Biography
Fritz Riess, whose full name was Friedrich Riess, was born in Nuremberg on 11 July 1922 and became a German racing driver. He contested just one round of the Formula One World Championship, the German Grand Prix on 3 August 1952, which was run to Formula Two regulations. Driving for Veritas, he finished seventh, but at that time only the first five drivers earned points.
In the same year he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (W194), sharing the car with Hermann Lang. At the 1956 Mille Miglia he came tenth in a privately run Gullwing (W198). Riess died on 15 May 1991.
Source: Wikipedia, “Fritz Riess”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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