Mercedes Sport

Another splendid band of the best teams Rainer W. Schlegelmilch and Hartmut Lehbrink for motorsport success story of Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes Benz and motorsports - since the beginning are the two sides of the same coin. From the era of pioneers and pioneers from 1901 to 1933, the emergence of the saga of the Silver Arrow and its renaissance in the 1950s, the return of the legend from 1984 to the triumphs of the late 1990s with the "Flying Finn" Mika Häkkinen - the insightful and exciting articles written by Hartmut Lehbrink characterized by its unique motorsport history of Mercedes-Benz. In a congenial way to connect to Lehbrink text with excellent photographs by Rainer W. Schlegelmilch. Here are the two racing experts to create another splendid tome, the long line of sports cars of the dual-brand models along with their technical data gathered, the highlights of the sporting success brings the story of the inventor and maker, the designer and not least the Racing sizes presented in a unique way. Rainer W. Schlegelmilch, according to previously unpublished testimony of his parents in the back seat of her Mercedes-Benz 170V born, opened in 1964 his own studio for photo-design in Frankfurt. In addition to advertising, he has photographed at that time Formula 1 racing and prototype, and here fell under the spell of automotive engineering and architecture. Hartmut Lehbrink is the author of numerous books about cars and racing. Access to Mercedes informed him of the racing, so the appearance of the Silver Arrows at Spa, Zandvoort and the Nurburgring. The renowned journalist and a profound connoisseur of the motor racing scene by Jochen Osterroth contributed drawings to this volume.