Jochen Neerpasch

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Career

His racing career began in the 1960s, first on Borgward touring car, then with the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans as a first major event. Racing a Porsche 907, he won the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona. After his third-place finish in Le Mans the same year, he retired from racing.

In the 1970s, he became a successful manager in the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft and the European Touring Car Championship. First he managed Ford, then he took the 1972 champion Hans-Joachim Stuck with him to BMW, to found the successful BMW M team and company.

In the 1980s, Neerpasch was in charge of Sauber-Mercedes sports car racing team, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989. He also discovered and taught talents like Michael Schumacher, Karl Wendlinger, and Heinz-Harald FrentzenScript error: No such module "Unsubst"..

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1964	Template:Flagicon Briggs S. Cunningham	Template:Flagicon Chris Amon	Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe	GT +3.0	131	DSQ (Outside assistance)
1965	Template:Flagicon J. Simone (private entrant)	Template:Flagicon Jo Siffert	Maserati Tipo 65	P 5.0	3	DNF (Accident damage)
1966	Template:Flagicon Essex Wire Corporation	Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx	Ford GT40	S 5.0	154	DNF (Engine)
1967	Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering	Template:Flagicon Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 910 kurzheck	P 2.0	351	6th	2nd
1968	Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering	Template:Flagicon Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 908LH	P 3.0	325	3rd	2nd

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1968	Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering	Template:Flagicon Vic Elford Template:Flagicon Rolf Stommelen Template:Flagicon Jo Siffert Template:Flagicon Hans Herrmann	Porsche 907LH	P	673	1st	1st

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1968	Template:Flagicon Porsche Automobile Company	Template:Flagicon Vic Elford	Porsche 907	P 3.0	226	2nd	2nd

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1964	Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering	Template:Flagicon Günther Klass	Porsche 356B Carrera 2000 GS/GT	GT 2.0	10	7th	3rd
1967	Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering	Template:Flagicon Vic Elford	Porsche 910	P 2.0	10	3rd	2nd
1968	Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering	Template:Flagicon Hans Herrmann	Porsche 907	P 3.0	10	4th	2nd