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1981—Formula 3 European & German Championships
- Qualified as only German-speaking racer for the 1980 Monaco Formula 3 race;
- Participated in and won three consecutive German Formula 3 Championship races (Nürburgring, Zolder, and Salzburgring)
- Photo at left: in the lead in Formula 3 event at Germany’s famed Nürburgring.
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“Schindler Advancing The 5th race of the German Formula 3 Championship was marked by the duel between Franz Konrad and Peter Schindler. Already during timed practice they chased each other to repeated lap records; and during the race the two didn’t give each other an inch. Konrad, who had a bad start, managed to take the lead briefly, but Schindler retook it with a spectacularly daring braking manoeuvre during which the two cars’ wheels almost touched and then didn’t relinquish the lead until the chequered flag..”
Motor Sport Aktuell is the most popular German-speaking weekly motor racing magazine.
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1980—Formula Super V European & German Championships
- Overall fifth in European Championship (note: participated in second half of that year’s championship only);
- Lap records, pole positions, and wins on several tracks, including Silverstone, Zolder, Hockenheim, Salzburgring;
- Photo at left: Powerslide in Zolder, Belgium’s former F1 track.
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“A Star is born? ‘A Star is born’ is how the saying goes in Hollywood, but in Northampton last Sunday the name buzzing around the paddock was that of 20-year-old Swiss driver Peter Schindler. Schindler, driving his … Ralt RT5, smashed seven seconds off the lap record on his way to a devastating 18secs win in the Castrol Europe Cup race….”
Autosport is the premier motor racing magazine in the U.K.
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1979—European & Austrian Renault Elf Cups
- Overall third in Austrian Cup;
- Competed in six European events (including Monaco, Hockenheim, Zolder) as one of four Austrian representatives;
- Photo at left: in the lead at international event at A1 Ring in Austria.
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