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.

1977: Shadow

1978 saw Kottulinsky make the switch to the Shadow team.