Mario Hytten

Mario Hytten (born 20 April 1955)^[1]^[2] is a Swedish-born former racing driver who raced predominantly under a Swiss licence.^[1]^[2] He competed in the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 5th.^[3] He now works as a sports promoter and sponsorship specialist. He is fluent in five languages.^[4]

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.^[1] He finished 5th in the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans driving the Porsche 956B.^[5]

Post racing

Hytten retired from racing in 1993 and moved into sports media and sponsorship.^[6] 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.^[4] He is currently working on Skyrace World Cup, a new format sailplane world championship.^[7]

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1985	Porsche Kremer Racing	George Fouché Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche 956B	C1	361	5th	5th

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
1985	Corbari Italia	Lola T950	Cosworth	SIL 9	THR 10	EST Ret	NÜR C	VAL Ret								10th	8
1985	Onyx	March 85B	Cosworth						PAU Ret	SPA Ret	DIJ 12	PER 5	ÖST 10	ZAN Ret	DON 2	10th	8
1986	Arno International	March 85B	Cosworth	SIL 15	VAL Ret	PAU DNS	SPA	IMO	MUG							NC	0
1986	Arno International	Ralt RT20	Cosworth							PER DNQ	ÖST Ret	BIR DNQ	BUG	JAR DNQ		NC	0
1987	Racetech 3000	March 87B	Cosworth	SIL	VAL	SPA	PAU 9	DON DNQ	PER 13	BRH DNQ						NC	0
1987	Racetech 3000	Ralt RT20	Cosworth								BIR Ret	IMO DNQ	BUG	JAR		NC	0
1988	Team Ralt	Ralt RT22	Judd	JER	VAL	PAU	SIL	MNZ	PER 8	BRH Ret	BIR Ret	BUG	ZOL	DIJ		NC	0

References

^ a b c "Profile at Driver Database". driverdb.com. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
^ a b "SpeedSport-Magazine.com profile". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
^ "Porsches dominate at Le Mans". The Gazette. June 17, 1985. p. D8. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
^ a b "Profile at OldRacingCars.com". Allen Brown. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ "Results at Racing-Reference". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
^ autosport.com: "Race of my life", February 20, 2014, p.86
^ "Skyrace World Cup". Planetaire. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.

External links

Mario Hytten driver statistics at Racing-Reference
Planetaire
"Sustainability Communications, What's amiss? (pdf)" (PDF).

This biographical article related to Swiss auto racing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[DriverDB-1] "Profile at Driver Database". driverdb.com. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

[SpeedSport-2] "SpeedSport-Magazine.com profile". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

[3] "Porsches dominate at Le Mans". The Gazette. June 17, 1985. p. D8. Retrieved 2013-05-06.

[oldracingcars-4] "Profile at OldRacingCars.com". Allen Brown. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[Le_Mans-5] "Results at Racing-Reference". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

[6] utosport.com: "Race of my life", February 20, 2014, p.86

[SRWC-7] "Skyrace World Cup". Planetaire. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.