Mario Hytten

File:Mario Hytten, '84 silverstone winner.jpg

Mario Hytten (born 20 April 1955){{cite web|title=Profile at Driver Database |url=http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/mario-hytten/career/|publisher=driverdb.com|accessdate=6 March 2014}}{{cite web|title=SpeedSport-Magazine.com profile|url=http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/race-driver-database/biography/mario-hytten~897.html/|publisher=Speedsport Magazine|accessdate=6 March 2014}} is a Swedish-born former racing driver who raced predominantly under a Swiss licence. He competed in the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 5th.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=230xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2qUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1114,3748549&dq=mario-hytten+le-mans&hl=en|title=Porsches dominate at Le Mans|date=June 17, 1985|work=The Gazette|page=D8|accessdate=2013-05-06}} He now works as a sports promoter and sponsorship specialist. He is fluent in five languages.{{cite web|title=Profile at OldRacingCars.com|url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Mario_Hytten|publisher=Allen Brown|accessdate=13 March 2014}}

Racing career

Hytten raced predominantly in Formula 3 and Formula 3000 in a career spanning more than a decade, from 1980 to 1992. In all he entered 75 races, won one and registered eight podium finishes. He finished 5th in the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans driving the Porsche 956B.{{cite web|title=Results at Racing-Reference |url=http://racing-reference.info/driver/Mario_Hytten|publisher=racing-reference.info|accessdate=21 November 2013}}

Post racing

Hytten retired from racing in 1993 and moved into sports media and sponsorship.autosport.com: "Race of my life", February 20, 2014, p.86 He is the current CEO of Captimax Sports Media, who make camera systems for televised sporting events, and runs Planetaire AB, a sustainability communications company. He is currently working on Skyrace World Cup, a new format sailplane world championship.{{cite web|title=Skyrace World Cup|url=http://www.skyraceworldcup.com/the-race/|publisher=Planetaire|accessdate=26 August 2014|archive-date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826192427/http://www.skyraceworldcup.com/the-race/|url-status=dead}}

Racing record

=Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results=

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Year ! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip\|Class Pos.\|Class Position}}
1985 \|align="left"\| {{Flagicon\|GER}} Porsche Kremer Racing \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} George Fouché {{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Sarel van der Merwe \|align="left"\| Porsche 956B \| C1 \| 361 \| 5th \| 5th

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Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
Pos.|Class Position}}

1985

|align="left"| {{Flagicon|GER}} Porsche Kremer Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} George Fouché
{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Sarel van der Merwe

|align="left"| Porsche 956B

| C1

| 361

| 5th

=Complete International Formula 3000 results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Championship position}} ! Pts
rowspan=2\| 1985 ! Corbari Italia ! Lola T950 !rowspan=2\| Cosworth \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| SIL 9 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| THR 10 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| EST Ret \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| NÜR {{small\|C}} \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| VAL Ret \| \| \| \| \| \| \| !rowspan=2\| 10th !rowspan=2\| 8
Onyx ! March 85B \| \| \| \| \| \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| PAU Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| SPA Ret \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| DIJ 12 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| PER 5 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| ÖST 10 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| ZAN Ret \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| DON 2
rowspan=2\| 1986 !rowspan=2\| Arno International ! March 85B !rowspan=2\| Cosworth \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| SIL 15 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| VAL Ret \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| PAU DNS \| SPA \| IMO \| MUG \| \| \| \| \| \| !rowspan=2\| NC !rowspan=2\| 0
Ralt RT20 \| \| \| \| \| \| \|style="background:#FFCFCF;"\|PER DNQ \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\|ÖST Ret \|style="background:#FFCFCF;"\|BIR DNQ \| BUG \|style="background:#FFCFCF;"\|JAR DNQ \|
rowspan=2\| 1987 ! rowspan=2\| Racetech 3000 ! March 87B !rowspan=2\| Cosworth \| SIL \| VAL \| SPA \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| PAU 9 \|style="background:#FFCFCF;"\| DON DNQ \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| PER 13 \|style="background:#FFCFCF;"\| BRH DNQ \| \| \| \| \| !rowspan=2\| NC !rowspan=2\| 0
Ralt RT20 \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| BIR Ret \|style="background:#FFCFCF;"\| IMO DNQ \| BUG \| JAR \|
1988 ! Team Ralt ! Ralt RT22 !rowspan=2\| Judd \| JER \| VAL \| PAU \| SIL \| MNZ \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| PER 8 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| BRH Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| BIR Ret \| BUG \| ZOL \| DIJ \| ! NC ! 0

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! Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

rowspan=2| 1985

! Corbari Italia

! Lola T950

!rowspan=2| Cosworth

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
9

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR
10

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EST
Ret

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR
{{small|C}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL
Ret

!rowspan=2| 10th

!rowspan=2| 8

Onyx

! March 85B

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAU
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DIJ
12

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PER
5

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ÖST
10

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZAN
Ret

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DON
2

rowspan=2| 1986

!rowspan=2| Arno International

! March 85B

!rowspan=2| Cosworth

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
15

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL
Ret

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| PAU
DNS

| SPA

| IMO

| MUG

!rowspan=2| NC

!rowspan=2| 0

Ralt RT20

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"|PER
DNQ

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|ÖST
Ret

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"|BIR
DNQ

| BUG

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"|JAR
DNQ

rowspan=2| 1987

! rowspan=2| Racetech 3000

! March 87B

!rowspan=2| Cosworth

| SIL

| VAL

| SPA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PAU
9

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DON
DNQ

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PER
13

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRH
DNQ

!rowspan=2| NC

!rowspan=2| 0

Ralt RT20

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BIR
Ret

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| IMO
DNQ

| BUG

| JAR

1988

! Team Ralt

! Ralt RT22

!rowspan=2| Judd

| JER

| VAL

| PAU

| SIL

| MNZ

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PER
8

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BIR
Ret

| BUG

| ZOL

| DIJ

! NC

! 0

References

External links

{{Racing-Reference driver|Mario_Hytten}}
[http://www.planetaire.com Planetaire]
{{cite web|title=Sustainability Communications, What's amiss? (pdf)|url=http://planetaire.com/downloads/doc/WhatsAmiss.pdf}}

Category:1955 births

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Category:Swiss racing drivers

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Category:World Sportscar Championship drivers

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