Drivers/Liechtenstein
Rikky von Opel
- 1973–1974
- VON
- Born 14 October 1947 in New York City, United States of America
- Frederick von Opel
- Starts1014 entries
- Wins00% of starts
- Podiums00% of starts
- Pole positions00× started from P1
- Fastest laps0
- Titles0best finish –
Career numbers
- Avg grid position22.4
- Avg finish11.5
- Retirement rate60%
- Pole-to-win conversion–
- Positions gained+43
- Points scored0
- Longest winning streak–
- Longest podium streak–
- Longest points-scoring streak–
- TeamsEnsign (1973–1974) · Brabham (1974)
Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.
The career at a glance
Season by season
Every race
14 entries, 10 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entryFrench Grand Prix 1973P15 · Ensign
- Last startDutch Grand Prix 1974P9 · Brabham
All 14 races, season by season
| Year | Race | Team | Grid | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | French Grand Prix | Ensign | 25 | P15 | |
| British Grand Prix | Ensign | 21 | P13 | ||
| Dutch Grand Prix | Ensign | 14 | DNS | ||
| Austrian Grand Prix | Ensign | 19 | DNF | ||
| Italian Grand Prix | Ensign | 17 | DNF | ||
| Canadian Grand Prix | Ensign | 26 | NC | ||
| United States Grand Prix | Ensign | 27 | DNF | ||
| 1974 | Argentine Grand Prix | Ensign | 26 | DNS | |
| Spanish Grand Prix | Brabham | 24 | DNF | ||
| Belgian Grand Prix | Brabham | 22 | DNF | ||
| Monaco Grand Prix | Brabham | – | DNQ | ||
| Swedish Grand Prix | Brabham | 20 | P9 | ||
| Dutch Grand Prix | Brabham | 23 | P9 | ||
| French Grand Prix | Brabham | – | DNQ |
Against team-mates
Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.
| Team-mate | Years | Races | Qualifying | Quali gap | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Watson | 1974 | 1:1 | 0:4 | +1.09% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Carlos Reutemann | 1974 | 1:0 | 1:3 | +2.57% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Gérard Larrousse | 1974 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Theodore Pilette | 1974 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
Green: Rikky von Opel came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.