Bernhard Brägger

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Bernhard Brägger (born April 18, 1942 in Zurich) is a Swiss author and rally driver . He particularly writes about historical motorsport .

Life

Brägger has been closely associated with historic racing cars and the history of motorsport since his youth. For years he was an active rally driver, sports commissioner of the Automobile Club of Switzerland and general manager of the Klausen race memorials as well as various other motorsport events.

Bernhard Brägger became known as an author with his books such as Kompressoren am Berg , Mythos Klausen and The History of the Monte-Carlo Rally . The latter also appeared online as annual episodes (from 1911) to 1990 as part of the series 100 Years of Rally Monte Carlo at a Glance on the classic car platform Zwischengas .

In addition to the Klausen race , Bernhard Brägger has also revived the Jungfrau-Stafette , a poly-sporty competition from the 1930s, which was held again in 2007 thanks to Bernhard Brägger under the patronage of Adolf Ogi , former Federal Councilor and UN Special Representative for Sport.

Works

  • Compressors on the Mountain: History of the International Klausen Races . Self-published, Göschenen 1972. Most recently: The Klausen races: Compressors on the mountain. 3. Edition. Edition Scriptum, Altdorf 1989, ISBN 3-905508-01-X .
  • The history of the Monte-Carlo Rally . Edition Scriptum, Altdorf 1988, ISBN 3-905508-02-8 .
  • Harry Doubt: The fastest years of his life . Baeschlin, Glarus 1991, ISBN 3-85546-046-9 .
  • The Klausen myth - Race to the Clouds . Baeschlin, Glarus 2002, ISBN 3-85546-129-5 .
  • Bernhard Brägger, Daniel Reinhard, Uli Jooss, Urs Heer: The Rapid Twenties. The history of cyclecars and voiturettes . SP-Verlag, Zug 2004, ISBN 3-9809409-2-6 .
  • The Maserati 3015: Its History . Schmidgasse, Zug 2012, ISBN 978-3-905210-50-7 ( website for the book ).
  • The Maserati 3015: Complete History . Schmidgasse, Zug 2012, ISBN 978-3-905210-51-4 .
  • With the Tin Lizzy to the furthest corners of Europe, Gurtnellen 2019, ISBN 978-3-9524649-3-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arrogantly breaking into the ideal world (PDF), Article in Switzerland am Sonntag , No. 189, July 14, 2013, accessed February 3, 2014
  2. ^ Rallye Monte Carlo 1911 : From the series of annual episodes on Zwischengas.com, accessed on February 3, 2014
  3. ^ Rallye Monte Carlo 1990 : From the series of annual episodes on Zwischengas.com, accessed on February 3, 2014
  4. ↑ 100 years of the Monte Carlo Rally at a glance : compilation of all annual episodes by Bernhard Brägger on Zwischengas.com
  5. ↑ Eggishorn - website: 550km in 7 hours? - Bernhard Brägger had the idea to re-launch the Jungfrau-Stafette. (No longer available online.) On: eggishorn.ch , formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 1, 2007 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.eggishorn.ch
  6. ↑ The highlight is the flight over the Jungfraujoch , article in the Jungfrau Zeitung from May 22, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Brägger, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brägger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss author and rally driver
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich