Hans Schumann (racing driver)

Hans Schumann (born April 14, 1904 in Nuremberg , † March 9, 1968 in Stuttgart ) was a German motorcycle racer .

Hans Schumann won the German motorcycle road championship three times . In 1933, 1934 and 1935 he was successful with a 600 cm³ NSU team. In 1937 he was European champion on a DKW team in Bern.

life and career

Hans Schumann grew up in the former motorcycle stronghold of Nuremberg.

With a 600 cc NSU team, Schumann won the Lückendorfer and Würgauer hillclimb races in 1932 . A year later he was successful in the Kesselberg race as well as in the AVUS race at the Berlin AVUS , becoming German motorcycle champion for the first time . After victories at the Marienberger Dreieckrennen and the Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring , he defended this title in 1934. He won his third German championship the following year. Hans Schumann won the Eifel and the Kesselberg races again. He was also successful on the Schleizer Dreieck together with his co-driver Hermann Böhm . In 1936 he was able to repeat his previous year's success in Schleiz , and was also victorious at the Solitude near Stuttgart .

For the 1937 season, DKW had reinforced itself with the team pilot. Schumann, who had found a new home in Stuttgart, was able to adapt  quickly to the large Zschopau machine and the new co-driver - Julius Beer . After the race at the Solitude in May, he stood on the podium for the first time. Early July was held at the Bremgarten circuit in Bremgarten bei Bern the Grand Prix of Switzerland place where the motorcycle championship in 1937 has been extended. Schumann / Beer won the run of the sidecar class up to 1000 cm³ with a one-minute lead over Hans Kahrmann / Heinrich Eder (also DKW) and Paul Weyres / C. Barths ( Harley-Davidson ) and were thus European champions. During the race on the Hockenheim triangle circuit at the beginning of September, Auto Union sent him to the 600cc team race for Karl Braun who was killed in an accident . Even with the small machine, Schumann left the entire competition behind for three minutes. Two weeks later he was relegated to second place in Rund um Schotten by his former co-driver Hermann Böhm. From 1938 sidecar races were banned within Germany. That was a serious turning point in the active careers of Schumann and his co-driver. At the end of June, he won again in Amriswil, Switzerland .

Even after the Second World War , he drove back to the DKW team. After an illness, Hans Schumann died in 1968 in Stuttgart-Rohr .

statistics

title

• 1933 - German 600 cm³ team master on NSU
• 1934 - German 600 cm³ team master on NSU
• 1935 - German 600 cm³ team master on NSU
• 1937 - 1000 cc European team champion on DKW

Race wins

(colored background = European championship run )

year	class	machine	Co-driver	run	route
1933	Carriages (600 cm³)	NSU	unknown	AVUS race	AVUS
1934	Carriages (600 cm³)	NSU	unknown	Marienberg triangle race	Marienberg triangle
	Carriages (600 cm³)	Norton	Hermann Boehm	Eifel race	Nürburgring - Nordschleife
1935	Carriages (1000 cm³)	NSU	Hermann Boehm	Eifel race	Nürburgring Nordschleife
	Carriages (600 cm³)	NSU	Hermann Boehm	Schleizer triangle race	Schleizer triangle
1936	Carriages (1200 cm³)	NSU	Franz Höller	International Solitude Race	Solitude
	Carriages (1000 cm³)	NSU	Franz Höller	Schleizer triangle race	Schleizer triangle
1937	Carriages (1000 cm³)	DKW	Julius Beer	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten
	Carriages (600 cm³)	DKW	Julius Beer	Hockenheim motorcycle races	Hockenheimer triangle
1949	Carriages (600 cm³)	DKW	Franz Höller	Dieburger triangle race	Dieburger triangle

References

literature

• Steffen Ottinger: DKW motorcycle sport 1920–1939 . From the first victories of the Zschopau two-stroke model at track races to the European championship successes. 1st edition. HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-028611-7 , p. 63-96, 100, 102, 120 .

Web links

• Photo: DKW-UL-700 team, similar to the one with which Schumann / Beer 1937 became European champions at www.motor-klassik.de