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Hans Heyer - Man with a hat

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Created on January 23, 2018

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Daniel Reinhard

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Klaus D. Lehmann-Gräve

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Hans Heyer und sein Lancia Beta Montecarlo "Fruit of the Loom"

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Hans Heyer der Sammler, hier mit einem Kojima F1

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Hans Heyer, der Sammler mit Ford GT40, Mercedes 190SL und Brabham BT44B

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Heyer Hans, der Sammler mit den Teamjacken

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Hans Heyer - Strassenbau, Recycling und Asphaltherstellung in Mönchengladbach

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Hans Heyer startet 1970 als Neuling im Kundenauto und erschreckt seine Teamkollegen gleich mit einem Sieg

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BMW 2002 TI (1970) - Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen am Nürburgring 1970 - Drei BMW 2002 vom Team Koepchen-BMW-Tuning hintereinander, zu vorderst das Fahrzeug von Clemens Schickentanz (D) und Hans Heyer (D)

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Team Schnitzer war für das frisch gegründete Unternehmen BMW Motorsport GmbH (BMW M) mit einem BMW 2800CS (1972) in Le Mans am Start. Der Schweizer René Herzog und der deutsche Hans Heyer waren die Piloten.

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Am Norisring wird Heyers Escort RS in die BMW-Zange genommen

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Ford Capri (1979) - Hans Heyer gewinnt im Capri Turbo das Rennen der Division II in Hockenheim vor Winkelhock auf BMW 320 Schnitzer Turbo

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Hans Heyer auf Lancia Beta Montecarlo gegen Ford Capri Zakspeed Turbo an der DRM in Hockenheim im Jahr 1981

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Hans Heyer auf Lancia Beta Montecarlo an der DRM Hockenheim 1981

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Hans Heyer mit Herbert Müller am 1000km Nürburgring 1981

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Hans Heyer auf Lancia Beta Montecarlo an der DRM Nürburgring 1981

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Hans Heyer auf Lancia Beta Montecarlo an der DRM Spa 1981

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Hans Heyer und Teamkollege Sigi Müller auf Lancia Beta Montecarlo 1981 an der DRM Nürburgring

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Die BMW 'Dream Team'-Mannschaft von 1995 - Hahne, Schüler, Fritzinger, Braun, Weiss, Steckkönig, Aaltonen, Heyer

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Hans Heyer und sein Markenzeichen, der Hut

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Summary

Hans Heyer was hardly ever seen without his Tyrolean hat. But the resourceful racing driver also has other special characteristics. One of them is that he never minces his words. All the better to listen to him!

This article contains the following chapters

How an Opel became a BMW
From Ford to Lancia
The German Lancia
Success by announcement
When limits are reached

Estimated reading time: 10min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Hans Heyer became known above all for his trademark, the Tyrolean hat. The hat dates back to his go-karting days and at some point became his personal trademark. In karting, he often trained outside all day, so he wore either the helmet or a ski cap to avoid getting cold all the time. But the cap was often used as a cleaning rag by his mechanic. A good friend from Bavaria, Karl Heinz Peters, wore a Tyrolean hat, which Heyer then confiscated one day. To this day, this hat has the status of a pit pass. When Hans-Josef Heyer was born in Mönchengladbach on March 16, 1943, the war had been raging for three and a half years. As a result of various bombing raids, Matthias Heyer, Hans' father, built his own air raid shelter. As the owner of the company "Matthias Heyer Strassenbaustoffe", founded in 1934, this was naturally easier for him than most others. Mönchengladbach was the target of four more bombing raids before the end of the war, with one even hitting the company premises. However, the Heyers survived this terrible time unscathed.

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