1970 Original Vintage Press Photo, F1, Nürburgring, Herbert Müller, Filipinetti Ferrari 512S

Description

Authentic Vintage 

Geoffrey Goddard 

1970 Press Photo

 

1970 Nurburgring 1000 Ks

 

The Filipinetti Ferrari 512S driven by Herbert Müller

 

20.5 cm x 15.5 cm

 

Text on the back: The Filipinetti Ferrari 512S driven by Muller seen here braking at the end of the pits straight. Finished 4th – on Shell

Herbert Müller Rebmann (1940 – 1981) was a racing driver from Switzerland. He was born in Reinach and was nicknamed Stumpen-Herbie. Among other successes, he won the Targa Florio twice, in 1966 and 1973, both with Porsche. Driving a Ferrari 512 in an Interserie race at the Nürburgring, he survived a fiery start collision that ended in the pit lane next to a fire engine. Müller got out of the car and ran towards a fire fighter who put out the flames on his overall. He died in the 1981 1000 km Nürburgring in his Porsche 908 Turbo, racing with his longtime friend Siegfried Brunn. Before the event, Müller stated that he would retire from motorsports after the end of the race. On lap 17 of the race, Müller crashed while attempting to avoid another driver who had sprung in front of him at Kesselchen. He collided heavily with an earth bank and then hit a previously retired car driven by Bobby Rahal, causing a large explosion and fire. He was dead by the time he was removed from the burning car; he had not been wearing his safety belts at the time of the crash, and was killed in the initial impact. The race was stopped after 17 laps and was not completed.

The Nürburgring is a 150,000-person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long Nordschleife “North loop” track, built in the 1920s, around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. The north loop is 20,830 km (12,943 mi) long and contains more than 300 meters (1,000 feet) of elevation change from its lowest to highest points. Scottish racing driver Jackie Stewart nicknamed the track “The Green Hell”