Herbert Fritz Linge[1] (11 June 1928 – 5 January 2024) was a German racing and rally driver. As an employee of Porsche,[2] he was involved in many events, and later also in motorsport safety.

Linge with Porsche 904 at the Nürburgring 1964

Life and career

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Herbert Linge was born on 11 June 1928.[3]

Linge took part in many 24 Hours of Le Mans races in the 1960s,[4] even with a Porsche 917. He became famous for being the co-driver of Hans Herrmann in the 1954 Mille Miglia, when their low Porsche 550 passed under a closed railroad crossing, with both ducking under the dashboard. In 1960, Linge won the Tour de Corse rally in a Porsche SC 90. He is still the only German to win the event.

The Deutscher Motor Sport Bund's DMSB-Staffel, founded in 1972 by Linge for the Oberste Nationale Sportbehörde as ONS-Staffel, is considered the first mobile track marshalling crew, equipped with fast cars like the Porsche 914 or Porsche 911, carrying fire extinguishers and doctors in order to arrive quickly at a crash site.

Linge died on 5 January 2024, at the age of 95.[5]

Official Results

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24 Hours of Le Mans

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos Class

Pos

1958   Baron de Beaufort   Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 550A S 1.5 288 5 2
1960   Porsche KG   Hans Walter Porsche 356 B Carrera GTL Abarth GT 1.6 269 10 1
1961   Porsche KG   Ben Pon Porsche 356 B Carrera GTL Abarth GT 1.6 284 10 1
1963   Porsche System

Engineering

  Edgar Barth Porsche 718/8 W-RS Spyder P 2.0 300 8 1
1964   Porsche System

Engineering

  Edgar Barth Porsche 904/8 P 2.0 139 DNF DNF
1965   Porsche System

Engineering

  Peter Nöcker Porsche 904/6 P 2.0 336 4 1
1966   Porsche System

Engineering

  Hans Herrmann Porsche 906/6 LH P 2.0 338 5 2
1967   Auguste Veuillet   Robert Buchet Porsche 911 S GT 2.0 308 14 1
1968   P. Farjon   Robert Buchet Porsche 907/8 P 3.0 102 DSQ DSQ
1969   John Woolfe Racing   John Woolfe Porsche 917 S 5.0 0 DNF DNF
  Porsche System

Engineering

  Brian Redman

  Rudi Lins

Porsche 917LH S 5.0 DNS DNS
1970   Solar Productions   Jonathan Williams Porsche 908/2

(Camera Car)

P 3.0 282 N/C N/C

References

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  1. ^ "Motorsport Memorial - Herbert Linge". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Herbert Linge proclaimed honorary citizen of Weissach". Porsche Press Release. 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Herbert Linge". arelgodindebeaufort.nl. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  4. ^ "4.5 PORSCHE 917 (1969)". imca-slotracing.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  5. ^ Herbert Linge ist gestorben (in German)
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