Thread: Paul Pietsch
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Old 11 Jun 2012, 09:58 (Ref:3088882)   #3
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Originally Posted by formerf1champ View Post
RIP. He had claims to be 1939 European champ?
You're possibly thinking of Hermann Lang, Mercedes mechanic turned driver who rather upset the class-conscious members of the team, especially the aristocrat von Brauchitsch.

Pietsch did come a splendid third at that year's German GP in his Maserati.
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