Freddy Kottulinsky

Winfried Philippe Adalbert Karl Graf Kottulinsky Freiherr von Kottulin, better known as Freddy Kottulinsky (born 20th July, 1932 in München, Germany, died 4th May, 2010 in Karlstad, Sweden) was a German-Swedish racing driver best known for his time in Formula One. The winner of the Paris-Dakar rally, he never achieved the same level of success in Formula One, and was known as one of the first pay drivers.

Formula One

1977: Boro

Kottulinsky made his F1 debut with the Dutch Boro outfit alongside Italian veteran Vittorio Brambilla. Kottulinsky frequently failed to qualify and only finish on three occasions, his best being a thirteenth place finish in Germany. Kottulinsky was replaced by Kazuyoshi Hoshino for the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix.

1978: Shadow

1978 saw Kottulinsky make the switch to the Shadow team.

Later life

Kottulinsky continued to race into his 70s, frequently in historic races before his death in 2010.

His daughter Susanne had a near twenty year career in the European Rally Championship, driving for the likes of Audi, Volvo and Opel. His two grandchildren, Fredrik Åhlin and Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky are also racing drivers - with Fredrik being a frequent competitor in the British and World Rally Championship and Mikaela forging a career in the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship.

Complete Formula 1 Results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points	WDC
1977	Beta Utensili HB Bewaking Alarmsystemen	Boro 002	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Ret	RSA Ret	USW DNQ	ESP DNQ	BEL DNQ	MON DNQ	FRA DNQ	TUS 17	SOV DNQ	GBR DNQ	NED DNQ	GER 13	AUT DNQ	ITA 15	CAN DNQ	USA DNQ	JPN	0	—
1978	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN5B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	RSA	USW	ESP DNPQ	BEL	MON DNPQ	FRA	TUS	GBR	SUI	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA		-	—
1979	B&S Fabrications	Spartec G71A	Ford-Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP DNPQ	BEL DNPQ	MON DNPQ		SMR	FRA	GBR DNPQ	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	0	—
	Team Merzario	Merzario A1	Ford-Cosword DFV 3.0 V8								EUR DNPQ