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]
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]