Reine Wisell (born September 30, 1941) participated in 23 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, between 1970 and 1974. He drove for Lotus, BRM and March. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 13 championship points.
1971 – Reine Wisell – Gold Leaf Team Lotus- Lotus 72C
1972 – Reine Wisell – Marlboro BRM – BRM P160B
1973 – Reine Wisell – Clarke-Mordaunt- Guthrie-Durlacher – March 721G/731
1974 – Reine Wisell – March Engineering – March 741
A contemporary of Peterson, Wisell lived somewhat in the shadow of his more illustrious countryman, even though he was the first of the two to achieve any real F1 success. Wisell’s big break came in tragic circumstances when, at the end of the 1970 season, he was handed a chance at Lotus following Jochen Rindt’s death. In his first race at Watkins Glen, as team mate to fellow rising star Emerson Fittipaldi, Wisell finished third – enough to earn him a full-time race deal with Colin Chapman’s squad for 1971. Sadly for Wisell, it never got better than his Grand Prix debut. He was comfortably outperformed by Fittipaldi in ‘71 and when a switch to BRM in ‘72 failed to revive his fortunes his F1 career began to fizzle out. The 1974 Swedish Grand Prix was his 22nd and final appearance in motor racing’s premier category.
1972 – Reine Wisell
More information at reinewisell.com
All Swedish Formula One drivers:
Jo Bonnier (1956 – 1971)
Ronnie Peterson (1970 – 1978)
Reine Wisell (1970 – 1974)
Bertil Roos (1974)
Torsten Palm (1975)
Gunnar Nilsson (1976 – 1977)
Conny Andersson (1976 – 1977)
Slim Borgudd (1981 – 1982)
Stefan Johansson (1980 – 1991)
Marcus Ericsson (2014 – ….)
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