Hagen Klein
Hagen Klein (born April 8, 1949 ) is a former German motorcycle racer .
Career
In his career, Hagen Klein won the German Road Motorbike Championship twice in the 50 cm³ class. In 1979 he was victorious on Hess Special and in 1981 he won on Kreidler .
Between 1977 and 1989 Klein also started in the 50 and 80 cm³ class of the motorcycle world championship . He achieved his best World Cup placement in 1981 when he finished fifth in the 50th World Cup on Kreidler- Van Veen . In the total of 31 Grand Prix races in which he took part, Hagen Klein achieved three third places in the "schnapps glass class": 1979 at the Grand Prix of Yugoslavia in Rijeka , 1981 at the Nations Grand Prix in Monza and 1983 at the Grand Prix of France at Le Mans .
In August 1982, Hagen Klein caused a scandal when, after his victory at the international ADAC Eifel Cup race at the Nürburgring, he left the podium while the national anthem was playing . A little later he explained that this was an act of political protest, since a few months earlier the moped manufacturer Kreidler in his home town of Kornwestheim had gone bankrupt and 1,500 people had lost their jobs. Klein was then sanctioned by the OMK .
Today, Hagen Klein lives in Bottighofen , in the Swiss canton of Thurgau, as a car dealer.
successes
- 1979 - German 50 cm³ champion on Hess Special
- 1981 - German 50 cc champion on Kreidler
Web links
- Hagen Klein on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).
- Photo by Klein ( Memento from February 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at highsider.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Pokatzky: Escape from the anthem forbidden. Die Zeit , September 17, 1982, accessed November 4, 2010 .
- ↑ Swiss Commercial Register , www.moneyhouse.ch entry, accessed on 1 March 2011th
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klein, Hagen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German motorcycle racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1949 |