Hans-Georg Bürger

From left to right: The GS-Tuning drivers in 1979, Hans-Georg Bürger, team boss Gerhard Schneider, Eckhard Schimpf and Markus Höttinger

Hans-Georg Bürger (born April 1, 1952 in Welschbillig ; † July 22, 1980 in Amsterdam ) was a German automobile racing driver who began his career with the title of the Renault R5 Cup.

Career

Hans-Georg Bürger drove in the German racing championship in 1979 and became German runner-up in Formula 3 in the same year . In 1980 he contested races in Formula 2 and the Procar series . At the Le Mans 24-hour race in a BMW M1 , he finished 15th together with Hans-Joachim Stuck and Dominique Lacaud .

On July 20, 1980, Hans-Georg Bürger had an accident in a Tiga F280 -BMW at a race for the Formula 2 European Championship in Zandvoort, the Netherlands . During the warm-up , he came off the slope and was hit in the head by a post from the safety fence. He died of his injuries two days later.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1980	Dominique Lacaud	BMW M1	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Dominique Lacaud	Rank 15

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	15th	16	17th
1979	Jaegermeister	BMW 320	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
										6th
1980	GS tuning Dominique Lacaud	BMW 320i BMW M1	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
										6th	15th

Web links

Commons : Hans-Georg Bürger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Racing Sports Cars
• Markus Höttinger and Hans-Georg Bürger - two friends, one fate , article by Rainer Braun with historical photos on zwischengas.com, last accessed on July 26, 2016