Fritz Riess

Fritz Riess
Born	11 July 1922; Nuremberg, Germany
Died	15 May 1991 (aged 68); Samedan, Switzerland
Formula One World Championship career
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

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 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	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.

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

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[WATN-1] Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

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v t 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 Sébastien Buemi Rinaldo Capello Luigi Chinetti Marcel Fässler 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 Brendon Hartley 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 Chaboud Clement Cobb Conway Davis de Courcelles Dickens Duff Dumfries Duval Étancelin Fontés Foyt Frère Gachot Gené González Gregory Guichet Gurney Hamilton Hawthorn Hélary Herbert Herrmann G. Hill Hindmarsh Howe Hülkenberg Jani Johansson Jones Kidston Kobayashi Krages Lagache Lammers Lang Léonard Lieb López 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 Tandy Trémoulet Trintignant Vaccarella Veyron Walker Wallace Warwick Weidler Whitehead B. Whittington D. Whittington Winkelhock

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