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Hans Herrmann - still full of life at 80

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Created on February 20, 2008

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Hans Herrmann - mit 80 noch voll im Leben

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Hans Herrmann auf Mercedes-Benz Stromlinien-Rennwagen W196 im Jahre 1954

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Porsche 906 (1966) - Klassensieger Porsche Carrera 6 (906) mit Hans Herrmann (12 Stunden von Sebring 1966)

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Porsche Carrera 6 (906) (1966) in Daytona 1966 - Hans Herrmann mit Herbert Linge im Porsche Carrera 6 wurden Klassensieger

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Porsche 907 (1968) - Gesamtsieger Porsche 907 Nummer #49 mit Jo Siffert und Hans Herrmann. Der Vorsprung war 10 Runden! (12 Stunden von Sebring 1968)

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Porsche 907 (1968) - Der Siegerwagen Porsche 907 Nummer #49 mit Jo Siffert und Hans Herrmann. Der Vorsprung war 10 Runden! (12 Stunden von Sebring 1968)

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Porsche 907 (1968) - Sensationelles Foto des Starts mit dem Siegerwagen Porsche 907 #49 an der Spitze von Jo Siffert und Hans Herrmann. (12 Stunden von Sebring 1968)

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Die Schönheitskönigin freut sich mit den beiden Siegern Jo Siffert (links) und Hans Herrmann. (12 Stunden von Sebring 1968)

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Hans Herrmann und Gerhard Mitter am Gaisbergrennen 1966

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Porsche 550 1500 RS (1954) - Hans Herrmann an der Carrera Panamericana 1954

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Porsche 550 1500 RS (1954) - da wurden keine Mittel gescheut - Hans Herrmann' Einstatzwagen mit Huschke von Hanstein und Flugzeug an der Carrera Panamericana 1954

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Gesamtsieger Le Mans 1970: Porsche 917 K von Hans Herrmann und Richard Attwood

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12 Stunden von Sebring 1961: Hans Herrmann im Porsche 718 RS 61 (Chassis #044)

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Porsche 550 RS (1954) - die siegreichen Hans Herrmann und Jaroslav Juhan am Ziel in Juarez bei der Carrera Panamericana 1954

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Porsche 550 (1954) an der Carrera Panamericana 1954 - In der Klasse bis 1500 cm3 ging der Sieg an den Stuttgarter Hans Herrmann auf einem Porsche 550

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Anlässlich des DTM-Laufes am Norisring von 1992 - Herrmann, Kling, Boehringer, Fangio und Schumacher

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Mercedes Benz W 196 R (1954) - Grosser Preis von Frankreich in Reims am 4. Juli 1954 - Fangio und Kling feiern einen Doppelsieg am Steuer des W 196 R mit Stromlinienkarosserie

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Summary

Although a great Formula 1 career eluded him, the Porsche driver and Le Mans winner from Stuttgart was very successful in endurance races. He celebrated his 80th birthday in 2008.

This article contains the following chapters

Retirement after triumph
Third at the Swiss GP
Victory with Siffert at Sebring

Estimated reading time: 3min

Preview (beginning of the article)

He turns 80 on February 23, but that doesn't stop Hans Herrmann from going to work every day at his company Autotechnik in Sindelfingen near Stuttgart, which supplies the automotive industry with accessories. The German celebrated his greatest success at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1970, when he and Richard Attwood emerged as overall winners in a Porsche 917 with a 4.5-liter engine. Before the trip to Le Mans, he had made a promise to his wife Magdalena that he would retire from racing after a possible victory - a promise he kept. It was his 14th Le Mans outing, and Porsche's first outright victory in the Sarthe.Herrmann had already missed out on victory at Le Mans by a hair's breadth in 1969. It was the craziest Le Mans finale ever. In the 24th hour, Hans Herrmann (his partner was Gérard Larrousse) in a Porsche 908 with a 3-liter engine and Jacky Ickx (with Jackie Oliver) in a Ford GT 40 with a 4.7-liter engine took turns at the front of the field. But Herrmann's engine was no longer running optimally. And then the sensational finish: after 4607.81 kilometers of racing, Jacky Ickx crossed the finish line 120 meters ahead of Herrmann's Porsche.In the 1940s, the trained confectioner had taken over the management of the "Café Schlauer" from his mother in Stuttgart, and in 1952 he took part in his first competition in a Porsche 356 A 1500 at the Hessian Winter Drive. As early as 1953, Herrmann competed in the German GP at the Nürburgring in a Formula 2 Veritas and finished ninth. In the same year, he recorded class victories at Le Mans, on the Nürburgring and at Schauinsland in a Porsche 550 from the factory, making him the German sports car champion.

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