Bernd Hahne

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Bernd Hahne (born June 3, 1944 in Moers ; † May 16, 2017 in Düsseldorf ) was a German racing driver .

Life

Bernd Hahne was the brother of Wilhelm Hahne , Hubert Hahne , Norbert Hahne and Armin Hahne as well as the two sisters Christel and Gerda (mother of Jörg van Ommen ).

After the family business was sold, he was a Ferrari representative at Auto Becker and since 2002 a representative for Ferrari and Maserati at Lueg Sportivo . He has been retired since 2007 and has been a representative for McLaren in Düsseldorf since 2011 , in particular for the McLaren MP4-12C .

Bernd Hahne died on May 16, 2017 in Düsseldorf.

Racing

Hahne drove his first races on a Honda 360 at the age of 19 . After participating in the 1988 Mille Miglia in a Ferrari 166MM , Hahne competed in the German Shell Cup for historic touring cars in 1989/90 and only achieved first and second places in seven races.

Bernd Hahnes greatest successes were the vice-European champion at the historical European touring car championship in an Alfa GTA (1992) and the win of the Ferrari-Challenge twice (1993/96). In 2005 he was the overall touring car winner at the 15th AvD Historic Marathon 400 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring . From 1997 to 2003 he celebrated successes in the Maserati History Challenge and in the Ferrari History Challenge.

He took part in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring six times ; He started three times in the historic 24-hour race Circuit Paul Ricard and achieved 1st place in his class and 2nd place overall.

Hahne drove, among other things, Ferrari 250 TDF and 166 MM , Maserati 200SI , 300 and 450S , Austin Healey 3000 and Porsche 911 2.5 ST .

Successes (selection)

  • 1992 - Historic European Touring Car Championship, Vice European Champion in an Alfa GTA
  • 1993 - Ferrari Challenge, winner
  • 1996 - Ferrari Challenge, winner
  • 2005 - Overall victory in historical touring cars (1st place in the 1,600 cc class; 4th place in the overall classification) in an Alfa GTA from 1967
  • 2007 - ADAC Nürburgring-Classic : Class win in the Alfa TZ 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "The life of Bernd Hahne, a success story" , Motorsport aktuell , May 4, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Kurzvita Bernd Hahne" ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Böööös Racing Team, accessed on August 14, 2011.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / austin-healey-racing.de
personal data
SURNAME Hahne, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Moers
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 2017
Place of death Dusseldorf