Gerhard Mitter

 ( People From Krásná Lípa ) 

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

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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.

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Formula One 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.

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Sportscar driver 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.

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Return to Formula One and death 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.

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Racing record

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Complete Formula One World Championship results (key)

1963 ! Ecurie Maarsbergen ! Porsche 718 ! Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA	! 12th= ! 3
1964 ! Team Lotus ! Team Lotus 25 ! Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX	! NC ! 0
1965 ! Team Lotus ! Team Lotus 25 ! Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	RSA	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	! NC ! 0
1966 ! Team Lotus ! Team Lotus 44 F2 ! Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX		! NC ! 0
1967 ! Gerhard Mitter ! Brabham BT23 F2 ! Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4	RSA	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	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	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX ! NC ! 0

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Complete Formula One Non-Championship results (key)

1962 ! Ecurie Filipinetti ! Team Lotus 21 ! Climax FPF 1.5 L4

CAP

BRX

LOM

LAV

GLV

PAU

AIN

INT

NAP

MAL

CLP

RMS

SOL

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

KAN

MED

AUT

OUL

RAN

1964 ! Team Lotus ! Team Lotus 25 ! Climax FWMV 1.5 V8

DMT

NWT

SYR

AIN

INT

SOL

MED

RAN

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Complete European Formula Two Championship results (key)

! Gerhard Mitter ! Brabham BT23 ! Cosworth SNE	SIL	Eifelrennen	Hockenheimring	TUL	JAR	ZAN	PER	Brands Hatch	VAL ! 15th ! 2
! Roy Winkelmann Racing ! Brabham BT23C ! Cosworth Hockenheimring	Thruxton Circuit	JAR	PAL	TUL	ZAN	PER	Hockenheimring	VAL	! NC ! 0
! Bayerische Motoren Werke ! BMW 269 ! BMW Thruxton Circuit	Hockenheimring	Eifelrennen	JAR	TUL	PER	VAL			! NC ! 0

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results

Porsche	Günther Klass	Porsche 906	P 2.0	120	DNF	DNF

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