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European mountain champion Peter Schetty awarded the BP Racing Trophy

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Created on November 18, 1969

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Peter Schetty bei der Ueberreichung der BP Racing Trophy mit Jo Siffert

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Peter Schetty - Werksfahrer bei Abarth und später Ferrari

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Peter Schetty auf Ferrari 212E Bergspider in Ollon-Villars 1969

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Peter Schetty auf Ferrari 312 bei den 1000 km von Monza 1969

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Summary

In 1969, Peter Schetty was awarded the coveted Swiss BP Racing Trophy. As a young Ferrari works driver, he had earned it by winning the European Hillclimb Championship in a Ferrari 212E Bergspider.

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The "BP Racing Trophy" is a coveted award presented by a panel of Swiss motor racing journalists. The prize was first awarded in 1965 to Josef Siffert, and was repeated in 1968 due to Siffert's unusually high performance. In 1966, the award went to Jean-Jacques Thuner and a year later to the driver team Dieter Spoerry/Rico Steinemann. In the past season, Josef Siffert was once again by far the best Swiss racing driver as the most internationally successful driver in endurance races. In the prototypes, he rushed from one victory to the next, winning one success after another with his unusual determination.

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