Ex-racing driver Eberhard Mahle died at the age of 88

He won titles, not only in Germany, also internationally. Now Eberhard Mahle died at the age of 88.

German motorsport mourns Eberhard Mahle: The former racing driver died on Tuesday at the age of 88. This was announced by the manufacturer Porsche.

Mahle gave the German automobile company its first international title in a Porsche 911 in 1966 with the European Hill Climb Championship. Nine years earlier he was also in the Alfa Romeo for the German GT championship been successful.

“The news of his death hits us very much,” said Achim Stejskal, Head of Porsche Heritage and Museum: “Our thoughts are with his wife Karin, the family and the clubs for which Ebs Mahle was active well into old age.”