Fritz Riess - Misplaced Pages

(Redirected from Fritz Reiss) German racing driver (1922–1991)

Fritz Riess
Formula One World Championship career

Born	(1922-07-11)11 July 1922 Nuremberg, Germany
Died	15 May 1991(1991-05-15) (aged 68) Samedan, Switzerland
Nationality	German
Active years	1952
Teams	privateer Veritas
Entries	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1952 German Grand Prix
Last entry	1952 German Grand Prix

Friedrich "Fritz" Riess or Rieß (11 July 1922 in Nuremberg – 15 May 1991 in Samedan, Switzerland) was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on 3 August 1952. He finished seventh, scoring no championship points as only the first five finishers scored points at that time.

Riess also won the 1952 24 Hours of Le Mans for Mercedes-Benz, sharing the drive with Hermann Lang.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	WDC	Points
1952	Fritz Riess	Veritas RS	Veritas Straight-6	SUI	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER 7	NED	ITA	NC	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1952	Daimler-Benz A.G.	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz W194	S3.0	277	1st	1st
1953	SpA Alfa Romeo	Karl Kling	Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM	S5.0	133	DNF (Transmission)

References

Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
"Motorsport Memorial - Fritz Riess". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

Sporting positions
Preceded byPeter Walker Peter Whitehead	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1952 With: Hermann Lang	Succeeded byTony Rolt Duncan Hamilton

v t e Winners of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Nine-time	Tom Kristensen
Six-time	Jacky Ickx
Five-time	Derek Bell Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro
Four-time	Sébastien Buemi Yannick Dalmas Olivier Gendebien Henri Pescarolo
Three-time	Woolf Barnato Rinaldo Capello Luigi Chinetti Marcel Fässler Brendon Hartley Hurley Haywood Phil Hill Al Holbert André Lotterer Klaus Ludwig Allan McNish Kazuki Nakajima Benoît Tréluyer Marco Werner
Two-time	Fernando Alonso Earl Bamber Timo Bernhard Tim Birkin Ivor Bueb Romain Dumas Ron Flockhart Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Gérard Larrousse JJ Lehto Manuel Reuter André Rossignol Raymond Sommer Hans-Joachim Stuck Gijs van Lennep Jean-Pierre Wimille Alexander Wurz
One-time	Aïello Alboreto Amon Ara Attwood Baldi Bandini Barilla Barth Benjafield Benoist Bianchi Bloch Blundell Bouchut D. Brabham G. Brabham Brundle Calado Chaboud Clement Cobb Conway Davis de Courcelles Dickens Duff Dumfries Duval Étancelin Fontés Foyt Frère Fuoco Gachot Gené Giovinazzi González Gregory Guichet Gurney Hamilton Hawthorn Hélary Herbert Herrmann G. Hill Hindmarsh Hirakawa Howe Hülkenberg Jani Johansson Jones Kidston Kobayashi Krages Lagache Lammers Lang Léonard Lieb López Marko Martini Mass McLaren Mitchell-Thomson Molina J. Nielsen N. Nielsen Nuvolari Oliver Ortelli Pier Guidi Pironi Riess Rindt Rockenfeller Rodríguez Rolt Rondeau J. Rosier L. Rosier Rubin Salvadori Sanderson Scarfiotti Schuppan Sekiya Shelby Smith Tandy Trémoulet Trintignant Vaccarella Veyron Walker Wallace Warwick Weidler Whitehead B. Whittington D. Whittington Winkelhock

v t e Formula One drivers from Germany
Paul Pietsch (1950–1952) Hans Stuck (1951–1953) Toni Ulmen (1952) Fritz Riess (1952) Helmut Niedermayr (1952) Adolf Brudes (1952) Hans Klenk (1952) Josef Peters (1952) Ludwig Fischer (1952) Willi Krakau (1952) Harry Merkel (1952) Willi Heeks (1952–1953) Rudolf Krause (1952–1953) Ernst Klodwig (1952–1953) Günther Bechem (1952–1953) Theo Helfrich (1952–1954) Oswald Karch (1953) Theo Fitzau (1953) Ernst Loof (1953) Erwin Bauer (1953) Kurt Adolff (1953) Helm Glöckler (1953) Hermann Lang (1953–1954) Edgar Barth (1953, 1957–1958, 1960–1961, 1964) Wolfgang Seidel (1953, 1958, 1960–1962) Hans Herrmann (1953–1955, 1957–1961, 1966, 1969) Karl Kling (1954–1955) Wolfgang von Trips (1956–1961) Günther Seiffert (1962) Gerhard Mitter (1963–1967, 1969) Kurt Kuhnke (1963) Hubert Hahne (1966–1970) Kurt Ahrens Jr. (1968) Rolf Stommelen (1969–1976, 1978) Jochen Mass (1973–1980, 1982) Hans-Joachim Stuck (1974–1979) Hans Heyer (1977) Manfred Winkelhock (1980, 1982–1985) Stefan Bellof (1984–1985) Christian Danner (1985–1987, 1989) Bernd Schneider (1988–1990) Volker Weidler (1989) Joachim Winkelhock (1989) Michael Bartels (1991) Michael Schumacher (1991–2006, 2010–2012) Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1994–2003) Ralf Schumacher (1997–2007) Nick Heidfeld (2000–2011) Timo Glock (2004, 2008–2012) Nico Rosberg (2006–2016) Adrian Sutil (2007–2011, 2013–2014) Markus Winkelhock (2007) Sebastian Vettel (2007–2022) Nico Hülkenberg (2010, 2012–2020, 2022–present) André Lotterer (2014) Pascal Wehrlein (2016–2017) Mick Schumacher (2021–2022)

Formula One drivers from Germany

Paul Pietsch (1950–1952)
Hans Stuck (1951–1953)
Toni Ulmen (1952)
Fritz Riess (1952)
Helmut Niedermayr (1952)
Adolf Brudes (1952)
Hans Klenk (1952)
Josef Peters (1952)
Ludwig Fischer (1952)
Willi Krakau (1952)
Harry Merkel (1952)
Willi Heeks (1952–1953)
Rudolf Krause (1952–1953)
Ernst Klodwig (1952–1953)
Günther Bechem (1952–1953)
Theo Helfrich (1952–1954)
Oswald Karch (1953)
Theo Fitzau (1953)
Ernst Loof (1953)
Erwin Bauer (1953)
Kurt Adolff (1953)
Helm Glöckler (1953)
Hermann Lang (1953–1954)
Edgar Barth (1953, 1957–1958, 1960–1961, 1964)
Wolfgang Seidel (1953, 1958, 1960–1962)
Hans Herrmann (1953–1955, 1957–1961, 1966, 1969)
Karl Kling (1954–1955)
Wolfgang von Trips (1956–1961)
Günther Seiffert (1962)
Gerhard Mitter (1963–1967, 1969)
Kurt Kuhnke (1963)
Hubert Hahne (1966–1970)
Kurt Ahrens Jr. (1968)
Rolf Stommelen (1969–1976, 1978)
Jochen Mass (1973–1980, 1982)
Hans-Joachim Stuck (1974–1979)
Hans Heyer (1977)
Manfred Winkelhock (1980, 1982–1985)
Stefan Bellof (1984–1985)
Christian Danner (1985–1987, 1989)
Bernd Schneider (1988–1990)
Volker Weidler (1989)
Joachim Winkelhock (1989)
Michael Bartels (1991)
Michael Schumacher (1991–2006, 2010–2012)
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1994–2003)
Ralf Schumacher (1997–2007)
Nick Heidfeld (2000–2011)
Timo Glock (2004, 2008–2012)
Nico Rosberg (2006–2016)
Adrian Sutil (2007–2011, 2013–2014)
Markus Winkelhock (2007)
Sebastian Vettel (2007–2022)
Nico Hülkenberg (2010, 2012–2020, 2022–present)
André Lotterer (2014)
Pascal Wehrlein (2016–2017)
Mick Schumacher (2021–2022)

This biographical article related to German auto racing is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: