Hubert Hahne

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Hubert Hahne (Template:IPA; 28 March 1935 – 24 April 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> was a racing driver from Germany. He was the older brother of Armin Hahne, as well as the uncle of Jörg van Ommen.

Career

He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, two of those at the wheel of Formula Two cars, and one non-Championship Formula One race.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hahne was successful in touring car racing, including the European Touring Car Championship. In 1966, he raced a BMW New Class 2000TI. In the six-hour "Großer Preis der Tourenwagen"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> on 3 July 1966, an Alfa Romeo GTA had lowered the Nürburgring touring car race lap record to 10:08.9. A month later, in a support race for the 1966 German Grand Prix, Hahne was the first to lap the Nürburgring in under 10 minutes in a touring car, in 9:58.5.<ref>In touring car racing in the early 1960s, Hubert Hahne sets the highlights for BMW. Hahne, who was born on 28th March 1935 in Moers on Rhine, quickly discovers his passion for motor racing and in 1963 celebrates his first major success behind the wheel of a BMW 700, winning the European Touring Car Cup.

The following year, Hahne dominates the German Circuit Championship with a BMW 1800Ti. By the end of the season he has won an impressive 14 of the 16-round season. His most successful year, however, is yet to come: In 1966, he wins another European Championship and, with a BMW 2000Ti, he masters the challenge of the “Green Hell” in 9:58.5 minutes, thus being the first touring car driver to lap the Nürburgring in less than ten minutes. Furthermore, he wins the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race with Jacky Ickx.

In 1966 and the following years, Hahne also successfully contests Formula 2 and establishes two world records at Monza. In 1969, he finishes runner-up in the European Formula 2 Championship and enters several Formula One races. One year later, in 1970, the man who now resides in Italy, ends his motor racing career. - https://web.archive.org/web/20100204052743/http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/fascination/history/bmw_touring/heroes/index.html%27%27</ref>

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Hubert Hahne with Lola-BMW Formula 2 in 1968 at the Nürburgring

On the old and very long Nürburgring, Formula Two cars occasionally had their own race alongside the Formula One cars in the same events to fill the field, which provided other drivers like Kurt Ahrens Jr., Gerhard Mitter and Dieter Quester the opportunity to enter the German Grand Prix. As the Formula Two section was counted separately, the drivers could not score World Championship points. Hahne participated in the 1966 and 1969 German Grands Prix in the special Formula Two sections of those events, but withdrew before the start of the 1969 event due to the fatal accident suffered by his team-mate Gerhard Mitter.

For his true Formula One debut at the 1967 German Grand Prix, Hahne drove a Formula Two Lola chassis fitted with a 2-litre 16 valve BMW engine, thus qualifying the drive for Formula One. The BMW factory were allowed to run this to give some national encouragement. He retired on lap 7 with suspension failure. The following year he finished 10th in the same car.

Hahne got himself a March 701 for 1970, but could not qualify for the 1970 German Grand Prix which was held at the Hockenheimring that year. Hahne claimed that chassis and engine were among the worst of the many March and Cosworth delivered that year. Ronnie Peterson showed later at Silverstone that this very car could reach adequate times, and Hahne retired from racing.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1966	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Matra MS5 (F2)	BRM P80 1.0 L4	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER Template:Small	ITA	USA	MEX					NC	0
1967	Bayerische Motoren Werke AG	Lola T100	BMW M10 2.0 L4	RSA	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX			NC	0
1968	Bayerische Motoren Werke AG	Lola T102	BMW M12/1 1.6 L4	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX		NC	0
1969	Bayerische Motoren Werke AG	BMW 269 (F2)	BMW M12/1 1.6 L4	RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX			NC	0
1970	Hubert Hahne	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	NC	0
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Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Template:Tooltip	Pts
Template:F2	BMW	Lola T100	BMW	SNE Template:Small	SIL	NÜR Template:Small	HOC	TUL	JAR	ZAN	PER	BRH Template:Small	VAL Template:Small	12th	7
Template:F2	BMW	Lola T102	BMW	HOC	THR	JAR	PAL	TUL	ZAN	PER	HOC Template:Small	VAL Template:Small		NC	0
Template:F2	BMW	Lola T102	BMW	THR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	JAR Template:Small							2nd	28
		BMW 269						TUL Template:Small	PER Template:Small	VAL Template:Small
Template:F2	BMW	BMW 269	BMW	THR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	BAR Template:Small	ROU Template:Small							13th	3
		BMW 270						PER Template:Small	TUL	IMO	HOC

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Template:Tooltip	Pts	Class
1968	Malcolm Gartlan Racing	Ford Falcon Sprint	Template:Tooltip	BRH	THR	SIL	CRY	MAL	BRH ovr:2 cls:1	SIL	CRO	OUL	BRH	BRH	28th	9	6th
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External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20060522051555/http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/fascination/history/bmw_touring/heroes/index.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060220041357/http://www.autocoursegpa.com/driver~driver_id~11791.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060627021546/http://www.john-w.de/bmwf2/