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Mercedes-Benz 300 SL racing sports car (W 194) from 1952. First race deployment, Mille Miglia, 3/4 May 1952. The driver team consisting of Karl Kling / Hans Klenk (starting number 623) took second place. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: R5100)
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Mercedes-Benz 300 SL racing sports car (W 194) from 1952. First race deployment, Mille Miglia, 3/4 May 1952. The car of Hermann Lang / Erwin Grupp (starting number 626) surrounded by enthusiastic fans. As the fastest Mercedes-Benz team up to that point, the duo ran off the road after 220 kilometres before Ferrara and retired with a damaged rear axle. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: R5104)
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John Cooper Fitch and Kurt Gessl (starting number 417) achieved the class victory and 5th place overall at the 1955 Mille Miglia in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL “Gullwing” (W 198). (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: R7538)
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Mercedes-Benz Classic Brand Ambassador Ellen Lohr in the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL “Gullwing” (W 198). Photo from the Classic Days Schloss Dyck, 1 to 2 August 2015. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: D155327)
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Mercedes-Benz Classic Brand Ambassador Karl Wendlinger. Photo from the Classic Insight “125 Years of Motorsport” in Silverstone, England, April 2019. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: D595507)
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McLaren-Mercedes MP4/12 Formula One racing car driven by David Coulthard in the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on 9 March 1997. Coulthard wins the race with the Number 10 car. It is the first victory for these racing cars, some of which are painted classic Mercedes-Benz silver. (Photo signature in the Mercedes-Benz Archives: D314154)
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McLaren-Mercedes MP4/12 Formula One racing car driven by David Coulthard. Coulthard wins the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on 9 March 1997 with one of these cars, some of which are painted classic Mercedes-Benz silver. (Photo signature in the Mercedes-Benz Archives: A97F3235)
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Nico Rosberg wins the Chinese Grand Prix in the Mercedes F1 W03 Formula One racing car in Shanghai on 15 April 2012. Rosberg starts from pole position. It is the racing driverʼs first Formula One victory and also the first victory for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport with its own works team in Formula One. Photo after the finish. (Photo signature in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: 03F1GPChina4884)
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Mercedes F1 W03 Formula One racing car driven by Nico Rosberg in the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on 15 April 2012. Rosberg (in front) starts from pole position and wins the race. It is the racing driverʼs first Formula One victory and also the first victory for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport with its own works team in Formula One. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: M69487)
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Mercedes-Benz racing driver Al Unser jr. is born on 19 April 1962. Among his greatest achievements is winning the Indianapolis 500-mile race on 29 May 1994 in a Penske-Mercedes PC 23. Portrait photo from 1995. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: A95F832)
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Penske-Mercedes PC 23 with Mercedes-Benz 500I V8 engine driven by Al Unser jr. in the Indianapolis 500-mile race on 29 May 1994. Unser wins the race – 79 years after Ralph de Palmaʼs victory in a Mercedes racing car. Photo of a pit stop. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: A94F937)
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Mercedes-Benz racing driver Stanley Dickens is born on 7 May 1952. One of his greatest successes is winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans on 11 June 1989 in a Sauber-Mercedes C9 Group C racing car. He shares the cockpit with Jochen Mass and Manuel Reuter. Portrait photo from the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1991. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: A91F1289)
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Sauber-Mercedes C9 Group C racing car after the double victory and 5th place in the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 10 to 11 June 1991. Stanley Dickens, Jochen Mass and Manuel Reuter win the race in the Number 63 car. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: A90F550)
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Mercedes-Lohner-Porsche with Mercedes 40 hp engine at the Nice Race Week (4 to 11 April 1902), driven by Emil Jellinek. In these hybrid vehicles developed by Ferdinand Porsche, the combustion engine drives a generator that supplies electrical energy to the wheel hub motors. Porsche competes in the Exelberg Race in Lower Austria on 11 May 1902 in a two-seater Lohner-Porsche with a Mercedes 28 hp engine and wins the large car class. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: 1972M549)
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Electric wheel hub drive of the Mercedes Mixte and Mercedes Electrique models, developed by Ferdinand Porsche, Technical Director of the Austrian Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft from 1906. As of 1907, the vehicles are built in a small series. In the Mixte hybrid vehicles, the combustion engine drives a generator that supplies electrical energy to the wheel hub motors. In a two-seater forerunner of the Mercedes Mixte based on a Lohner-Porsche with a Mercedes 28 hp engine, Porsche competes in the Exelberg Race in Lower Austria on 11 May 1902 and wins the large car class. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: 93080-14)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. Portrait photo. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: 795509)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. Souvenir photo at the Mercedes-Benz Museum on the occasion of Böhringer’s 90th birthday on 22 January 2012 with companions and racing driver colleagues at a Mercedes-Benz 230 SL Rally (W 113). From left to right: Dr Peter Lang, Rolf Moll, Eugen Böhringer, Rolf Knoll, Klaus Kaiser, Eberhard Mahle, Ewy von Korff-Rosqvist, Hans Herrmann, Herbert Linge and Dieter Glemser. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: 12C62_01)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 29th Rally Monte Carlo from 18 to 24 January 1960, Eugen Böhringer and Hermann Socher (race number 121) took second place with a Mercedes-Benz type 220 SE rally car (W 111). (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: 92556-1)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 29th Rally Monte Carlo from 18 to 24 January 1960, Eugen Böhringer and Hermann Socher (race number 121) took second place with a Mercedes-Benz type 220 SE rally car (W 111). Signed photo of the Mercedes-Benz team. From left to right: Roland Ott, Eberhard Mahle, Hermann Socher, Eugen Böhringer, Rolf Moll and Walter Schock. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: 91986)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 21st Rally “Coupe des Alpes” from 27 to 30 June 1960, Eugen Böhringer and Hermann Socher take second place in the touring car class with a Mercedes-Benz 220 SE rally car (W 111). (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: R15207)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. On 15 October 1961, Böhringer wins the 2nd Schorndorf Hill Climb Race for the Gottlieb Daimler Hill Climb Prize with a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster (W 198). (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: R15974)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 31st Rally Monte Carlo from 20 to 27 January 1962, Eugen Böhringer and Peter Lang took second place with a Mercedes-Benz 220 SE rally car (W 111). Action shot in Monte Carlo. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: R9565)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 10th International Rally Acropolis from 23 to 27 May 1962, Eugen Böhringer and Peter Lang win the overall classification in a Mercedes-Benz 220 SE rally car (W 111). (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: U7979)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 32nd Liège-Sofia-Liège Rally from 29 August to 2 September 1962, Eugen Böhringer and Hermann Eger win the overall classification with a Mercedes-Benz 220 SE rally car (W 111). (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: U9892)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 32nd Rally Monte Carlo from 19 to 26 January 1963, Eugen Böhringer and Peter Lang win in the 2.3-litre class with a Mercedes-Benz 220 SE rally car (W 111). (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: A49418)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 11th Rally Acropolis from 16 to 19 May 1963, Eugen Böhringer and Rolf Knoll win the overall classification with a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE rally car (W 112). (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: 63107-2).
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 11th Rally Acropolis from 16 to 19 May 1963, Eugen Böhringer and Rolf Knoll win the overall classification with a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE Rally (W 112). Photo taken at the start of the race. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: 63107-7)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 33rd Liège-Sofia-Liège Rally from 27 to 31 August 1963, Eugen Böhringer and Klaus Kaiser win the overall classification with a Mercedes-Benz 230 SL rally car (W 113). Photo of a passage on scree trails in the karst landscape of Titograd, Yugoslavia. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: U17265)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 33rd Liège-Sofia-Liège Rally from 27 to 31 August 1963, Eugen Böhringer and Klaus Kaiser win the overall classification with a Mercedes-Benz 230 SL rally car (W 113). Photo at the checkpoint in Karlsruhe. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: 63132-29A)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 33rd Liège-Sofia-Liège Rally from 27 to 31 August 1963, Eugen Böhringer and Klaus Kaiser win the overall classification with a Mercedes-Benz 230 SL rally car (W 113). Photo of the winners with their 230 SL with race number 39. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: 63180-1)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 7th Argentinian Touring Grand Prix from 23 October to 2 November 1963, Eugen Böhringer and Klaus Kaiser win the overall classification in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE rally car (W 112). Photo of a passage of muddy track softened by the rain. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: U17951)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 7th Argentinian Touring Grand Prix from 23 October to 2 November 1963, Eugen Böhringer and Klaus Kaiser win the overall classification in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE rally car (W 112). At over 200 km/h, a pigeon crashes through the windscreen during a passage. In the subsequent rollover, Böhringer and Kaiser remain uninjured – also because they are wearing seat belts. The incident cannot prevent their victory with the 300 SE with racing number 705. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: U17950)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 7th Argentinian Touring Grand Prix from 23 October to 2 November 1963, Eugen Böhringer and Klaus Kaiser win the overall classification in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE rally car (W 112). (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: U17830)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the International ADAC 6-hour race for touring cars at the Nürburgring on 21 June 1964, Eugen Böhringer and Dieter Glemser win the overall classification with a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE (W 112). (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: R15554)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race on 25 and 26 July 1964, Eugen Böhringer sets the fastest race lap with an average speed of 177.296 km/h in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE (W 112). Photo of the driver change in front of the Mercedes-Benz pit. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: 64162-33A)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 34th Spa-Sofia-Liège Rally from 25 to 29 August 1964, Eugen Böhringer and Klaus Kaiser take third place overall in a Mercedes-Benz 230 SL rally car (W 113). (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: U24275)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 34th Spa-Sofia-Liège Rally from 25 to 29 August 1964, Eugen Böhringer and Klaus Kaiser take third place overall in a Mercedes-Benz 230 SL (W 113). Photo of the drivers of the Mercedes-Benz team. From left to right: Martin Braungart, Dieter Glemser, Alfred Kling, Ewy von Korff-Rosqvist, Manfred Schiek, Eugen Böhringer, Rolf Kreder and Klaus Kaiser. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: 64215-34)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 8th Argentinian Touring Grand Prix from 28 October to 7 November 1964, Eugen Böhringer/Klaus Kaiser win the overall classification with a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE rally car (W 112). They lead a one-two-three victory for the brand, followed by Dieter Glemser/Martin Braungart and Ewy von Korff-Rosqvist/Eva-Maria Falk. It is the fourth victory for Mercedes-Benz in the internationally renowned endurance rally. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: U25676)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. At the 8th Argentinian Touring Grand Prix from 28 October to 7 November 1964, Eugen Böhringer and Klaus Kaiser win the overall classification in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE rally car (W 112), leading a one-two-three victory for the brand. Advertisements “Victory for Mercedes in the world’s toughest road race” from 1964. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: 1988M2472)
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Mercedes-Benz rally driver Eugen Böhringer, 22 January 1922 to 19 June 2013. On 15 November 1964, Böhringer wins the Macau Grand Prix in the then Portuguese colony. Böhringer wins the 40-lap airfield race with a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE (W 112). (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: R8822)
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