Heinz Rudolf Schiller (Frauenfeld, Switzerland, January 25, 1930 – Montana, Switzerland, March 26, 2007), was a

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from

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. He participated in one

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World Championship Grand Prix, on August 5, 1962. He retired from the race, scoring no championship points. Schiller was a

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champion in his native Switzerland before turning to

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, finding success during the mid-1950s. He then switched to single seater cars, starting in

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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

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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

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, largely because only 10 cars were permitted to take the start. He was entered by

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for the

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but was withdrawn, before finishing 7th in the Grosser Preis der Solitude for Ecurie Filipinetti. He then switched to a

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for his single World Championship event, the

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which ended with oil pressure problems, as did his attempt at the

Mediterranean Grand Prix The Mediterranean Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, held at the Autodromo di Pergusa, in Sicily, Italy. The first event, run to Formula One rules, took place in 1962. The last Formula One event took place in 1965 before the race switc ...

, 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

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with Gerhard Koch.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Non-Championship

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References

* "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. * "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. {{DEFAULTSORT:Schiller, Heinz 1930 births 2007 deaths Swiss racing drivers Swiss Formula One drivers Scuderia Filipinetti Formula One drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers World Sportscar Championship drivers 12 Hours of Reims drivers Porsche Motorsports drivers