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Heini Walter

Swiss Formula One driver (1927-2009)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ115666 ↗
Source-derived summary

Heinrich "Heini" Walter (28 July 1927 – 12 May 2009) was a Swiss racing driver. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on 5 August 1962. He finished 14th, scoring no World Championship points. He also participated in non-Championship Formula One races.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Heini Walter” as swiss Formula One driver (1927-2009). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1927, 2009, 1962—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1927-07-28. The account is most persuasive where Heini, Walter and Swiss can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as swiss Formula One driver (1927-2009). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q115666. VIAF identifies the subject as 64885046. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1927, 2009 and 1962.

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This entry incorporates text from “Heini Walter” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.