Peter Scharmann
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Peter Scharmann celebrated in the German and European motor sport in the 1970s in the class formula V (1300cc), Formula Super V (1600cc) and later in the Formula 3 and Formula 2 has numerous successes.
in Klagenfurt, the trained mechanical engineer
, worked in the years 1970 to 1973, first as a design engineer and later as a chassis engineer at Porsche in Stuttgart, among others, under Ferdinand Piech , who later became chairman of Volkswagen AG .
Just one year after its entry into the Motorsports 1972 Peter Scharmann won in Formula V, the central European Championship in the 1973 season in his first self-built cockpit. It turned out for the Austrians
, who drove with German license, the experience from his work at Porsche in the votes of their own race car to be helpful.
Other successes included the German Vice Champion in Formula Super V in the years 1974 and 1976. The victory culminated in winning the German Formula 3 Championship title in 1977, the first year of the then 27-year-old driver in this class. The victory of the championship won Scharmann, whose main sponsor is the beer brand Warsteiner , was in a TOJ F302 race car of the racing team Obermoser Jörg . The model was first introduced in the year by winning the crowd's Formula 3 championship and came into this season with both engines from Toyota and BMW. The future Formula 1 driver Keke Rosberg was one of those drivers, the cars of Jörg Chief Moser TOJ drew forge.
Peter Scharmann ended his career in motorsports in 1979 as a driver in Formula 2 and in consequence devoted his professional career and his family. In 1982 he moved back to his native town in Carinthia and has since worked at the company HOBAS , whose director he became in 2000.
About the karting Scharmann was finally back after a long break in contact with the motor sport and in his spare time with his own kart ride on lines in Austria. He is married and father of two grown children.
Motorsport Biography and Career
After his graduation at the HTLHTL
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in Klagenfurt, the trained mechanical engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
, worked in the years 1970 to 1973, first as a design engineer and later as a chassis engineer at Porsche in Stuttgart, among others, under Ferdinand Piech , who later became chairman of Volkswagen AG .
Just one year after its entry into the Motorsports 1972 Peter Scharmann won in Formula V, the central European Championship in the 1973 season in his first self-built cockpit. It turned out for the Austrians
Austrians
Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....
, who drove with German license, the experience from his work at Porsche in the votes of their own race car to be helpful.
Other successes included the German Vice Champion in Formula Super V in the years 1974 and 1976. The victory culminated in winning the German Formula 3 Championship title in 1977, the first year of the then 27-year-old driver in this class. The victory of the championship won Scharmann, whose main sponsor is the beer brand Warsteiner , was in a TOJ F302 race car of the racing team Obermoser Jörg . The model was first introduced in the year by winning the crowd's Formula 3 championship and came into this season with both engines from Toyota and BMW. The future Formula 1 driver Keke Rosberg was one of those drivers, the cars of Jörg Chief Moser TOJ drew forge.
Peter Scharmann ended his career in motorsports in 1979 as a driver in Formula 2 and in consequence devoted his professional career and his family. In 1982 he moved back to his native town in Carinthia and has since worked at the company HOBAS , whose director he became in 2000.
About the karting Scharmann was finally back after a long break in contact with the motor sport and in his spare time with his own kart ride on lines in Austria. He is married and father of two grown children.