Biography
Reine Wisell was born on 30 September 1941 in Motala, Sweden. He won the Swedish Formula Three Championship in 1967. In 1970 he joined Lotus, taking over the seat of John Miles late in the season after Jochen Rindt was killed at Monza on 5 September.
Wisell made his debut at the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen on 4 October 1970 and finished third, behind Emerson Fittipaldi and Pedro Rodríguez. It remained his only podium. In 1971 he started ten races for Lotus and ended the world championship in twelfth place, his best final position. He raced for BRM and Lotus in 1972, and for March in 1973 and 1974. He retired after the 1974 Swedish Grand Prix, having made 22 starts in the world championship. Wisell died on 20 March 2022, aged 80.
Source: Wikipedia, “Reine Wisell”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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