Herbert Linge

Herbert Fritz Linge[1] (11 June 1928 – 5 January 2024) was a German racing and rally driver.

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.

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.

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Linge with Porsche 904 at the Nürburgring 1964