Eberhard Mahle Explained

Eberhard Mahle
Birth Date:1933 1, df=y
Birth Place:Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany
Nationality:German
Occupation:Racing driver

Eberhard Mahle (7 January 1933 – 21 December 2021) was a German racing driver.[1]

Life and career

Mahle was born into a family of automobile assembly line workers, including his father, industrialist . He began racing in 1954 with the [2] and his career lasted until 1968. In 1959, he finished second in the Targa Florio in a Porsche 550. In 1966, he won the European Hill Climb Championship in the Sports Car category in a Porsche 911.[3] After his retirement in 1968, he lived in Leonberg and devoted himself to the family business, Mahle GmbH.[4]

He died on 21 December 2021, at the age of 88.[5]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Casaurang. Mehdi. 22 December 2021. Décès d’Eberhard Mahle. French. AutoHebdo. 27 December 2021.
  2. Web site: Die Historie der Rallye Solitude. Solitude Revival Historie. German. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133600/http://www.solitude-revival.org/2-hst/rally/sr02-his-rally-53-60.htm. 4 March 2016.
  3. Web site: Ehrentafel Deutschland. Bergrennen in Deutschland. German.
  4. Web site: DIE STIFTUNG. MAHLE Stiftung. German.
  5. News: 22 December 2021. Deutscher Motorsport trauert um Eberhard Mahle. German. sport.de. 27 December 2021.