Vern Schuppan
Vern Schuppan
B Skill 258th
Elo

27.063

Number of Races

12

Number of Wins

0

Number of Podiums

0

Peak Elo

27.354

Time Spent Driving

0s


Vernon "Vern" Schuppan (born 19 March 1943 in Booleroo Centre, South Australia) is a retired Australian motor racing driver. Schuppan drove in various categories, participating in Formula One, the Indianapolis 500 and most successfully in sports car racing. Although he considers himself to be a single-seater driver, Schuppan's biggest career victory was with the factory-backed Rothmans Porsche team when he partnered Americans Hurley Haywood and Al Holbert to win the 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans driving the Porsche 956.

Early career and Formula One

After a successful karting career in which he won numerous Australian state and national titles, Schuppan made the decision to pursue a career in motor racing. He and his wife Jennifer ventured to Great Britain (with a self-imposed 2 year limit of making it big) to allow him to participate in the British Formula Atlantic Championship, which he won, leading to a test with BRM. As BRM's test driver he qualified for the 1972 Belgian Grand Prix at Nivelles-Baulers, but he did not start the race because team mate Helmut Marko commandeered his car, though he did compete in some non-championship races with BRM. In 1974 Schuppan went to Team Ensign, débuting again in the Belgian Grand Prix where he finished in 15th position. In Monaco he retired on lap four because of an accident. Schuppan was disqualified in both Sweden and the Netherlands; in Sweden because he started illegally from 26th place on the grid and in the Netherlands for receiving a tyre change outside of the pits. Schuppan failed to qualify in France or Britain. He retired in Germany on lap four because of gearbox problems. In 1975 he raced in one race in Sweden for Embassy Racing With Graham Hill team, retiring from the race with transmission problems.
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Recent Events

f1-1977 Race at Circuit Park Zandvoort
28 Aug 77 00:00 UTC
  • Position: 29th of 30
  • Points: 0
  • Skill Change: -0.216
  • Car: Surtees-1977
  • Best Lap: 0s
  • Race Time: 0s
f1-1977 Race at A1-Ring
14 Aug 77 00:00 UTC
  • Position: 16th of 30
  • Points: 0
  • Skill Change: 0.063
  • Car: Surtees-1977
  • Best Lap: 0s
  • Race Time: 0s
f1-1977 Race at Hockenheimring
31 Jul 77 00:00 UTC
  • Position: 7th of 29
  • Points: 0
  • Skill Change: 0.207
  • Car: Surtees-1977
  • Best Lap: 0s
  • Race Time: 0s
f1-1977 Race at Silverstone Circuit
16 Jul 77 00:00 UTC
  • Position: 12th of 30
  • Points: 0
  • Skill Change: 0.140
  • Car: Surtees-1977
  • Best Lap: 0s
  • Race Time: 0s
f1-1975 Race at Scandinavian Raceway
08 Jun 75 00:00 UTC
  • Position: 20th of 26
  • Points: 0
  • Skill Change: -0.045
  • Car: Embassy Hill-1975
  • Best Lap: 0s
  • Race Time: 0s