Fritz Riess

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Fritz Riess
Formula One World Championship career
Born	(1922-07-11)11 July 1922
Died	15 May 1991(1991-05-15) (aged 68)
Nationality	German
Active years	1952
Teams	privateer Veritas
Races	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1952 German Grand Prix
Last race	1952 German Grand Prix

Fritz Riess or Rieß (11 July 1922 in Nuremberg – 15 May 1991 in Samedan, Switzerland ^[1]) was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on 3 August 1952. He finished 7th, 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.

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

Sporting positions
Preceded by Peter Walker Peter Whitehead	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1952 with: Hermann Lang	Succeeded by Tony 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	Yannick Dalmas Olivier Gendebien Henri Pescarolo

Three-time	Woolf Barnato Rinaldo Capello Luigi Chinetti Hurley Haywood Phil Hill Al Holbert Klaus Ludwig Allan McNish Marco Werner

Two-time	Tim Birkin Ivor Bueb Marcel Fässler Ron Flockhart Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Gérard Larrousse JJ Lehto André Lotterer Manuel Reuter André Rossignol Raymond Sommer Hans-Joachim Stuck Benoît Tréluyer Gijs van Lennep Jean-Pierre Wimille Alexander Wurz

One-time	Aïello Alboreto Amon Ara Attwood Baldi Bandini Barilla Barth Benjafield Benoist Bernhard Bianchi Bloch Blundell Bouchut D. Brabham G. Brabham Brundle Chaboud Clement Cobb Davis de Courcelles Dickens Duff Dumas Dumfries Duval Étancelin Fontés Foyt Frère Gachot Gené González Gregory Guichet Gurney Hamilton Hawthorn Hélary Herbert Herrmann G. Hill Hindmarsh Howe Johansson Jones Kidston Krages Lagache Lammers Lang Léonard Marko Martini Mass McLaren Mitchell-Thomson Nielsen Nuvolari Oliver Ortelli Pironi Riess Rindt Rockenfeller Rodríguez Rolt Rondeau J. Rosier L. Rosier Rubin Salvadori Sanderson Scarfiotti Schuppan Sekiya Shelby Smith Trémoulet Trintignant Vaccarella Veyron Walker Wallace Warwick Weidler Whitehead B. Whittington D. Whittington Winkelhock

References

↑ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

Persondata
Name	Riess, Fritz
Alternative names
Short description	German racing driver
Date of birth	11 July 1922
Place of birth
Date of death	15 May 1991
Place of death

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