Classic Racing: Bruno Weibel starts title defense
Not only fans of historic racing have long since marked the date of the coming weekend in red. The event called "Hockenheim Historic - Jim Clark Revival" in memory of the world champion of 1963 and 1965 attracts numerous spectators to the Motodrom in Baden every year, where they get to see a colorful cross-section of the history of motor racing. The [...]
The charismatic Scotsman was killed in an accident at Hockenheim on April 7, 1968, and would have turned 80 last March 4, 2016. The special exhibition by Zurich collector Jürg Mallepell is worth the trip to Hockenheim alone. Tidbits on the race track include the FIA Lurani Trophy for Formula Junior racing cars of the late 1950s and 1960s, the CanAm Challenge Cup for high-horsepower sports cars with up to 8.8 liters of displacement, and the Boss GP with Formula 1 racing cars from before and after the turn of the millennium.
Master starts with the legendary ex-Siffert Lotus
The overall victory in the Lurani Trophy was secured by a Swiss in 2015. Jo Siffert became European champion in 1961 in this Lotus 20 with an 1100 Cosworth engine. Today's owner Peter Studer had the car tuned up by Bruno Weibel at Schaffner Racing in Birmensdorf, and in return the Zurich native, who is also talented at the wheel, is allowed to drive it in races. Many other Swiss will be at the start of the good two dozen races and demonstration runs on Saturday and Sunday - considering their attractive racing cars, they will definitely look good.
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Photos: Peter Wyss
