Hans klenk racing driver

Arthur legat 1 november 1898 23 february 1960 was a racing driver from hainesaintpaul, belgium. In those eleven starts, kling was on a podium two times. Born in 1919 klenk was representant of the younger postwar generation of drivers. So he summoned herrmann, hans klenk, gunther bechem and paul frere to the nurburgring to test 300sls. Hans klenk formula 1 driver hans klenk debuted in 1952 at nurburgring. One of germanys most experienced racers, adolf brudes, entered the veritasbmw rs, being joined by some of germanys younger talent of fritz riess, theo helfrich and joseph. I never had the satisfaction on a racetrack like on a rally.

Hans joachim stuck born 1 january 1951, nicknamed strietzel, is a german racing driver who has competed in formula one and many other categories. After rallying, you went racing, including transam in a 510hp audi 200 quattro. He started racing motor cycles in 1923 finishing third in his first race. However, its return would signal the waning of a special time of motor racing in postwar germany. He participated in one world championship formula one grand prix on august 3, 1952 and did not score any championship points. Paul schweder racing driver and former chief editor of may. All the texts present on the statsf1 site are the exclusive property their authors. Hans klenk, racing driver hans liebold, chassis designer and test engineer. Shr has won multiple series championships during our partnership, making shr one of the most prominent teams in nascar. For the second prize at the grenzlandring race 1952 on veritas meteor streamline, diameter. Vii besides pietsch there was only one other regular meteor driver in 1951. At the long distance racing in year 1952, at mille miglia in italy and at carrera panamericana in mexico, klenk took part as a codriver of mercedes driver karl. He participated in one world championship grand prix on 3 august 1952 and did not score any championship. However, klenk s career as a racing driver came to an end when he suffered injuries in an.

However, klenks career as a racing driver came to an end when he suffered injuries in an accident while working as a test driver for mercedesbenz. At the long distance racing in year 1952, at mille miglia in italy and at carrera panamericana in mexico, klenk took part as a codriver of mercedes driver karl kling. Behra was competing in a gordini and won the first stage, but when a spectator hung a coat over a warning sign he ended up driving into a deep ravine at speed on day two and suffered seven broken ribs, a broken nose. For the next year he signed on as works bmw driver, winning his first race at the karlsruher wildparkrennen and he became german champion the same year after winning at the eifelrennen.

Hans klenk 1919 2009 was a german racing driver who had a short but eventful career during the 1950s. This collective effort could no better be demonstrated than the partnership of mercedesbenz and sportscar racing and the driving combination of karl kling and hans klenk. It was the work of a german engineerdriver called hans klenk, who at 32 had led an adventurous life before turning to racing cars in 1951, including having spent the war as a fighter pilot, flying messerschmitt 109es. German driver hans klenk appeared in the 1952 german grand prix. Grand prix racer who was mercedes star driver and a teammate of stirling. Died relatively recently, in a nursing home in mannheim, after a period of ill health. While hans klenk was a gritty exmesserschmidt fighter pilot who transformed into a lowflying daredevil, rudi fischer was a welltodo restaurateur and proficient amateur driver who with his ecurie espadon became a muchseen figure in earlyfifties grand prix events, combining a limited world championship programme with a large number of.

I would like to collate a bit of a database on racing drivers who have also flown, either in civiallian life, or in combat. Hans klenk 19192009, german former racing driver, creator of the klenk meteor racing car that competed in the 1954 german grand prix. Hans klenk 28 october 1919, in kunzelsau 24 march 2009, in vellberg was a racing driver from germany. An occasional mercedesbenz test driver, klenk was later badly injured in this role, but previously drove a veritasbmw formula 2 car in the 1952 german grand prix. Media in category hans klenk the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total.

He made his international debut at monza in 1925, finishing 6th in the 350cc class. Of all the names that formula 1 cars have had, klenk is perhaps the most onomatopoeic. The life of hans hermann f1 gpdc f1 grand prix drivers club. What does klenk mean definition of klenk word finder. It was his lone appearance on the formula one series. With hans klenk as his navigator, kling drove the new 300sl. The hans iii represents the third generation of injection molded hans devices and fe. New double victory of mercedes was not least influenced by hans klenk. Grand prix start he first raced in a selfbuilt eigenbau special but he bought a veritas meteor from karl kling. Mar 22, 2003 klings greatest triumph came in 1952, when he and hans klenk piloted a mercedes 300sl coupe to victory in the carrera panamericana, the 2,000mile race from the top to the bottom of mexico. Automobilia photoalbum otto zaiser racing driver and enthusiast, with 399 original bw photos. Carrera panamericana winner mercedesbenz w194 photo gallery. He was often seen in a bmw special his own construction or a veritas rs car.

Klodwig and his contemporaries were all amateurs and turned up to race in homebuilt machinery all based on the bmw 328 sports car. Hans klenk motor sport magazine database our new database page will launch shortly. Fitchs first race for mercedesbenz was in the grueling carrera panamericana where he drove the legendary 300 sl racing sports car w 194 across. F1 news, drivers, results formula 1 live online sky sports. Klenk, american politician, mayor of blue island, illinois, 1925. Sportscar ace hans klenk will always be known as vulture man, for his epic contretemps with a vulture that hit his svelte mercedes 300slr during the 1952 carrera panamerica became instant history as much a classic as stefan johansson colliding with a. Klings greatest triumph came in 1952, when he and hans klenk piloted a mercedes 300sl coupe to victory in the carrera panamericana, the 2,000mile race from the top to the bottom of mexico. Automobilia photoalbum otto zaiser racing driver and.

At the long distance racing in year 1952, at mille miglia in italy and at carrera panamericana in mexico, klenk took part as a co driver of mercedes driver karl kling. He started in one formula 1 grand prix race and appeared once at le mans 24 hours but he was most known as a codriver to karl kling in a historic victory with mercedes at 1952 carrera panamericana. He kept links to the sport via historic festivals and interviews and also flew he was a messerschmitt 109 fighter pilot in world war two and sailed, but he was also head of continental tyres racing division for a while, before working in their public. Since 2011, the mobil 1 brand has provided every stewarthaas racing shr driver with mobil 1 lubricant technology and engineering support. Hey everyone, now some of these will be obvious, but im sure the good people here can help me out with the more obscure examples. Any use on another web site or any other support of diffusion is prohibited except authorization of or the authors concerned. Codriving with his friend, old mercedes hack karl kling, klenk mastered the gruelling. It was a typical bmw based single seater, with a noticeably large intake bulge in the bonnet. Hans klenk formula1 races statistics of races in f1 by hans klenk. Hans klenk karl kling chris kneiferl kamui kobayashi. Among these, his victory together with copilot hans klenk in the 1952.

Fitch passed away on october 31st, 2012 at his home in connecticut. As testament to the visceral nature of the event itself, the first place finish of the mercedesbenz w194 driven by karl kling and hans klenk came at the expense of an unfortunate rendezvous between a vulture and the windshield of the car, prior to impact with klenks face. As we all know fangio and kling finished first and second in the race but herrmann retired. Not 100% if a driver did not start at least a race, or entered in all but skip a season victories, podiums, pole positions, fastest laps, finish in points. Hans klenk in his veritas meteor at dresdenhellerau, east germany, in 1951.

He enjoyed a long and successful career in sports cars but his formula 1 ambitions were irrevocably harmed by injury and the marques withdrawal in 1955. Attended in one season and have one race entrance was born on 18 october 1919, germany. Having signed fangio and karl kling for the 54 season, neubauer wanted a younger driver to complete his team. German formula 1 drivers in the 1950s the nostalgia forum. He then became a close friend of karl kling and the two took a notable win at the 1952 carrera panamericana in their mercedes 300sl, where klenk showed his prowess as a navigator, preparing and recording copious notes to help his colleague, becoming the first european to do so. He largely restricted himself to national events only, often in the monopostorennen. In the years following the end of world war ii it would take a collective effort to help germany rebuild from the ruin. A former fighter pilot who flew messerschmitt 109s during world war ii, hans klenk enjoyed a short racing career as engineer, driver and navigator. Karl kling became more and more involved in the revival of mercedes racing activities, so he sold his streamliner to newcomer hans klenk from stuttgart. Karl kling started as a reception clerk in the pr department of daimlerbenz back in 1936 and competed with mercedes production cars in rallies and reliability trails up to the start of the second world war. Hans klenk one time mercedes test driver and talented engineer, hans klenk produced his own special along veritas lines. The car was driven in the grand prix by another german, theo helfrich. Feb 26, 2020 motor racing hans klenk 4x6 signed colour photo.

The klenkmeteor entered for the 1954 german grand prix was essentially a veritas formula two car. Klenk started racing as a means to test out his own built special formula 2 car. Having started to fly glider airplanes at the age of 11 he then started studies of airplane and automobile technology in munich before he became fighter piolt in the war. Team profile for hans klenk, including a comprehensive list of race entries for hans klenk. He serviced planes for the luftwaffe during the war, then started racing again in 1946 with a bmw 328 before graduating to a veritas. The car was owned and prepared by the noted german racing driver hans klenk who intended to race it himself in the grand prix. The party stayed in the sporthotel and herrmann managed to sleep through his alarm call. Ernst klodwig was not a very famous racing driver but he was one of a number of drivers from east and west germany who raced bmw specials in the early years of the formula 1 world championship in the early 1950s. Hans soldeck racing career profile driver database. Racing in the meteor was the experienced paul pietsch, toni ulmen, making his second appearance in the meteor this season and hans klenk, a german world war two flying ace. He raced with much acclaim, in the gp masters series, and has also tried truck racing recently.

The mobil 1 team continuously looks for any advantage to help the drivers. He shared the winning mercedes 300sl with his friend karl kling in the 1952 carrera panamericana. Veritas hans klenk silver bowl classic driver market. Im sure there must be quite a few examples of both. From apprentice baker to mercedesbenz grand prix driver, hans herrmanns rise to fame was rapid indeed. Until the late 1970s, hans was involved in car building. Profile for racing driver hans herrmann from germany. He participated in one world championship grand prix on 3 august 1952 and did not score any championship points. He participated in two formula one world championship grands prix, debuting on 22 june 1952.

The klenk meteor entered for the 1954 german grand prix was essentially a veritas formula two car. The spectacular injury list of legendary french racing driver. Simpsons hybrid s model is currently the only frontal head restraint proven effecti. Hans herrmann had a spectacular career in racing and was one of the. That was 1951 and he entered german formula 2 races with klenk finishing fifth. Eventual winner klings navigator, hans klenk, was knocked unconscious when a vulture came through their mercedes windscreen. However, klenk s career as a racing driver came to an end when he suffered injuries in an accident while working as a test driver for mercedesbenz. May 03, 2010 karl kling and co driver hans klenk won the race, a longdistance event covering 3111 kilometres, against strong international competition at an average speed of 165. Dec 30, 2012 american racing driver john cooper fitch has died at the age of 95. Hans has raced continually in a number of disciplines for over 25 years, but in 2011, retired for good after the nurburgring 24 hour race, in which he competed in with his sons. During the test hans klenk had a serious accident driving a 300 sl hans herrmann ended up fastest and was chosen to make his formula 1 debut in the 1954 french grand prix driving one of the mercedes benz w196 streamliners. Formula 1 on sky sports get the latest f1 news, results, standings, videos and photos, plus watch live races in hd and read about top drivers. Fitch devoted his life to the automobile and to motorsports.