Günther Huber (racing driver)

Günther Huber in Hockenheim in 1969

Eight-year-old Günther Huber (at the wheel) and his brother Peter, sitting in the sidecar, in the speedway motorcycle team built by their father in Wels in 1950

1967 in Formula V -Austro V in the carousel on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring

Günther Huber 2018

The 3 Super Vaus from Huber-Racing with the other Kaimann teams at the Red Bull Ring 2016: from left: Fred Hoenle, Günther Huber, Günther Huber jun., Kaimann founder Kurt "Master" Bergmann , Karl Holzinger, Franz Kapeller, Markus Huber

Günther Huber (born January 10, 1942 in St. Pölten ) is a former Austrian racing driver .

Racing career

Young motorcyclist

Günther Huber came into contact with motorsport early on. His father Friedrich built in 1950 for his younger brother two years Peter and him Speedway - sidecar . The motorcycle , equipped with a telescopic fork and rear suspension, was ridden by the two children for demonstration purposes on May 14, 1950 in front of 20,000 spectators at the track race in St. Pölten. Günther, then eight years old, and his six-year-old brother Peter, sitting in the sidecar, reached a speed of 47 km / h. The Austrian speedway champion Fritz Dirtl won the adult single race . Fritz Dirtl was 1954, the Firm - sponsored by Günther Huber. Since Dirtl himself was not yet confirmed, Huber's father acted as Dirtls Göd on that day, who a few minutes later took over the sponsorship of Günther Huber.

Rallying

Having now come of age, Huber started rallying in 1963 after completing his apprenticeship as a vehicle builder at the HTL Mödling . He competed in the Austrian state championship on a VW Beetle . He had his last start in the 1965 1000-minute rally , which he finished in eleventh place in the VW Beetle.

Formula V

A new field of activity emerged in 1965, with the beginning of the Formula Vee era . Along with Michael Walleczek , Dieter Quester , Peter Peter and Lothar Schörg, he was one of the young and wild ones from Austria who entered Formula Vee in 1965. The motorsport journalist and amateur racing driver Rainer Braun was a contemporary witness and wrote about their driving style: When I first started with an international line-up, a pack of young wild guys from Austria showered me mercilessly. I quickly realize that the guys behind the wheel of the Austro V and Kaimann chassis are in a different league. What I see in front of me from the cockpit makes me shudder. The guys bump into, push, push and drive each other's bikes that make you dizzy. In contrast to Kaimann troupe of Kurt Bergmann Günther Huber started only at Beach and after a few races with Austro V . These vehicles were built at Porsche Salzburg and were initially converted Beach. In-house constructions were built from 1967 onwards. Huber competed for the title in 1966, but had to admit defeat to his team-mate Walleczek. In the race on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring , Huber achieved a winning average of 120.2 km / h in the Austro V. At the 1966 German Grand Prix , Jack Brabham achieved an average speed of 139.6 km / h in the Brabham BT19 , albeit on a wet road. In 1967 Huber then won the championship of the Formula Vee 1300 European Cup. In 1968, Huber drove for Kurt Bergmann the Dr. Indra and Dr. Lippitsch developed the new Kaimann MK III Formula Vau. In 1969 Huber still drove the race in Daytona in a McNamara Formula V.

Formula 2

In 1968 and 1969 he drove a few races in the Formula 2 European Championship and then concentrated on touring and sports car racing .

Touring and sports car sports

In 1967 Günther Huber began touring and sports car. He had his first significant start at the 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps in 1967 with partner Peter Peter the Porsche 906 by Ben Pon . The performance ended prematurely after an accident. His first overall victory was the 1969 Monza 4-hour race , a race in the European Touring Car Championship that year . Huber and teammate Jürgen Neuhaus drove an Alpina - BMW 2002 . His greatest success in an individual race came in 1970 with overall victory in the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race . Huber and Helmut Kelleners won in a BMW 2.8 CS . He was once a partner of Niki Lauda , with whom he finished the 6-hour race at the Nürburgring in 1971 in third place overall.

As early as 1970 , he and Erwin Kremer drove two races in the sports car world championship in a Porsche 911S . In 1971 he was also involved in the sports car world championship. He finished seventh in the 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps and tenth overall in the 24 hours of Le Mans . His best placing in a sports car race was fifth in the Paris 1000 km race in 1971 . Günther Huber had his last race start at the 2-hour race in Jarama in 1971 , where he finished seventh overall in a Kremer Porsche 911.

Historic Formula Vau

Today, together with his sons Günther and Markus, Günther Huber is restoring historic Formula Vee cars built between 1965 and 1979. They drive these racing cars themselves at events organized by the Historic Formula Vee Club.

family

In 1973 he married Dr. phil. Hannelore Huber b. Wagner. The couple has two children, Günther (* July 22, 1975) and Markus (* November 9, 1977).

gallery

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  In the VW Beetle at the 1965 1000-minute rally

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  Together with Kurt Bergmann in 1968 at the Hockenheimring

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  In the Brabham BT23 at the Formula 2 race in Tulln-Langenlebarn in 1968

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  In the BMW 2800 CS at the 300 km race on the Nürburgring in 1970

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  Günther Huber (in the car) during the 1966 driver training course in Aspern. With Jochen Rindt , Erich Breinsberg and Dieter Quester

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  Günther Huber's father Friedrich with the Speedway motorcycle team he built in 1950

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  The Huber brothers in 1950 on the St. Pölten dirt track

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  The Huber Speedway team 2013

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1971	Nicolas Koob	Porsche 911S	Erwin Kremer	Nicolas Koob	Rank 10

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
1967	Racing Team Holland	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
						DNF
1969	Valvoline Racing	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
												DNF
1970	Kremer Racing	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
									15th			19th
1971	Kremer Racing Nicolas Koob	Porsche 911	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
							12	7th			10
1972	Kremer Racing	Porsche 911	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				DNF

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

Commons : Günther Huber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Weekly report about the Huber brothers and their motorcycle in 1950, on Topothek.at
• Günther Huber at Racing Sports Cars
• Rainer Braun on Formula Vee
• About Günther Huber
• Huber Racing
• Günther Huber at Old Racing Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Günther and Peter Huber with their motorcycle
2. ↑ Rainer Braun, live wild and dangerous
3. ↑ About Austro V
4. ^ The Formula Vee in Austria Classis
5. ↑ Monza 4-hour race in 1969
6. ^ 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps 1970
7. ↑ 6-hour race on the Nürburgring in 1971