Hubert Hahne

Hubert Hahne (German pronunciation: [ˈhuːbɛʁt ˈhaːnə]; 28 March 1935 – 24 April 2019)[1] was a racing driver from Germany.

In the six-hour "Großer Preis der Tourenwagen"[3] on 3 July 1966, an Alfa Romeo GTA had lowered the Nürburgring touring car race lap record to 10:08.9.

A month later, in a support race for the 1966 German Grand Prix, Hahne was the first to lap the Nürburgring in under 10 minutes in a touring car, in 9:58.5.

[4] On the old and very long Nürburgring, Formula Two cars occasionally had their own race alongside the Formula One cars in the same events to fill the field, which provided other drivers like Kurt Ahrens Jr., Gerhard Mitter and Dieter Quester the opportunity to enter the German Grand Prix.

Ronnie Peterson showed later at Silverstone that this very car could reach adequate times, and Hahne retired from racing.

Hubert Hahne with Lola-BMW Formula 2 in 1968 at the Nürburgring