Werner Haas
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Motorcycle Grand Prix Career | |
Nationality | German |
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Active years | 1952 – 1954 |
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 | ||
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Preceded by Karl Kling |
German Sportsman of the Year 1953 |
Succeeded by Heinz Fütterer |
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