Karl Kling was a motor racing driver and manager from Germany. He participated in 11 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on July 4, 1954. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 17 championship points. It is said, that he was born too late and too early. Too late to be in the successful Mercedes team of the '30s and too early to have a real chance in 1954 and 1955.

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  • Karl Kling was a motor racing driver and manager from Germany. He participated in 11 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on July 4, 1954. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 17 championship points. It is said, that he was born too late and too early. Too late to be in the successful Mercedes team of the '30s and too early to have a real chance in 1954 and 1955. Unusually, Kling found his way into motorsport via his first job as a reception clerk at Daimler-Benz in the mid-1930s, competing in hillclimb and trials events in production machinery in his spare time. During the Second World War he gained mechanical experience servicing Luftwaffe aircraft, and after the cessation of hostilities he resumed his motorsport involvement in a BMW 328. Kling was instrumental in developing Mercedes' return to international competition in the early 1950s, and his win in the 1952 Carrera Panamericana road race, driving the then-experimental Mercedes-Benz 300SL was a defining point in assuring the Daimler-Benz management that motorsport had a place in Mercedes' future. Called up to the revived Mercedes Grand Prix squad in 1954 he finished less than one second behind the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio on his Formula One debut, taking second place in the 1954 French Grand Prix at the fast Reims-Gueux circuit. This promising start was not to last, and with the arrival of Stirling Moss at Mercedes in 1955 Kling was effectively demoted to third driver. However, away from the World Championship, Kling took impressive victories in both the Berlin Grand Prix (at AVUS, another high-speed circuit) and the Swedish Grand Prix. He left the Formula One team at the end of the season, to succeed Alfred Neubauer as head of Mercedes motorsport. He was in this post during their successful rallying campaigns of the 1960s, occasionally taking the wheel himself. On one such occasion he drove a Mercedes-Benz 220SE to victory in the mighty 1961 Algiers-Cape Town trans-African rally.
  • Karl Kling war ein deutscher Automobilrennfahrer.
  • Karl Kling va ser un pilot de curses automobilístiques alemany que va arribar a disputar curses de Fórmula 1. Karl Kling va néixer el 16 de setembre del 1910 a Giessen, Alemanya i va morir el 18 de març del 2003 al llac de Constança, Suïssa.
  • Karl Kling fue un piloto alemán de Fórmula 1 que participó en 11 Grandes Premios debutando en el Gran Premio de Francia de 1954 y retirándose en el Gran Premio de Italia de 1955 consiguiendo dos podios, siendo así el primer alemán en subirse al podio.
  • Karl Kling oli saksalainen autourheilija. -kuljettaja. Hän osallistui yhteensä yhteentoista Formula 1:n MM-osakilpailuun voittamatta niistä yhtään. Hän kuitenkin sijoittui heti ensimmäisessä kilpailussaan toiseksi. MM-pisteitä hän saavutti 17.
  • Karl Kling était un pilote automobile allemand, né le 16 septembre 1910 à Gießen et décédé le 19 mars 2003 à Constance. Il a notamment participé au retour de Mercedes dans les épreuves sur circuit au début des années 1950.
  • Iniziò ad appassionarsi alle gare automobilistiche negli anni trenta tramite il suo lavoro di impiegato alla Daimler Benz; nel tempo libero infatti partecipò alle sue prime corse. Durante la seconda guerra mondiale ebbe modo di guadagnare esperienza nella meccanica lavorando per la Luftwaffe e dopo il conflitto tornò alle corse su una BMW 328. Vinse la Carrera Panamericana del 1952 alla guida di una Mercedes 300SL e debuttò in Formula 1 nel Gran Premio di Francia 1954 chiudendo al secondo posto dietro al compagno di squadra Fangio. Nel 1955, con l'arrivo di Stirling Moss alla Mercedes, Kling venne relegato al ruolo di terzo pilota a causa dei suoi risultati poco brillanti in Campionato. Nonostante tutto fece sue le gare fuori calendario di Berlino e Svezia. Al termine della stagione 1955 lasciò la Formula 1 per sostituire Alfred Neubauer alla guida di Mercedes Motorsport, negli anni in cui la casa tedesca dominava i rallies africani. Nel 1961 portò alla vittoria la Mercedes 220SE nel Rally trans-africano Algeri-Città del Capo.
  • Karl Kling was een Formule 1-coureur uit Duitsland. Hij reed in 1954 en 1955 11 Grand Prixs voor het team Mercedes-Benz en scoorde hierin 2 podia, 17 punten en 1 snelste ronde.
  • Karl Kling a fost un pilot german de Formula 1 care a evoluat în Campionatul Mondial între anii 1954 şi 1955.
  • Karl Kling, född 16 september 1910 i Gießen, död 18 mars 2003 i Gaienhofen, var en tysk racerförare.
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  • Karl Kling demonstrating a Mercedes W196 at the Nürburgring in 1976.
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  • Karl Kling war ein deutscher Automobilrennfahrer.
  • Karl Kling va ser un pilot de curses automobilístiques alemany que va arribar a disputar curses de Fórmula 1. Karl Kling va néixer el 16 de setembre del 1910 a Giessen, Alemanya i va morir el 18 de març del 2003 al llac de Constança, Suïssa.
  • Karl Kling fue un piloto alemán de Fórmula 1 que participó en 11 Grandes Premios debutando en el Gran Premio de Francia de 1954 y retirándose en el Gran Premio de Italia de 1955 consiguiendo dos podios, siendo así el primer alemán en subirse al podio.
  • Karl Kling oli saksalainen autourheilija. -kuljettaja. Hän osallistui yhteensä yhteentoista Formula 1:n MM-osakilpailuun voittamatta niistä yhtään. Hän kuitenkin sijoittui heti ensimmäisessä kilpailussaan toiseksi. MM-pisteitä hän saavutti 17.
  • Karl Kling était un pilote automobile allemand, né le 16 septembre 1910 à Gießen et décédé le 19 mars 2003 à Constance. Il a notamment participé au retour de Mercedes dans les épreuves sur circuit au début des années 1950.
  • Iniziò ad appassionarsi alle gare automobilistiche negli anni trenta tramite il suo lavoro di impiegato alla Daimler Benz; nel tempo libero infatti partecipò alle sue prime corse. Durante la seconda guerra mondiale ebbe modo di guadagnare esperienza nella meccanica lavorando per la Luftwaffe e dopo il conflitto tornò alle corse su una BMW 328.
  • Karl Kling was een Formule 1-coureur uit Duitsland. Hij reed in 1954 en 1955 11 Grand Prixs voor het team Mercedes-Benz en scoorde hierin 2 podia, 17 punten en 1 snelste ronde.
  • Karl Kling a fost un pilot german de Formula 1 care a evoluat în Campionatul Mondial între anii 1954 şi 1955.
  • Karl Kling, född 16 september 1910 i Gießen, död 18 mars 2003 i Gaienhofen, var en tysk racerförare.
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