Freddy Kottulinsky

Freddy Kottulinsky ( born July 20, 1932 in Munich, † 4, 2010 in Karlstad, Sweden; actually Winfried Philippe Adalbert Karl Graf Kottulinsky Freiherr von Kottulin ) was a race and rally driver.

He came of an Austro- Silesian noble family, which also includes Maria Anna of Kottulinsky belonged. From 1953 he lived in Sweden, where he is self- made ​​with a workshop. Prior to 2008, he lived in Görkwitz Schleiz in Thuringia and is committed to the local race track Schleiz one. His Born in 1960, daughter Susanne was also rally driver. Your co-driver Tina Thorner was at times, later longtime co-driver Jutta Kleinschmidt.

Kottulinsky ran successfully for Sweden in Formula 3, Formula Super V and Formula 2 In Formula 3, he became Swedish champion in 1966 with a Lotus 35 -Cosworth. Along with Ronnie Peterson and Torsten Palm, he won in 1970 for Sweden the F3 European Cup for national teams. 1970 and 1971, he won on the highway spider Dresden. In Formula Super V he won the European Gold Cup on a Lola T320 in 1974. From 1973, he also drove in rallying.

He won in 1980 with his co-driver Gerd Löffelmann the Dakar Rally (then rally Oasis ) in a four-wheel drive, Audi managed VW Iltis jeeps. The seats two, four, and nine were also used by VW Iltis. From training for mechanics who drove the rally service vehicles, the Audi driver safety training, for which he worked until retirement developed.

Even with more than 70 years Kottulinsky still occasionally took part in motor sports events. So he started on 11 August 2006 with a Datsun 240Z in the AVD -Historic - Marathon -400 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring.

Kottulinsky sat down for the reconstruction of the track " Schleiz " a; Schleiz he lived until 2008/ 9, with his wife, whom he had met in a Formula 3 race there. After her death, he moved in with his daughter to Karlstad (Sweden), so he drove his last year of use ( his 50th in consecutive order ) with Swedish driver license. He died on 4 May 2010 in Karlstad and was buried on 28 May in Schleiz.