Herbert Linge

Linge with Porsche 904 at the Nürburgring 1964

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

Life and career

Herbert Linge was born on 11 June 1928.

Linge took part in many 24 Hours of Le Mans races in the 1960s, 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.

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

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