Helmut Zwickl

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Helmut Zwickl (2018)

Helmut Zwickl (born October 23, 1939 in Vienna ) is an Austrian motorsport journalist and author.

Life

Zwickl, who is a trained chemist, was interested in motorsport at a young age and was a hobby driver himself. After his learned profession, he first worked as a chemist in a paint factory. From 1960, however, he began to write about motorsport. He met the well-known sports photographer Arthur Fenzlau , for whom he wrote articles about his photos. He came to the courier as early as 1961, where he continues to write his columns to this day. In 1962 he did his military service in the armed forces with a medical company (Stammersdorf). Zwickl also writes for Autorevue (since 1964) and for motorsport . He has also been working for Alles Auto since 1992 .

In 2005 he was one of only five motorsport journalists in the world to receive a lifetime accreditation from Max Mosley .

Zwickl was also with Jochen Rindt from the start of his career. From this situation, too, some books emerged. Besides getting his pilot's license in 1971 and later also his professional pilot's license and flying to the races as a private pilot , he organizes the Ennstal-Classic car veterans' rally . But he was also a racing driver himself for many years. He achieved class victory with an old Volvo at the Carrera Panamericana in Mexico.

Works (excerpt)

  • THEN - When sex was still safe and Formula 1 was dangerous, gefco, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-9503235-6-6
  • The conquest of the senseless - The wild years of Formula 1. Egoth, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902480-48-4
  • Execution of a Champion - The Example of Jochen Rindt, 1970
  • The fear stays in the boxes. Behind the scenes of motorsport, 1967
  • How do I get away from racing? The best stories from the full throttle industry, 1987
  • The fastest. Famous racing cars, legendary drivers. Ueberreuter, Vienna a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-8000-3125-6 .
  • Their daily bread is full throttle, 1968
  • Beyond fast. The life of Jim Clark, 1968
  • Grand Prix 76 - Niki Lauda: You Only Die Once, 1976

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ potato casserole on ORF -Burgenland of 19 July 2007, accessed on 25 October 2013
  2. ↑ Archive: Publisher: Helmut Zwick ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 30, 2009  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.archivverlag.de
  3. ↑ Imprint Alles Auto ( memento from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on August 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ A lifetime for Helmut Zwickl! on Motorsport March 5, 2005, accessed July 30, 2009.

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personal data
SURNAME Zwickl, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sports journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna