Herbert Fritz Linge (11 June 1928 – 5 January 2024) was a German racing and rally driver. As an employee of Porsche, he was involved in many events, and later also in motorsport safety.
Life and career Herbert Linge was born on 11 June 1928.
Linge took part in many 24 Hours of Le Mans races in the 1960s, even with a Porsche 917. He became famous for being the co-driver of Hans Herrmann in the 1954 Mille Miglia, when their low Porsche 550 passed under a closed railroad crossing, with both ducking under the dashboard. In 1960, Linge won the Tour de Corse rally in a Porsche SC 90. He is still the only German to win the event.
The Deutscher Motor Sport Bund's DMSB-Staffel, founded in 1972 by Linge for the Oberste Nationale Sportbehörde as ONS-Staffel, is considered the first mobile track marshalling crew, equipped with fast cars like the Porsche 914 or Porsche 911, carrying fire extinguishers and doctors in order to arrive quickly at a crash site.
Linge died on 5 January 2024, at the age of 95.Herbert Linge ist gestorben
Official Results
24 Hours of Le Mans +YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPosClass Pos1958 Baron de Beaufort Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche 550AS 1.5288521960 Porsche KG Hans WalterPorsche 356 B Carrera GTL AbarthGT 1.62691011961 Porsche KG Ben PonPorsche 356 B Carrera GTL AbarthGT 1.62841011963 Porsche System Engineering Edgar BarthPorsche 718/8 W-RS SpyderP 2.0300811964 Porsche System Engineering Edgar BarthPorsche 904/8P 2.0139DNFDNF1965 Porsche System Engineering Peter NöckerPorsche 904/6P 2.0336411966 Porsche System Engineering Hans HerrmannPorsche 906/6 LHP 2.0338521967 Auguste Veuillet Robert BuchetPorsche 911 SGT 2.03081411968 P. Farjon Robert BuchetPorsche 907/8P 3.0102DSQDSQ1969 John Woolfe Racing John WoolfePorsche 917S 5.00DNFDNF Porsche System Engineering Brian Redman Rudi LinsPorsche 917LHS 5.0DNSDNS1970 Solar Productions Jonathan WilliamsPorsche 908/2 (Camera Car)P 3.0282N/CN/C
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