Book: Schlaflos im Renntransporter - unterwegs zu den Rennstrecken (German)

Book:

Schlaflos im Renntransporter by Robert Hahn

• Language: german
• Autors: Robert Hahn, Christoph Ditzler
• Publisher: McKlein Publishing
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 320

In 1968, in the heyday of motor racing, 24-year-old Robert Hahn from Frauenfeld immersed himself in the world of international motorsport. The talented race mechanic looks after the Formula 1 racing car and the 5-litre sports car of the Swede Joakim Bonnier, develops his own rear wing and manages the most delicate technical emergencies. He finds recognition among colleagues in the big international teams and meets racing legends like Jo Siffert, John Surtees and Jack Brabham, as well as mechanic cracks like Edi Wyss, Bob Dance, Dave "Beaky" Sims, Willie Southcott and Denis Daviss.

Robert Hahn gives us an insight into a world that otherwise remained hidden behind the glamour of the racing circus. He vividly tells of the successes, but also of precarious working conditions. He describes the modest means, the enormous time pressure and the sheer endless transport journeys that were among the special challenges of the racing mechanic's profession.

From 1972 to 1974, during an important phase in Swiss racing history, he was active as a race mechanic in the Swiss Automobile Championship and in the Formula 2 European Championship. When at some point the balance was no longer right for him, he broke away from the scene and found fulfilment as a driver in club racing and in the Swiss edition of the Trofeo Alfa Romeo in 1994 and 1995.