Airfield race Vienna-Aspern 1957

Friedrich Huber in his Porsche Special before the start

The second international airfield race Vienna-Aspern , also GP Vienna, airfield race Vienna-Aspern , took place on April 28, 1957 at Aspern Airport . The race was not part of any racing series.

The race

Since 1956, car races have been held at Aspern Airport, which opened in 1912 in the 22nd district of Vienna, Donaustadt . In 1957 there were four races in one day. The race for GT vehicles over 1.6 liter was won by the German industrialist Kurt Zeller , the event for GT cars under 1.6 liter by the Austrian Ernst Vogel . After another GT race (vehicles up to 1.3 liter displacement), which the Englishman Tony Hogg won in a Lotus Eleven , the highlight of the day followed; the sports car race, where Scuderia Ferrari also reported. The three works cars celebrated a triple victory. Willy Daetwyler won in a Ferrari 750 Monza ahead of François Picard and Gino Munaron , who each drove a Ferrari 500TR .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S + 1.5	1	Scuderia Ferrari	Willy Daetwyler	Ferrari 750 Monza	30th
2	S + 1.5	3	Scuderia Ferrari	François Picard	Ferrari 500TR	30th
3	S + 1.5	2	Scuderia Ferrari	Gino Munaron	Ferrari 500TR	30th
4th	S + 1.5	4th	Peter Monteverdi	Peter Monteverdi	Ferrari 500TR	30th
5	S 1.5	10	Richard von Frankenberg	Richard von Frankenberg	Porsche 550RS	30th
6th	S 1.5	11	Ernst Vogel	Ernst Vogel	Porsche 550 Spyder	29
Failed
7th	S 1.5	12	Friedrich Huber	Friedrich Huber	Porsche special
8th				Howard Hively	Ferrari 500TR
Not started
9	S + 1.5	5	Josef Huber	Josef Huber	Bugatti Type 37	1

¹ technical acceptance failed

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
10	S 1.5	14th	Ludwig Bendl	Ludwig Bendl	Porsche 550
11	S 1.5	15th	Ludwig Fischer	Ludwig Fischer	Porsche 550
12	S 1.5	16	J. Goethals	J. Goethals	Porsche 550
13	S + 1.5	34	Erich Pagani	Erich Pagani	Austin-Healey
14th	S + 1.5	40	ÖASC	Peter Blaimschein	Lancia GT
15th	S + 1.5	44	Lothar Rafael	Lothar Rafael	Mercedes-Benz 190 SL
16	S 1.5	62	ÖSAC	HP Prince	Denzel
17th	S 1.5	63	Walter Huber	Walter Huber	Porsche 356 1300

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 1.5	Willy Daetwyler	Ferrari 750 Monza	Overall victory
S 1.5	Richard von Frankenberg	Porsche 550RS	Rank 5

Racing data

• Registered: 17
• Started: 8
• Race day weather:
• Route length: 2.730 km
• Winner's average: 113.480 km / h
• Fastest training time: Willy Daetwyer - Ferrari 750 Monza (# 1)
• Fastest race lap: Willy Daetwyer - Ferrari 750 Monza (# 1) - 1.21.800 - 120.140 km / h

Web links

Commons : Flugplatzrennen Wien-Aspern 1957  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Results and data