Eberhard Mahle

Mahle was born into a family of automobile assembly line workers, including his father, industrialist Ernst Mahle [de]. He began racing in 1954 in the local Solituderennen^[2] and his career lasted until 1968. He finished second in the 1959 Targa Florio in a Porsche 550A. In 1966, he won the European Hill Climb Championship in the Sports Car category in a Porsche 911.^[3] After his retirement in 1968, he lived in Leonberg and devoted himself to the family business, Mahle GmbH.^[4]

He died on 21 December 2021, at the age of 88.^[5]

• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (1967)