Fritz Riess is a racing driver from Germany who last raced in Formula 1 for Veritas. Riess has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,969 ranks Riess 2825th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1952-08-03 | Nürburgring | P7 | +89 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | ▸Formula 1 | Veritas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +90 | 2,978 |
Fritz Riess was a German racing driver whose single-seater career consisted of one Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix. He drove a Veritas in the 1952 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, which was contested under Formula Two regulations. He finished seventh in that race, a respectable result against a field of drivers drawn from early-1950s European single-seater racing. Although seventh placed him outside the points-scoring positions of the era, it put him ahead of several established drivers in the Veritas's competitive class.[1]
Riess's outing against drivers such as Johnny Claes and Ernst Klodwig, both considerably stronger professional competitors, demonstrated he could hold his own in a competitive grid. The Veritas team itself never secured a championship win across all its entries, though it fielded drivers of varying calibre across its programme. With only one recorded start to his name, Riess's career in international motorsport was brief. He has since retired from racing.[2]