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Live broadcast from the cockpit 50 years ago - Rainer Günzler in the Porsche 904

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Created on September 15, 2016

Reading time 9min

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Rainer Braun

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Hallo Fahrerlager / Archiv Rainer Braun

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Hallo Fahrerlager / Archiv Rainer Braun

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Bereit zur Kamerafahrt beim 1000-km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1966 - links Huschke von Hanstein

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Artikel in der Rheinischen Tagespresse über die Live-Reportage des ZDF

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Afrika-Rallye im Jahr 1959 - der siegreiche Mercedes-Benz 220 SE am Ziel in Kapstadt, an Bord Karl Kling Beifahrer Rainer Günzler (links)

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Illustre Männer aus TV und Rennsport - Löffler, Mahle, Günzler, Herrmann, Kling, Schieck, Schock

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Das Cockpit des zum Kamerawagen umfunkionierten Porsche 904 GTS

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Rainer Günzler mit Helm im Cockpit des Porsche 904 GTS

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Rainer Günzler am Steuer des Porsche 904 im Jahr 1966 - der Helikopter wurde ins Bild "montiert"

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ZDF-Regiemannschaft im Jahr 1966

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Regie-Konferenz mit Rainer Günzler, Bildmischerin und Kurt Meinicke (alias Kutte) v.l.n.r.

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ZDF-Kameramann beim Einsatz auf dem Nürburgring

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Summary

Rainer Günzler was the star reporter at ZDF when it came to racing. Not only did he intervene in the action on site himself, he also had good ideas. In 1966, he came up with the idea of taking a camera car to the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring and broadcasting it live. With an extra 70 kg, he and Paul Frère started from 26th position and would probably even have finished in the top 15 had they not finished the race at the end of the live broadcast. Rainer Braun remembers the colossal effort and the problems that arose during this early live report. And he also knows how much easier the same undertaking was in 1987 at the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring.

This article contains the following chapters

The ambitious plan
Rental car from Porsche, Paul Frère as second driver
Trouble with scrutineering
Army helicopter as a relay station
Big announcement
Fast on the road
"Of course we also cheated"
New edition in 1987 at the 24-hour race

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

This report comes from the 2nd volume of the popular book series "Hallo Fahrerlager" by Rainer Braun from 2008. February 1966, ZDF broadcasting center in Wiesbaden, Unter den Eichen. In a planning conference of the sports editorial team, the nature and scope of ZDF's coverage of the major motorsport events of the coming season are discussed and approved. Rainer Günzler (39), star reporter, car tester, sports studio presenter, passionate racing driver and heartthrob is also at the table. Born in Berlin, he has been a ZDF man from the very beginning, is considered the broadcaster's bird of paradise and enjoys all the freedoms of the carefree early days of television. He drives rallies and races, even sits in Mercedes works cars as co-driver to Karl Kling and Hans Herrmann in cross-country rallies such as the "Gran Premio Argentina" or the "Rally Algiers-Central Africa".

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