German Legends

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Welcome to German Legends

There’s no country with a motor sporting history quite like Germany. While the Italians Legends may have held the upper…

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Reliving the Mercedes-Benz vs. Auto Union Rivalry Through Bernd Rosemeyer’s Legacy

Taken from Motor Sport, June 2013 Thirty or so years ago I wrote a column for Autosport about Bernd Rosemeyer,…

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Dick Seaman: Triumphs and Controversy in Pre-War Racing

Taken from Motor Sport, April 2020 At the end of a bright spring day at Monza, the timing sheets told…

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Walter Röhrl Reunites with Audi Quattro on the Col de Turini

Taken from Motor sport, June 2010 Hands and arms whirl, feet flit across the pedals in a blur. But somehow…

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Honouring 30 Years of Hans-Joachim Stuck

Taken from Motor Sport online, March 2017 Over the years, how many great motor racing dynasties have there been? Andretti…

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Lunch with Jochen Mass

For most of 2009, a quarter of the drivers on the grand prix grid were from Germany. And, thanks to…

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Michael Schumacher: Intense Competitor, Humble Soul, Racing Legend

Taken from Motor Sport, December 2020 Michael Schumacher is a complex subject. But perhaps quite a simple man. The F1…

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The highs and lows of Sebastian Vettel

The Formula 1 paddock will be greatly the poorer for the loss of Sebastian Vettel when he calls time on…

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Ferdinand Porsche and the Rise of Auto Union in 1930s Racing

Taken from Motor Sport Online, December 2021 In 1933, a German car won only one major international race; the Finnish…

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The Silver Arrows Era: How Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union Redefined Racing

Dominant – that’s the word to describe the W154 (sometimes called 163) that engineer Rudolf Uhlenhaut fielded to contest the…

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The Mercedes W154: Engineering Brilliance of the Silver Arrows

The Silver Arrows Mercedes W154, at least the last three-litre V12 supercharged one, was so elemental with that great long…

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‘I wish I’d designed the Mercedes-Benz W154’

I am full of admiration for the Mercedes W154. I believe in elegance and simplicity; a lot of people confuse…

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Sauber-Mercedes C9: Blending Heritage and Innovation in Racing

Taken from Motor Sport, March 2020 It was a momentous decision. The Team Sauber Mercedes entries in the 1989 World…

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The long shadow of Le Mans 1955

On October 16, 1955, Stirling Moss and Peter Collins led a Mercedes-Benz 1-2-4 at the Targa Florio to clinch the…

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Kenny Acheson Reunites with Sauber-Mercedes C9: A Nostalgic Comeback

The overalls still fit and so, by definition, does the cockpit. Thirty years on from the most successful season of…

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Acheson's Sauber-Mercedes C9 Test Sparked by Goodwood Encounter

Kenny Acheson’s return to the cockpit of a Sauber-Mercedes came about entirely by chance. Invited to a corporate event at…

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Why the Mezger Engine Is Revered Among Porsche Enthusiasts and Racing Experts

Taken from Motor Sport online, June 2020 There are very few engines that have become so indivisible from their creator…

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Nelson Piquet, Bernie Ecclestone, and BMW: Inside the Drama of the 1982 F1 Season

Taken from Motor Sport, November 2009 If you ask me, the blokes on the board at BMW lost their nerve.…

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Inside Nelson Piquet’s Furious 1982 Hockenheim Clash with Eliseo Salazar

As driver punch-ups go, few are as notorious as the incident at Hockenheim in 1982, when Nelson Piquet set about…

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How a ‘Pig’ Became a Porsche Legend

Taken from Motor Sport, November 2011 It’s not unusual for a racing driver to describe a racing car as a…