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	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Rikky von Opel
		In 1947 Rikky Von Opel was born in New York, one of the heirs to the Adam Opel fortune.
		Von Opel was signed up as a driver for Team Ensign and both he and his team mate Mike Walker won races.
		The Opel Family fortune made Von Opel an attractive target for the buccaneering F1 team bosses of the day and in 1974 he was lured away from Ensign by the new owner of Brabham, Bernie Ecclestone, to drive one of Gordon Murray's BT44s alongside Carlos Reutemann.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-vonrik.html (397 words)

	8W - Who? - Rikky von Opel
		Rikky von Opel, 4th generation descendent of Opel car company founder Adam Opel, founder of the, and heir to the family fortune, dabbled in motor racing during the first half of the 1970s.
		Von Opel qualified a very distant last, some 6 seconds behind pole sitter Ronnie Petersen, and he was forced to retire on the opening lap with a jammed throttle.
		Von Opel was badly out-qualified by team-mate Carlos Reutemann, and retired from the race after 10 laps with an oil leak.
	8w.forix.com /opel.html (1826 words)

	Rikky von Opel - Biography
		Frederick 'Rikky' von Opel, 4th generation descendent of Opel car company founder Adam Opel, heir to the family fortune, the pride of tax refuge Liechtenstein (and a man for whom helmet design obviously wasn't important), was actually born in New York.
		Von Opel felt at home in the Ensign operation, so much so that he began throwing his money around, and asked Nunn to design a chassis for an F1 tilt in 1973.
		Strangely, in Belgium von Opel actually outqualified his Argentine team-mate, scoring 22nd while Reutemann was 24th and 0.13 of a second slower.
	www.f1rejects.com /drivers/vonopel/biography.html (1261 words)

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		Opel turned the automotive industry on it's side by transforming his craftsman's business into a factory which built revolutionary machines.
		Obviously the brevity of the Opel name and the money that went with it was of some concern to Rikky, as he started his career in Formula Ford under the pseudonym Antonio Bronco, which seems a little unlikely for a German descended resident of Liechtenstein!
		He showed some talent and by 1972 the pseudonym had disappeared, and von Opel was racing Formula 3 in Britain.
	www.lycos.com /info/opel.html (411 words)

	f1 statistics - Rikky von Opel : Autocourse Grand Prix Archive
		An heir to the Opel automobile fortune, von Opel began his racing career under the pseudonym ‘Antonio Bronco’, but soon reverted to his true name after a successful introduction to Formula Ford in 1970.
		Inevitably with such an inexperienced pairing, success was thin on the ground and von Opel was damned as a playboy racer, which was unfair as he took the whole project very seriously indeed.
		After he was unable qualify the car at Dijon for the French GP, von Opel turned his back on the sport, having tried but failed to make the grade, to pursue other interests.
	www.autocoursegpa.com /driver~driver_id~12118.htm (153 words)

	Rikky von Opel - Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
		The heir to the Opel automobile fortune, Rikky von Opel began his racing career under the pseudonym of 'Antonio Bronco' but soon switched to his real name after success in the Formula Ford series in 1970.
		That led to an F1 drive in 1973 although it was not massively successful, although it did lead to a shot with the Brabham works team in 1974.
		Two retirements and a failure to qualify for the French race left Rikky disappointed and he turned his back of the sport.
	www.gpracing.net192.com /drivers/careers/428.cfm (160 words)

	Rikky Von Opel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rikky von Opel · Gerard Larrousse · Helmuth Sondaggio di Koinigg · Eppie Wietzes.
		Rikky von OPEL Liechtenstein (73-74) Opel heir Brabham...
		Rikky von Opel, deutscher Ensign-Team, das er voll Wohnsitz Liechtenstein, Industriellensohn mit wird Fahrer im finanziert.
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	Rikky Von OPEL
		Rikky est un cas très particulier dans le monde la Formule 1.
		Rikky accumulera plusieurs victoires et même un titre de champion de Toscane en Italie.
		Qu'à cela ne tienne, Rikky a des moyens et il va les utiliser pour permettre à Ensign de franchir le pas : en 1973, Rikky von Opel pilotera la première Ensign F1, qu'il financera en très grande partie.
	www.statsf1.com /drivers/fiche.asp?IdPilote=472&LG=2 (575 words)

	Team Ensign - F1Technical.net
		Former racer Mo Nunn started building F3 cars with considerable success and from this, Rikky von Opel, heir to the German car company, commissioned Nunn to build an Formula 1 car for 1973.
		The car turned out to be competent but von Opel's lack of experience and ability didn't help in the development of the project.
		Von Opel moved to a fully developed Brabham to continue his short-lived F1 career.
	www.f1technical.net /f1db/teams/37 (272 words)

	Opel Monza Directory at LinkCentre.com
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		the 24 car grid, but von Opel was unable to start theThe photograph, taken at Monza, also saw a good qualifying performance with von Opel starting 17th, but the
		Home 1978 Chevy Monza Categories Opala was based on the German Opel Commodore from the late 1960swasreplaced by a version of the Opel Omega.
	linkcentre.com /cars/Car-Manufacturers/Opel/Opel-Monza (356 words)

	Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
		Designed by Mo Nunn, the former Lotus mechanic, the Ensign N173 was funded and driven by Rikky von Opel, heir to the car company.
		Nicely made and with striking lines the N173 or MN01 as it was sometimes called was another of those Cosworth kit cars.
		Driven by von Opel the car finished 15th in its first outing.
	www.gpracing.net192.com /cars/data/172.cfm (74 words)

	Opel Directory at LinkCentre.com
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		Born of Opel fame in New York City, residing in the Liechtenstein
	linkcentre.com /cars/Car-Manufacturers/Opel (345 words)

	GrandPrixStats.com :: Details of Rikky von Opel
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