Gerhard Mitter

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Gerhard Karl Mitter (30 August 1935 – 1 August 1969)[1] was a German Formula One and sportscar driver.

Early life and career

Mitter was born in Schönlinde (Krásná Lípa) in Czechoslovakia, but his family was expelled from there, to Leonberg near Stuttgart.

After racing motorbikes, he switched to Formula Junior, becoming the best German driver with 40 victories. In addition, he sold two-stroke engines for FJ. In 1963, Mitter won the Formula Junior Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring.

Formula One

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Gerhard Mitter driving a Lotus 25 in 1965 at the Nürburgring

Mitter also participated in seven Grands Prix, debuting on 23 June 1963. He scored a total of three championship points in his home 1963 German Grand Prix with an old Porsche 718 from 1961. Impressed by this, Team Lotus gave him a chance in the following years.

Sportscar driver

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Gerhard Mitter driving a Porsche 908 during the 1969 1000 km race at the Nürburgring.

In sportscar racing and hillclimbing for Porsche, he scored many wins, e.g. the 1966-1968 European Hillclimb Championships against Ferrari, the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona (Porsche 907, in class) and the 1969 Targa Florio (Porsche 908) as his final major win.

Return to Formula One and death

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Gerhard Mitter driving the BMW F269 at the Nürburgring shortly before he was killed, August 1, 1969

Due to the long Nürburgring track, it was possible to take part in the German Grand Prix with Formula 2 cars that were classified in their own contest. Mitter was killed there at Schwedenkreuz while practising for the 1969 German Grand Prix with BMW's 269 F2 project. As a suspension or steering failure was suspected, the BMW team with Hubert Hahne and Dieter Quester withdrew from the race, as did Mitter's teammate at Porsche, Hans Herrmann. Udo Schütz, his driving partner at Porsche in the 1969 World Sportscar Championship season with whom he had won the Targa three months earlier, had survived a bad crash at the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans, and retired.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />WDCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts
1963 Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche 718 Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 MON BEL NED
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA GBR GER
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA USA MEX RSA 12th= 3
1964 Team Lotus Lotus 25 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AUT ITA USA MEX NC 0
1965 Team Lotus Lotus 25 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 RSA MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA USA MEX NC 0
1966 Ron Harris Team Lotus Lotus 44 F2 Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4 MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER
DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA USA MEX NC 0
1967 Gerhard Mitter Brabham BT23 F2 Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4 RSA MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAN ITA USA MEX NC 0
1969 Bayerische Motoren Werke AG BMW 269 F2 BMW M12/1 1.6 L4 RSA ESP MON NED FRA GBR GER
DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA CAN USA MEX NC 0
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Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1962 Ecurie Filipinetti Lotus 21 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 CAP BRX LOM LAV GLV PAU AIN INT NAP MAL CLP RMS SOL
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		KAN MED DAN OUL MEX RAN NAT
1963 Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche 718 Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 LOM GLV PAU IMO SYR AIN INT ROM SOL
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		KAN MED AUT OUL RAN
1964 Team Lotus Lotus 25 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 DMT NWT SYR AIN INT SOL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MED RAN
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Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts
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<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HOC TUL JAR ZAN PER BRH VAL 15th 2
Template:F2 Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23C Ford HOC THR JAR PAL TUL ZAN PER HOC
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		VAL NC 0
Template:F2 BMW BMW 269 BMW THR HOC NÜR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		JAR TUL PER VAL NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1964 Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering Template:Flagicon Colin Davis Porsche 904/8 P
3.0 		244 DNF DNF
1965 Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering Template:Flagicon Colin Davis Porsche 904/8 P
2.0 		20 DNF DNF
1967 Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering Template:Flagicon Jochen Rindt Porsche 907/6L P
2.0 		103 DNF DNF
1968 Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering Template:Flagicon Vic Elford Porsche 908 P
3.0 		111 DNF DNF
1969 Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering Template:Flagicon Udo Schütz Porsche 908L P
3.0 		199 DNF DNF
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Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results

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1965 Template:Flagicon Porsche Automobile Co. Template:Flagicon Herbert Linge Porsche 904/8 P
2.0 		184 9th 1st
1966 Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering Template:Flagicon Hans Herrmann
Template:Flagicon Joe Buzzetta 		Porsche 906 P
2.0 		209 4th 1st
Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering Template:Flagicon Günther Klass Porsche 906 P
2.0 		120 DNF DNF
1967 Template:Flagicon Porsche Auto Template:Flagicon Scooter Patrick Porsche 910 P
2.0 		226 3rd 1st
1968 Template:Flagicon Porsche Automobile Co. Template:Flagicon Rolf Stommelen Porsche 907 2.2 P
3.0 		46 DNF DNF
1969 Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering Ltd. Template:Flagicon Udo Schütz Porsche 908/02 P
3.0 		232 5th 4th
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References

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