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Karl Kling was born on 16 September, 1910 in Giessen, German Empire, is a German racing driver (1910–2003). Discover Karl Kling's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?
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93 years old |
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Virgo |
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16 September 1910 |
| Birthday |
16 September |
| Birthplace |
Giessen, German Empire |
| Date of death |
2003 |
| Died Place |
Lake Constance, Germany |
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Germany
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Karl Kling Height, Weight & Measurements
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Karl Kling Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Karl Kling worth at the age of 93 years old? Karl Kling’s income source is mostly from being a successful driver. He is from Germany. We have estimated Karl Kling's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Karl Kling (16 September 1910 – 18 March 2003) was a motor racing driver and manager from Germany.
Too late to be in the successful Mercedes team of the 1930s and too early to have a real chance in and.
Unusually, Kling found his way into motorsport via his first job as a reception clerk at Daimler-Benz in the mid-1930s, competing in hillclimb and trials events in production machinery in his spare time.
During the Second World War he gained mechanical experience servicing Luftwaffe aircraft, and after the cessation of hostilities he resumed his motorsport involvement in a BMW 328.
Kling was instrumental in developing Mercedes' return to international competition in the early 1950s, and his win in the 1952 Carrera Panamericana road race, driving the then-experimental Mercedes-Benz 300SL was a defining point in assuring the Daimler-Benz management that motorsport had a place in Mercedes' future.
He participated in 11 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 4 July 1954.
He achieved 2 podiums - the first German ever to achieve a Formula One podium - and scored a total of 17 championship points.
It is said, that he was born too late and too early.
Called up to the revived Mercedes Grand Prix squad in 1954 he finished less than one second behind the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio on his Formula One debut, taking second place in the 1954 French Grand Prix at the fast Reims-Gueux circuit.
Having won all world championships they competed for, F1 in 1954 and 1955, plus sports cars in 1955, Mercedes retired from international racing after 1955 to focus on road car development.
Kling succeeded Alfred Neubauer as head of Mercedes motorsport, with stock models only.
This promising start was not to last, and with the arrival of Stirling Moss at Mercedes in 1955 Kling was effectively demoted to third driver.
However, away from the World Championship, Kling took an impressive victory in the Berlin Grand Prix at AVUS, another high-speed circuit.
He was in this post during their successful rallying campaigns of the 1960s, occasionally taking the wheel himself.
On one such occasion he drove a Mercedes-Benz 220SE to victory in the mighty 1961 Algiers-Cape Town trans-African rally.
He died in 2003 at the age of 92.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
(Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
