Herbert Müller (racing driver)

Herbert Müller Rebmann (11 May 1940 – 24 May 1981) was a racing driver from Switzerland. He was born in Reinach and was nicknamed Stumpen-Herbie. Among other successes, he won the Targa Florio twice, in 1966 and 1973, both with Porsche.

Herbert Müller

Müller, in 1975 at Spa-Francorchamps
Born	(1940-05-11)11 May 1940 Reinach, Switzerland
Died	24 May 1981(1981-05-24) (aged 41) Cologne, West Germany
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Swiss
Active years	1971
Teams	non-works Lotus
Entries	1 (0 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1971 Italian Grand Prix
Last entry	1971 Italian Grand Prix

Driving a Ferrari 512 in an Interserie race at the Nürburgring, he survived a fiery start collision that ended in the pit lane next to a fire engine. Müller got out of the car and ran towards a fire fighter who put out the flames on his overall.

He died in the 1981 1000 km Nürburgring in his Porsche 908 Turbo, racing with his longtime friend Siegfried Brunn. Before the event, Müller stated that he would retire from motorsports after the end of the race. On lap 17 of the race, Müller crashed while attempting to avoid another driver who had spun in front of him at Kesselchen. He collided heavily with an earth bank and then hit a previously retired car driven by Bobby Rahal, causing a large explosion and fire. He was dead by the time he was removed from the burning car; he had not been wearing his safety belts at the time of the crash, and was killed in the initial impact. The race was stopped after 17 laps and was not completed.

Herbert Müller in 1971 driving a Ferrari 512M at the Nürburgring

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Pts.
1971	Villiger Cigar Team Herbert Müller	Lotus 72A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA DNA	CAN	USA	NC	0

Non-championship Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1963	Scuderia Filipinetti	Lotus 21	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	LOM	GLV	PAU 5	IMO	SYR	AIN	INT	ROM	SOL	KAN	MED	AUT	OUL	RAN

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1964	Scuderia Filipinetti	Claude Sage	Porsche 904/4 GTS	GT 2.0	309	11th	4th
1965	Scuderia Filipinetti	Ronnie Bucknum	Ford GT40	P +5.0	29	DNF	DNF
1966	Scuderia Filipinetti	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari 365 P2	P 5.0	166	DNF	DNF
1967	Scuderia Filipinetti	Jean Guichet	Ferrari 412 P	P 5.0	88	DNF	DNF
1968	Scuderia Filipinetti	Jonathan Williams	Ferrari 250LM	S 5.0	212	DNF	DNF
1969	Ecurie Matra - Elf	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra-Simca MS630	P 3.0	158	DNF	DNF
1970	Scuderia Filipinetti	Mike Parkes	Ferrari 512S	S 5.0	37	DNF	DNF
1971	JW Automotive Engineering	Richard Attwood	Porsche 917K	S 5.0	395	2nd	2nd
1972	Escuderia Montjuïch	Cox Kocher	De Tomaso Pantera	GTS +5.0	31	DNF	DNF
1973	Martini Racing Team	Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	S 3.0	328	4th	4th
1974	Martini Racing Porsche System	Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo	S 3.0	332	2nd	2nd
1978	Mecarillos-Cégécol Racing Team	Claude Haldi Nick McGranger	Porsche 935	Gr. 5 SP	140	DNF	DNF
1979	Lubrifilm Racing Team	Angelo Pallavicini Marco Vanoli	Porsche 934	Gr. 4 GT	296	4th	1st

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