Herbert Linge

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.

Life and career

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

24 Hours of Le Mans
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
  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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