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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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Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 16 September, 1910
Birthday 16 September
Birthplace Giessen, German Empire
Date of death 2003
Died Place Lake Constance, Germany
Nationality Germany

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1910

Karl Kling (16 September 1910 – 18 March 2003) was a motor racing driver and manager from Germany.

1930

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.

1950

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.

1954

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.

1955

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.

1960

He was in this post during their successful rallying campaigns of the 1960s, occasionally taking the wheel himself.

1961

On one such occasion he drove a Mercedes-Benz 220SE to victory in the mighty 1961 Algiers-Cape Town trans-African rally.

2003

He died in 2003 at the age of 92.

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* Shared drive with Stirling Moss and Hans Herrmann.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

(Races in italics indicate fastest lap)