Mario Hytten (born 20 April 1955) is a Swedish-born former racing driver who raced predominantly under a Swiss licence. He competed in the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 5th. He now works as a sports promoter and sponsorship specialist. He is fluent in five languages.
Racing career
Hytten raced predominantly in Formula 3 and Formula 3000 in a career spanning more than a decade, from 1980 to 1992. In all he entered 75 races, won one and registered eight podium finishes. He finished 5th in the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans driving the Porsche 956B.
Post racing
Hytten retired from racing in 1993 and moved into sports media and sponsorship. He is the current CEO of Captimax Sports Media, who make camera systems for televised sporting events, and runs Planetaire AB, a sustainability communications company. He is currently working on Skyrace World Cup, a new format sailplane world championship.
Racing record
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 |  Porsche Kremer Racing
|
 George Fouché Sarel van der Merwe
|
Porsche 956B | C1 | 361 | 5th | 5th |
Complete International Formula 3000 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Corbari Italia | Lola T950 | Cosworth | SIL 9 |
THR 10 |
EST Ret |
NÜR C |
VAL Ret |
10th | 8 | |||||||
| Onyx | March 85B | PAU Ret |
SPA Ret |
DIJ 12 |
PER 5 |
ÖST 10 |
ZAN Ret |
DON 2 | |||||||||
| 1986 | Arno International | March 85B | Cosworth | SIL 15 |
VAL Ret |
PAU DNS |
SPA | IMO | MUG | NC | 0 | ||||||
| Ralt RT20 | PER DNQ |
ÖST Ret |
BIR DNQ |
BUG | JAR DNQ |
||||||||||||
| 1987 | Racetech 3000 | March 87B | Cosworth | SIL | VAL | SPA | PAU 9 |
DON DNQ |
PER 13 |
BRH DNQ |
NC | 0 | |||||
| Ralt RT20 | BIR Ret |
IMO DNQ |
BUG | JAR | |||||||||||||
| 1988 | Team Ralt | Ralt RT22 | Judd | JER | VAL | PAU | SIL | MNZ | PER 8 |
BRH Ret |
BIR Ret |
BUG | ZOL | DIJ | NC | 0 |
References
- ^ "Profile at Driver Database". driverdb.com. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "SpeedSport-Magazine.com profile". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- "Porsches dominate at Le Mans". The Gazette. June 17, 1985. p. D8. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
- ^ "Profile at OldRacingCars.com". Allen Brown. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- "Results at Racing-Reference". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- autosport.com: "Race of my life", February 20, 2014, p.86
- "Skyrace World Cup". Planetaire. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
External links
- Mario Hytten driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Planetaire
- "Sustainability Communications, What's amiss? (pdf)" (PDF).
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