Hans-Hugo Hartmann

A Mercedes-Benz W 154 , as driven by Hartmann in the 1939 Swiss Grand Prix. Photo: Hermann Lang during a demonstration lap in 1986 on the Nürburgring

Hans-Hugo Hartmann (born February 8, 1916 in Dortmund ; † February 1991 ) was a German racing driver .

Career

Hans-Hugo Hartmann was the son of a Mercedes-Benz salesman. In 1935 he first drew attention to himself when driving off-road. In the 1939 season he was a junior and reserve driver for the Stuttgart company in the European Grand Prix Championship . His first race for Mercedes was the Eifel race at the end of May 1939, the second start followed in August at the Swiss Grand Prix in Bremgarten , which Hartmann finished seventh in a W 154 .

After the Second World War , Hartmann competed in sports car races . In 1952, together with Adolf Brudes , he set internationally recognized records in the class up to 1.5 l for Borgward on the Linas-Montlhéry race track (including 100 km with an average of 215.5 km / h). He also competed with Brudes in the 1953 Le Mans 24-hour race and the 1954 1000 km race in Buenos Aires , but failed in each case. At the Carrera Panamericana 1953 , Hartmann did not make it into the ranking on Borgward either. At the end of the last stage he had led the small sports car class by more than an hour and a half, but fell behind due to a defect, exceeded the time limit by 7 seconds and was disqualified. In view of this bad luck, Carl FW Borgward presented his driver with a silver plate in recognition of his performance.

Hartmann had a serious accident in a race in the framework program for the 1954 German Grand Prix and ended his career as a driver. Then he was sports director at Borgward. In 1959 he moved to Herdecke , ran three car dealerships in Dortmund and ran a driving school . In 1960 Hartmann returned actively to motorsport, drove the Monte Carlo Rally with Günter Isenbügel and won the series touring car class on Borgward Isabella .

statistics

Pre-war Grand Prix results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	Points	position
1937						-
	DNS	DNS
1938						-
		DNS
1939						28	16.
			DNS	6th

Legend
colour	meaning		EM points
gold	victory		1
silver	2nd place		2
bronze	3rd place		3
green	Classified, covered more than 75% of the race distance		4th
blue	not entitled to points, covered between 50% and 75% of the race distance		5
violet	not eligible for points, covered between 25% and 50% of the race distance		6th
red	not eligible for points, covered less than 25% of the race distance		7th
colour	abbreviation	meaning	EM points
black	DSQ	disqualified	8th
White	DNS	did not start
	DNA	did not arrive
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1953	Borgward GmbH	Borgward 1500 racing coupe	Adolf Brudes	failure	no petrol

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	Borgward	Borgward 1500 Racing Coupé Borgward RS	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
					DNF				DNF
1954	Borgward	Borgward Hansa 1500 sports coupe	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
			DNF

Web links

• Leif Snellman, Felix Muelas: Hans Hugo Hartmann (D). www.kolumbus.fi, March 25, 2013, accessed December 8, 2013 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: German racing drivers . Heel Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-86852-042-2 , p. 68.
2. ↑ Silver Arrows . Heel Verlag, Königswinter 1995, ISBN 3-89365-428-3 , p. 165.
3. ↑ Leif Snellman, Felix Muelas: VI GREAT PRICE OF SWITZERLAND. www.kolumbus.fi, January 30, 2012, accessed December 8, 2013 . 
4. ^ Heinrich Völker: Silver Arrows from Bremen - racing cars from the Borgward works . Verlag Peter Kurz, Bremen 2004, ISBN 3-927485-43-8 , p. 40.