Master Bergmann - How a generation of racing drivers completed their basic Formula Vee training with a Viennese driver
Summary
Kurt Bergmann is the great zampano of the grandiose Formula Vee and Super Vee era, especially in its heyday between 1966 and 1976. Rainer Braun tells the story of the man who built his own Formula Vee racing car, the Kaimann MK1, shortly after the introduction of the Formula Vee racing class and illustrates it with pictures from the time.
This article contains the following chapters
- "Next please"
- "Rosberg was the toughest"
- Rowenta naturals instead of sponsorship money
- New hobbies: helicopters and submarines
- Breinsberg as savior in dire straits
- The 80th birthday
Estimated reading time: 15min
Preview (beginning of the article)
Our report comes from the 3rd volume from 2009 of the popular book series "Hallo Fahrerlager" by Rainer Braun. Norisring, last weekend in June 1975: A small man with a crew cut, thick-rimmed glasses and wooden shoes stands in the middle of a well-ordered chaos. Six Formula Super Vee racing cars are dismantled into their individual parts on a meadow in the paddock of the Norisring. Nothing escapes the watchful eye of the boss, whom everyone respectfully calls "Master". Suddenly things get dangerous and he takes a shuffling step towards one of the many mechanics. "You idiot, that's not the way to do it," he shouts at the frightened man. The boss is displeased with the weld seam he has just applied. He gruffly pushes the scolded man aside, grabs the equipment and does the work himself.
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