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==Junior Career==
 
==Junior Career==
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After leaving school at the age of 18, Leiviskä deferred a job with the family business in order to chase his dreams of becoming a racing driver - promising that if he didn't make it to [[Alternate Formula One|Formula One]] within five years, he would take the job. To do so, he moved to Sweden to take advantage of the thriving Formula Vee and Formula Three scene there. After seeing how well his son had performed in local races and a partial season of Swedish Formula Three, Leiviskä's father agreed to fund his career using money from the marketing budget until he attracted a better-paying sponsor.
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After leaving school at the age of 18, Leiviskä deferred a job with his father's chain of Renault dealerships in order to chase his dreams of becoming a racing driver - promising that if he didn't make it to [[Alternate Formula One|Formula One]] within five years, he would take the job. To do so, he moved to Sweden to take advantage of the thriving Formula Vee and Formula Three scene there. After seeing how well his son had performed in local races and a partial season of Swedish Formula Three, Leiviskä's father agreed to fund his career with "Leiviskä Renault Finland" acting as Rikky's first sponsor.
  
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This arrangement lasted for precisely one year: Leiviskä's championship-winning campaign and resulting full-page spread in Motorsport Magazine attracted the attention of Jägermeister, who agreed to support him as he climbed the ladder to Formula One.
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This arrangement lasted for precisely one year: Leiviskä's championship-winning campaign and resulting full-page spread in Motorsport Magazine attracted the attention of Jägermeister, who agreed to support him as he climbed the ladder to Formula One. Leiviskä's cars still carried "Leiviskä Renault Finland" decals, but his entries would now come under "Jägermeister Racing".
  
 
In European Formula Three, Leiviskä drove strongly to become vice-champion behind French phenom Alain Prost; while the Champion would go on to drive for Renault in Formula One, the vice-champion contented himself with a Jagermeister-funded Chevron to drive in Formula Two. Despite the fact that his machinery was no match for the fearsome Toleman-Harts driven by Henton and Warwick, he still secured himself two race wins at the Grands Prix of Pau and Zandvoort, and a very creditable sixth in the Championship despite suffering frequent engine failures at the power circuits of Hockenheim, Silverstone and Enna.
 
In European Formula Three, Leiviskä drove strongly to become vice-champion behind French phenom Alain Prost; while the Champion would go on to drive for Renault in Formula One, the vice-champion contented himself with a Jagermeister-funded Chevron to drive in Formula Two. Despite the fact that his machinery was no match for the fearsome Toleman-Harts driven by Henton and Warwick, he still secured himself two race wins at the Grands Prix of Pau and Zandvoort, and a very creditable sixth in the Championship despite suffering frequent engine failures at the power circuits of Hockenheim, Silverstone and Enna.
  
 
==Formula One Career==
 
==Formula One Career==
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Following the postponement of the [[1980 Race of Champions]] until after the Formula Two championship had ended, Leiviskä approached [[B&S Fabrications]] for a drive in the non-championship race. With this experience in a Formula One car under his belt, Leiviskä then set his sights on securing a Formula One drive for [[1981 Alternate Formula One season|1981]]. Leiviskä would be in contention for several one-off drives in the tail half of 1980 but he would not be entered again in 1980.
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Following the postponement of the [[1980 Race of Champions]] until after the Formula Two championship had ended, Leiviskä approached [[B&S Fabrications]] for a drive in the non-championship race. With this experience in a Formula One car under his belt, Leiviskä then set his sights on securing a Formula One drive for [[1981 Alternate Formula One season|1981]]. Leiviskä would be in contention for several one-off drives in the tail half of 1980 but he would not be entered again in 1980
  
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For 1981, Leiviskä was signed by [[ATS]] to an initial one-year deal. The Finn would partner the experienced [[Marc Surer]], with Surer into his second year at the team and seen as the favourite by the staff.
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For 1981, Leiviskä was signed by [[ATS]] to an initial one-year deal. The Finn would partner the experienced [[Marc Surer]], with Surer into his second year at the team and seen as the favourite by the staff. As [[Jean-Pierre Jarier]] suffered a dismal start to the season at [[McLaren]]-[[Renault]], Leiviskä used his father's connections with Renault to lobby for a seat at the frontrunning team.
  
 
==Racing Career Results==
 
==Racing Career Results==
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! 1977
 
! 1977
 
| {{FIN}} '''J. F. Leiviskä'''
 
| {{FIN}} '''J. F. Leiviskä'''
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| [[Van Diemen]]-[[Toyota]]
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| [[Van Diemen]]-[[Renault]]
 
|align=center|KAR<br>&nbsp;
 
|align=center|KAR<br>&nbsp;
 
|align=center|AND<br>&nbsp;
 
|align=center|AND<br>&nbsp;
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|-
 
|-
 
! 1978
 
! 1978
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| {{FIN}} '''Leiviskä Racing'''
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| {{FIN}} '''Leiviskä Renault Finland'''
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| [[Ralt]]-[[Toyota]]
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| [[Ralt]]-[[Renault]]
 
|bgcolor=#ffffbf align=center|KNU<br><small>'''1'''
 
|bgcolor=#ffffbf align=center|KNU<br><small>'''1'''
 
|bgcolor=#cfcfff align=center|KIN<br><small>''1''
 
|bgcolor=#cfcfff align=center|KIN<br><small>''1''
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! 1979
 
! 1979
 
| {{GER}} '''Jägermeister Racing'''
 
| {{GER}} '''Jägermeister Racing'''
−
| [[Ralt]]-[[Toyota]]
+
| [[Ralt]]-[[Renault]]
 
|align=center|KNU<br>&nbsp;
 
|align=center|KNU<br>&nbsp;
 
|align=center|AND<br>&nbsp;
 
|align=center|AND<br>&nbsp;
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|-
 
|-
 
! 1978
 
! 1978
−
| {{FIN}} '''Leiviskä Racing'''
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| {{FIN}} '''Leiviskä Renault Finland'''
−
| [[Ralt]]-[[Toyota]]
+
| [[Ralt]]-[[Renault]]
 
|align=center|ZAN<br>&nbsp;
 
|align=center|ZAN<br>&nbsp;
 
|align=center|NUR<br>&nbsp;
 
|align=center|NUR<br>&nbsp;
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! 1979
 
! 1979
 
| {{GER}} '''Jägermeister Racing'''
 
| {{GER}} '''Jägermeister Racing'''
−
| [[Ralt]]-[[Toyota]]
+
| [[Ralt]]-[[Renault]]
 
|bgcolor=#dfdfdf align=center|VAL<br><small>2
 
|bgcolor=#dfdfdf align=center|VAL<br><small>2
 
|bgcolor=#efcfff align=center|OST<br><small>Ret
 
|bgcolor=#efcfff align=center|OST<br><small>Ret
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|}
 
|}
 
===[[Alternate Formula One|Formula One World Championship]]===
 
===[[Alternate Formula One|Formula One World Championship]]===
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{| class="wikitable"
 +
|-
 +
!Season
 +
!Team
 +
!Chassis
 +
!Engine
 +
!width=30px|<small>1</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>2</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>3</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>4</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>5</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>6</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>7</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>8</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>9</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>10</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>11</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>12</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>13</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>14</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>15</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>16</small>
 +
!width=30px|<small>17</small>
 +
!width=30px|Pts
 +
!width=30px|Pos
 +
|-
 +
! [[1981 Alternate Formula One season|1981]]
 +
| {{GER}} [[ATS|ATS Kauhsen Racing Team]]
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| [[ATS]] D3
 +
! [[Ford|Ford Cosworth]] DFV 3.0 V8
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#CFCFFF|ARG<br><small>9
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#FFCFCF|RSA<br><small>DNPQ
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#FFCFCF|BRA<br><small>DNPQ
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#CFCFFF|USW<br><small>14
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#F1F8FF|ESP<br><small>WD
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#EFCFFF|BEL<br><small>Ret
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#ffffff|MON<br><small>ENT
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#ffffff|SMR<br><small>ENT
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#ffffff|MEX<br><small>ENT
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#ffffff|FRA<br><small>ENT
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#ffffff|GBR<br><small>ENT
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#ffffff|GER<br><small>ENT
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#ffffff|AUT<br><small>ENT
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#ffffff|SUI<br><small>ENT
 +
|align=centeralign=center bgcolor=#ffffff|ITA<br><small>ENT
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#ffffff|CAN<br><small>ENT
 +
|align=center bgcolor=#ffffff|USA<br><small>ENT
 +
! 0 *
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! - *
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|-
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|}
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 +
 
====Non-Championship Races====
 
====Non-Championship Races====
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
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!Season
 
!Season
 
!Team
 
!Team
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!Car
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!Chassis
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!Engine
 
!width=30px|<small>1</small>
 
!width=30px|<small>1</small>
 
!width=30px|<small>2</small>
 
!width=30px|<small>2</small>
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! [[1980 Alternate Formula One season|1980]]
 
! [[1980 Alternate Formula One season|1980]]
 
| {{GBR}} [[B&S Fabrications]]
 
| {{GBR}} [[B&S Fabrications]]
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| [[B&S Fabrications|Spartec]]-[[Hart]]
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! [[B&S Fabrications|Spartec]] G71B
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! [[Hart]] 415T 1.5 L4t
 
|align=center|RSA<br>&nbsp;
 
|align=center|RSA<br>&nbsp;
 
|align=center|INT<br>&nbsp;
 
|align=center|INT<br>&nbsp;
 
|bgcolor=#efcfff align=center|ROC<br><small>Ret
 
|bgcolor=#efcfff align=center|ROC<br><small>Ret
 
|-
 
|-
−
|}
 

Revision as of 06:43, 15 April 2023

Leiviska.png
Rikky Leiviskä after winning the Pau Grand Prix
Details
Name Fredrik Leiviskä
Born 4th Jun 1957
Nationality Flag of Finland svg.png Finnish
Achievements
1978 Swedish F3 Champion
1979 European F3 Runner-Up
1980 Pau Grand Prix
1980 Grand Prix of Zandvoort

Juha Fredrik "Rikky" Leiviskä (born 4th June, 1957 in Espoo, Finland) is a Finnish former Formula One driver and Formula Three champion.

Junior Career

After leaving school at the age of 18, Leiviskä deferred a job with his father's chain of Renault dealerships in order to chase his dreams of becoming a racing driver - promising that if he didn't make it to Formula One within five years, he would take the job. To do so, he moved to Sweden to take advantage of the thriving Formula Vee and Formula Three scene there. After seeing how well his son had performed in local races and a partial season of Swedish Formula Three, Leiviskä's father agreed to fund his career with "Leiviskä Renault Finland" acting as Rikky's first sponsor.

This arrangement lasted for precisely one year: Leiviskä's championship-winning campaign and resulting full-page spread in Motorsport Magazine attracted the attention of Jägermeister, who agreed to support him as he climbed the ladder to Formula One. Leiviskä's cars still carried "Leiviskä Renault Finland" decals, but his entries would now come under "Jägermeister Racing".

In European Formula Three, Leiviskä drove strongly to become vice-champion behind French phenom Alain Prost; while the Champion would go on to drive for Renault in Formula One, the vice-champion contented himself with a Jagermeister-funded Chevron to drive in Formula Two. Despite the fact that his machinery was no match for the fearsome Toleman-Harts driven by Henton and Warwick, he still secured himself two race wins at the Grands Prix of Pau and Zandvoort, and a very creditable sixth in the Championship despite suffering frequent engine failures at the power circuits of Hockenheim, Silverstone and Enna.

Formula One Career

Following the postponement of the 1980 Race of Champions until after the Formula Two championship had ended, Leiviskä approached B&S Fabrications for a drive in the non-championship race. With this experience in a Formula One car under his belt, Leiviskä then set his sights on securing a Formula One drive for 1981. Leiviskä would be in contention for several one-off drives in the tail half of 1980 but he would not be entered again in 1980

For 1981, Leiviskä was signed by ATS to an initial one-year deal. The Finn would partner the experienced Marc Surer, with Surer into his second year at the team and seen as the favourite by the staff. As Jean-Pierre Jarier suffered a dismal start to the season at McLaren-Renault, Leiviskä used his father's connections with Renault to lobby for a seat at the frontrunning team.

Racing Career Results

Swedish Formula Three Championship

Season Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts Pos
1977 Flag of Finland svg.png J. F. Leiviskä Van Diemen-Renault KAR
  		AND
  		FLK
10 		KNU
5 		AND
Ret 		KAR
7 		2 10th
1978 Flag of Finland svg.png Leiviskä Renault Finland Ralt-Renault KNU
1 		KIN
1 		AND
3 		FLK
Ret 		KNU
6 		KAR
4 		MAN
1 		35 1st
1979 Flag of Germany svg.png Jägermeister Racing Ralt-Renault KNU
  		AND
  		KIN
  		FLK
  		KNU
2 		6 8th

European Formula Three Championship

Season Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts Pos
1978 Flag of Finland svg.png Leiviskä Renault Finland Ralt-Renault ZAN
  		NUR
  		OST
  		ZOL
  		IMO
  		NUR
  		DIJ
  		MNZ
  		ENN
  		MGN
  		KNU
5 		KAR
4 		KAR
  		AND
  		KAR
  		AND
  		5 15th
1979 Flag of Germany svg.png Jägermeister Racing Ralt-Renault VAL
2 		OST
Ret 		ZOL
5 		MGN
Ret 		DON
4 		ZAN
2 		ENN
Ret 		MON
6 		KNU
2 		KIN
1 		JAR
3 		KAS
6 		38 2nd

European Formula Two Championship

Season Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Pos
1980 Flag of Germany svg.png Jägermeister Racing Chevron-BMW THR
5 		HOC
Ret 		NUR
10 		VAL
4 		PAU
1 		SIL
Ret 		ZOL
5 		MUG
8 		ZAN
1 		ENN
Ret 		MIS
6 		HOC
Ret 		24 5th

Formula One World Championship

Season Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts Pos
1981 Flag of Germany svg.png ATS Kauhsen Racing Team ATS D3 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
9 		RSA
DNPQ 		BRA
DNPQ 		USW
14 		ESP
WD 		BEL
Ret 		MON
ENT 		SMR
ENT 		MEX
ENT 		FRA
ENT 		GBR
ENT 		GER
ENT 		AUT
ENT 		SUI
ENT 		ITA
ENT 		CAN
ENT 		USA
ENT 		0 * - *


Non-Championship Races

Season Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3
1980 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png B&S Fabrications Spartec G71B Hart 415T 1.5 L4t RSA
  		INT
  		ROC
Ret
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