on August 5, 1962. He retired from the race, scoring no championship points.

Heinz Schiller

Born	(1930-01-25)25 January 1930
Died	26 March 2007(2007-03-26) (aged 77)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Swiss
Active years	1962
Teams	non-works Lotus
Entries	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1962 German Grand Prix
Last entry	1962 German Grand Prix

Schiller was a speedboat champion in his native Switzerland before turning to sports car racing, finding success during the mid-1950s. He then switched to single seater cars, starting in hillclimbing before moving up to circuit racing.

He first appeared in Formula One at the beginning of 1962 with Ecurie Nationale Suisse, driving their three-year-old Porsche in the Brussels Grand Prix, where he finished 8th on aggregate after the three heats. He subsequently drove the same car at the 1962 Pau Grand Prix, coming home 9th.

Under the Ecurie Filipinetti banner but still driving the same Porsche, Schiller failed to qualify at the Naples Grand Prix, largely because only 10 cars were permitted to take the start. He was entered by Ecurie Maarsbergen for the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix but was withdrawn, before finishing 7th in the Grosser Preis der Solitude for Ecurie Filipinetti. He then switched to a Lotus 24 for his single World Championship event, the 1962 German Grand Prix which ended with oil pressure problems, as did his attempt at the Mediterranean Grand Prix, now back in the Porsche.

Schiller made one appearance in Formula One in 1963, finishing 3rd at Pau but five laps down, again in the old Porsche, before returning to sports cars. He finished 10th at the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans with Gerhard Koch.

Schiller (car 65) at the 1964 Nürburgring 1000 km

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Points
1962	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus 24	BRM V8	NED	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	ITA	USA	RSA	NC	0

Non-Championship

(key) (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	18	19	20
1962	Ecurie Nationale Suisse	Porsche 718	Porsche Flat-4	CAP	BRX 8	LOM	LAV	GLV	PAU 9	AIN	INT
	Ecurie Filipinetti											NAP DNQ	MAL	CLP	RMS	SOL 7	KAN	MED Ret	DAN	OUL	MEX	RAN	NAT
1963	Ecurie Filipinetti	Porsche 718	Porsche Flat-4	LOM	GLV	PAU 3	IMO	SYR	AIN	INT	ROM	SOL	KAN	MED	AUT	OUL	RAN

References

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.