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World Sports Car Championship

Driver Information

nationality
German
birthday
10 Jan 1918
hometown
Taucha bei Leipzig
died
11 Feb 1995
Killarney Vale (AUS)
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Driver Information

nationality
German
birthday
10 Jan 1918
hometown
Taucha bei Leipzig
died
11 Feb 1995
Killarney Vale (AUS)
helmet

Competitors

Heinz Schiller profile photo
Heinz
Schiller
ch
age
wins
0
poles
0
races
10
podiums
4
fastest laps
0
Wolfgang von Trips profile photo
Wolfgang
von Trips
de
age
wins
8
poles
1
races
55
podiums
20
fastest laps
2
Mike Hawthorn profile photo
Mike
Hawthorn
gb
age
wins
15
poles
10
races
91
podiums
39
fastest laps
23
Stirling Moss profile photo
Stirling
Moss
gb
age
wins
93
poles
54
races
260
podiums
131
fastest laps
63
Helmut Felder profile photo
Helmut
Felder
de
age
wins
0
poles
0
races
1
podiums
0
fastest laps
0
Heini Walter profile photo
Heini
Walter
ch
age
wins
0
poles
0
races
2
podiums
0
fastest laps
0
Carel Godin de Beaufort profile photo
Carel Godin
de Beaufort
nl
age
wins
1
poles
1
races
54
podiums
5
fastest laps
0
Isabelle Haskell profile photo
Isabelle
Haskell
us
age
wins
0
poles
0
races
5
podiums
1
fastest laps
0
Peter Simpson profile photo
Peter
Simpson
gb
age
wins
0
poles
0
races
3
podiums
0
fastest laps
0
Sepp Liebl profile photo
Sepp
Liebl
de
age
108
wins
1
poles
0
races
8
podiums
1
fastest laps
0
Paul Vogel profile photo
Paul
Vogel
ch
age
wins
0
poles
0
races
1
podiums
0
fastest laps
0
Roberto Miéres profile photo
Roberto
Miéres
ar
age
wins
0
poles
0
races
42
podiums
6
fastest laps
2
Adolf-Werner Lang profile photo
Adolf-Werner
Lang
de
age
wins
1
poles
0
races
3
podiums
3
fastest laps
0
Tony Brooks profile photo
Tony
Brooks
gb
age
wins
10
poles
8
races
73
podiums
18
fastest laps
7
Corrado Manfredini profile photo
Corrado
Manfredini
it
age
92
wins
0
poles
0
races
24
podiums
0
fastest laps
0
Bobby Unser profile photo
Bobby
Unser
us
age
wins
54
poles
61
races
427
podiums
137
fastest laps
0
Robin Carnegie profile photo
Robin
Carnegie
gb
age
wins
0
poles
0
races
3
podiums
0
fastest laps
0
Helmut Schulze profile photo
Helmut
Schulze
de
age
96
wins
0
poles
0
races
1
podiums
1
fastest laps
0
Hans Knippel profile photo
Hans
Knippel
de
age
wins
0
poles
0
races
1
podiums
0
fastest laps
0
Paul O'Shea profile photo
Paul
O'Shea
us
age
wins
0
poles
0
races
2
podiums
0
fastest laps
0

Career Overview

year
series
team
points
position
1957
World Sportscar Championship - GT 1.3
Harry Merkel
car
engine
tyres
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest laps
Porsche 356A
1
0
0
0
0
races
wins
podiums
pole pos
fastest laps
points
1
0
0
0
0
year
series
team
points
position
1957
World Sports Car Championship
Harry Merkel
car
engine
tyres
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest laps
-
-
-
-
-
races
wins
podiums
pole pos
fastest laps
points
-
-
-
-
-
year
series
team
points
position
1953
1st ADAC 1000 Km Rennen - Nürburgring - World Sports Car
Adolf Vianden
car
engine
tyres
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest laps
Porsche 356 1100
Porsche 1.1
1
0
0
0
0
races
wins
podiums
pole pos
fastest laps
points
1
0
0
0
0
year
series
team
points
position
1952
FIA World Championship of Drivers
Willi Krakau
car
engine
tyres
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest laps
Krakau Eigenbau
BMW 2.0
0
0
0
0
0
races
wins
podiums
pole pos
fastest laps
points
0
0
0
0
0
year
type
races
wins
podiums
pole positions
fastest lap
1957
Racing
1
0
0
0
0
1953
Racing
1
0
0
0
0
1952
Racing
0
0
0
0
0

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