Eberhard Mahle

Eberhard Mahle
Born	(1933-01-07)7 January 1933 Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany
Died	21 December 2021(2021-12-21) (aged 88)
Nationality	German
Occupation	Racing driver

Eberhard Mahle (7 January 1933 – 21 December 2021) was a German racing driver.^[1]

Life and career

Mahle was born into a family of automobile assembly line workers, including his father, industrialist Ernst Mahle [de]. He began racing in 1954 with the Solitude-Rennen [de]^[2] and his career lasted until 1968. In 1959, he finished second in the Targa Florio in a Porsche 550. In 1966, he won the European Hill Climb Championship in the Sports Car category in a Porsche 911.^[3] After his retirement in 1968, he lived in Leonberg and devoted himself to the family business, Mahle GmbH.^[4]

He died on 21 December 2021, at the age of 88.^[5]

Awards

• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (1967)

References

1. Casaurang, Mehdi (22 December 2021). "Décès d'Eberhard Mahle". AutoHebdo (in French). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
2. "Die Historie der Rallye Solitude". Solitude Revival Historie (in German). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
3. "Ehrentafel Deutschland". Bergrennen in Deutschland (in German).
4. "DIE STIFTUNG". MAHLE Stiftung (in German).
5. "Deutscher Motorsport trauert um Eberhard Mahle". sport.de (in German). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.