There has never been a Formula 1 constructor with a name beginning with Q.
There has been only one F1 driver with a name beginning with Q. Austria’s Dieter Quester.
His father Fritz Quester was originally a chimney sweep, but in 1934 he established Quester Baustoffhandel GmbH, distributing building materials. This had developed into Austria’s biggest home improvement business, with 24 stores across the country.
Dieter was born in 1939 and grew up in comfortable circumstances after the war. At 18 he was able to afford to begin racing motor boats and he won European outboard 500cc titles in 1958 and 1962. This was followed by a period in motorcycle racing, using BMW, Norton and NSU machinery.
In 1965 he tried cars for the first time and the following year, driving a BMW 1800, was the winner of the Austrian Touring Car Championship. The following year he became a BMW factory driver and married Julianna, the daughter of BMW Motorsport boss Alex Von Falkenhausen.
Quester won European Touring Car titles in 1968 and 1969 in BMW 2002s. He would win again in 1977 in a BMW 3.0 CSL and in 1983 in a BMW 635CSi. He joined the BMW Formula 2 in 1969, alongside Jo Siffert and Hubert Hahne and the following year won the Preis von Baden-Württemberg und Hessen at Hockenheim, beating a class field which included Clay Regazzoni, Ronnie Peterson, Emerson Fittipaldi and Carlos Reutemann. In 1971 he won again, this time at Monza in a March-BMW entered by Eifelland Wohnwagenbau and scored five second places that year and finished third in the European Championship behind Peterson and Reutemann. He was keen to get into F1 but could not get a ride although he eventually made his F1 debut, renting a Surtees for the Austrian GP of 1974. That would be it for F1, but he returned to touring cars and GTs and raced in the BMW Procar series in 1979 and 1980.
He continues to race when he can, despite being in his late seventies.
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What about Quentin Spurring. ?
Legend. Proper editor.
Saloon or production car related racing was really important in Germany in the 1970s — not a lot changes. Dieter Quester was wickedly fast in production related cars and he didn’t have a lot of starts in high quality single seaters.
He was quick, born in the wrong place at the wrong time. He raced in single seaters just when the French government adopted it as a national sport. Dieter Quester beat a few French stars in his time.
If you want to buy a bit of Quester history, then this original Batmobile is currently for sale
It could have been so different had the Quantum money appeared for Lotus!
Don’t let the bankers hear you say that. Money that disappears when you look at it could prove too much of a temptation.
“He continues to race when he can, despite being in his late seventies.”
Definitely a BadAss!!
Would funny if Tissot bought a share in Sauber, where their sponsorship contract stated that the team had to rename themselves “Quartz” to promote their watches. Then Volkswagen decide to finally have a stab at F1 and supplied the Tissot-Sauber team with Audi-produced engines were temporarily named “Quattro”. The Quartz-Quattro team!
I recall seeing him in the media centre at Rouen, still in his racing suit, standing at one of the few wall telephones, dictating a piece about the race to an Austrian newspaper. Not many racing journalists at that level, I believe.
There was though the Questor Grand Prix but it wasn’t a championship race
I did think of that…
Another fascinating Quester fact: he finished a DTM race on the podium, crossing the line upside down on the roof (Avus, probably 1989)
He was also penalised for driving into the pits after a qualifying session wearing a monkey mask…
I was going to suggest that Joe. Donington Park if I remember correctly. (He could really a Group A 635 BMW).
1990, finished third. Video on youtube
This has been a great series. Thanks for the memories.
How about just Q and the driver J Bond. Too obvious?
One of my seventies heroes driving the fantastic batmobil ; on occasion also with my fellow country man Toine Hezemans