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Database start - Driver search - Karl Kling


 
Karl Kling, Germany
1910-09-16 - 2003-03-18
F1 Career: French 1954 - Italy 1955

  Races
Wins
Pole
Podiums
FastLaps
Points
11
0
0
2
1
17
       
% Wins
% Poles
% Podiums
% FastLap
Points/Race
 
0,00%
0,00%
18,18%
9,09%
1,55p  
Kling drove production cars in hill-climbs and trials as an amateur before the war but his racing career did not really start until 1947, when he scored a victory at Hockenheim with a BMW. Retired to take up a management position within Mercedes following their withdrawal from racing at the end of 1955.
During the WWII he gained mechanical experience servicing Luftwaffe aircraft, and after the cessation of hostilities he resumed his motorsport involvement in a BMW 328.

Year Plac Points Nr / Team / Car Wins 2:nd 3:rd Poles FastL Races Ret Notes
1955 10 5 Mercedes W196 0 0 1 0 0 6 3 -
1954 5 12 Mercedes W196 0 1 0 0 1 6 2 R
FastLaps   

Non F1

Year Series Result Team/Car Notes
1961 Algiers-Cape Town trans-African rally winner Mercedes-Benz 220SE .
1956 Head of Mercedes motorsport . Sometimes driving .
1955 24h LeMans ret Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR .
. Tourist Trophy 2nd Mercedes-Benz 300 SL .
. Targa Florio 2nd Mercedes-Benz 300 SL .
. Swedish GP, Kristianstad winner Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Tourist class
. Buenos Aires GP 4th Mercedes W196 .
. Mille Miglia ret Mercedes-Benz 300 SL .
1954 Berlin GP winner Mercedes-Benz 300 SL .
. AVUS winner Mercedes-Benz 300 SL .
1953 24h LeMans ret Alfa Romeo 6C/3000 CM .
. Mille Miglia ret Alfa Romeo 6C 30 .
. Carrera Panamericana ret Porsche 550 Spyder .
1952 24h LeMans ret Mercedes Benz 300 SL .
. Prix de Berne winner Mercedes Benz 300 SL .
. Carrera Panamericana winner Mercedes Benz 300 SL .
. Mille Miglia. winner Mercedes Benz 300 SL .
1951 Eva Peron Cup 2nd Mercedes .
. Car developing . Mercedes .
1950 Formula 2 . Veritas-Meteor 3 wins
1949 German sports car champion champion Veritas RS 2l class
1948 German sports car champion champio Veritas RS 2l class
1947 Hockenheim Sports Car Race winner BMW .
. WWII . Mechanic in Luftwaffe .