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Live wild and dangerous - about Formula Vee and its daredevil drivers

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Created in 2015

Reading time 20min

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Rainer Braun

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Hallo Fahrerlager

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Hallo Fahrerlager

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Gleich Krachts - Schurti (22) und Breinsberg (7) kurz vor ihrem berühmten Mega-Crash am Salzburgring.

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Start am Salzburgring

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VW Anzeige von 1966 in allen grossen Illustrierten

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Anton Konrad leitet die Formel V.Geschicke europaweit

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Kurt Bergmann konstruiert in seiner Wiener Wekstatt den berühmten Kaimann

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Harter Hund - Gerold Pankel gehört zu den wildesten Österreicher im Formel V-Feld. Zweimal landete er im Krankenhaus

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Harter Hund - Gerold Pankel gehört zu den wildesten Österreicher im Formel V-Feld. Zweimal landete er im Krankenhaus

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Giganten Duell - Lauda (vorne) und Marko liefern sich 1969 am Ring ein gnadenloses Gefecht.

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Wehe wenn sie loslassen - Formel V-Start 1970 am Nürburgring. In Führung Breinsberg (4) und Bross (33)

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Conti-Mann Klaus Peter Rosorius übernimmt 1972 die Formel V-Geschicke und wird später VW-Sportchef.

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Feuerunfall - Viele Massen-Karambolagen prägen die Anfangszeit der Formel Super V, wie hier 1973 am Nürburgring.

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Feuerunfall - Viele Massen-Karambolagen prägen die Anfangszeit der Formel Super V, wie hier 1973 am Nürburgring.

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Kaimann-Super V-Camp beim Europa-Lauf am Norisring 1975. Ganz hinten seht Keke Rosbergs Auto (3).

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Schnaps & Siege - Dr. Helmut Marko gilt als harter Fighter und fröhlicher Zecher. Bevor er seine Gegner auf der Piste besiegt, rasiert er sie noch schnell beim Poker.

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Freddys Jahr - Lola Pilot Freddy Kottulinsky (30) gewinnt 1974 fasr alle Super V-Europapokal-Rennen. Den Verfolgern Presson (3) und Rosberg (5) bleibt nur Frust.

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Summary

In June 1965, Formula Vee makes its official racing debut and Porsche also introduces a new junior racing class. Rainer Braun tells the story of the early days of Formula Vee, which was still characterized by many mass pile-ups, and its daredevil drivers and illustrates it with pictures from the time.

This article contains the following chapters

Unbeatable Austrians
Guardian angels don't always fly along
Bergmann's talent shed
Dr. Marko - a very special chapter
Duel of the year: Marko vs Lauda
The big brother: Formula Super Vee
Full fields, bad accidents
The great Formula Vee chronicle 1966 - 1982 / All European champions

Estimated reading time: 20min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Our report is taken from the 1st volume from 2007 of the popular book series "Hallo Fahrerlager" by Rainer Braun. Norisring, June 1965: Formula Vee makes its official racing debut. Porsche's Head of Sport, Huschke von Hanstein, organized the introduction of the new junior racing car class with the active help of a number of sports-mad VW importers. Ten of the 34 hp racers were brought to Germany from the USA. They look like undersized bathtubs with wheels. Weeks before Nuremberg, the unconventional monoposto, whose 1.2-liter engine, chassis and gearbox come from the VW Beetle, is presented to the public and the press at the hill climb races in Eberbach and at Rossfeld. Gerhard Mitter and a couple of other Porsche works drivers race up the hill. "Great, expandable idea," the PS stars dictate into the press people's notepads. Later, among private friends, however, the verdict is quite different: "Horrible," says Mitter, for example, "the car bounces, jumps, slides and handles like a cow."

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