Werner Haas

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Werner Haas
Motorcycle Grand Prix Career
Nationality Flag of Germany German
Active years 19521954
Team(s) NSU
Grands Prix 21
Championships 125cc- 1953
250cc- 1953, 1954
Wins 11
Podium finishes    18
Pole positions N/A
Fastest laps N/A
First Grand Prix 1952 250cc West German Grand Prix
First win 1952 250cc West German Grand Prix
Last win 1954 250cc West German Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix 1954 250cc West German Grand Prix

Werner Haas (May 30, 1927 in Augsburg - November 13, 1956 in Donau) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. He became Germany's first motorcycle world champion when he won the 1953 FIM 125 and 250 World Championship for NSU. The following year, he would repeat as the 250 world champion. Haas was killed in 1956 in a light plane accident in Germany.

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Awards
Preceded by
Flag of Germany Karl Kling
German Sportsman of the Year
1953
Succeeded by
Flag of Germany Heinz Fütterer


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