Rudolph Sauerwein

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An Adler Super Trumpf racing car that competed in Le Mans in 1937 and 1938.

Rudolph "Rudi" Sauerwein (also Rudolf Sauerwein ; * 1901 ; † June 5, 1956 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ) was a German automobile racing driver .

Career

Rudolph Sauerwein began his racing career in the early 1930s. At the Eifel race in 1930 on the south loop of the Nürburgring he started on a Bugatti T44 and had to retire after three laps.

In the second half of the 1930s he joined the works team of Adlerwerke on Eagle trump race car in sports car racing at. In June 1936 he finished third in a race in Vila Real, Portugal . He was also interlocutory 1936 and 1938 at the 24-hour race at Le Mans and in 1936 and 1938 at the Spa 24 Hours at the start. It also recorded a race start on Impéria in 1938 in Antwerp , Belgium . At Le Mans in 1937 and 1938, in a team with Petar Graf Orssich , he achieved sixth place and class victory. In Spa, the Orssich / Sauerwein team reached seventh place in 1936 and won the class; in 1938 it was canceled after an accident.

1939 Sauerwein denied on a BMW 328 , the Rallye International des Alpes Françaises and was fifth in the category up to 2000 cc displacement .

When racing activities in Europe were resumed after the Second World War , Sauerwein was active for Porsche . In 1951 he returned to Le Mans. The works Porsche 356/4 SL Coupe with Sauerwein's 1.1 liter engine, which formed a team with the Frenchman Robert Brunet , was unable to take part in the endurance race due to a training accident .

In 1953, Rudolph Sauerwein and co-driver Max Nathan finished second in a works Porsche 356 1500 in the Coupe des Alpes . At the finish, the two only had to give way to their Porsche teammates Helmut Polensky / Walter Schlüter .

Rudolph Sauerwein had a serious accident at the ADAC Taunus Rally in early June 1956 and died on June 5, 1955 at the age of 55 in the hospital in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe from the injuries he had suffered.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement
1937 German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Eagle Adler Super Trumpf racing sedan AustriaAustria Petar Count Orssich Rank 6 and class win
1938 German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Eagle Adler Super Trumpf racing sedan German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Petar Count Orssich Rank 6 and class win

References

Web links

Commons : Rudolph Sauerwein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jiří Hejčl, Pablo Costales: 16th Rallye International des Alpes 1953. In: www.ewrc-results.com. November 22, 2017, accessed March 24, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Sauerwein, Rudolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sour wine, Rudi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German automobile racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH 1901
DATE OF DEATH 5th June 1956
Place of death Bad Homburg vor der Höhe