Hermann Paul Müller

Hermann Paul Müller (born in Bielefeld, 21 November 1909 - died in Ingolstadt, 30 December 1975) was a German sidecar, motorcycle, and race car driver.

Müller started his competitive career on an Imperia in 1928. He became German Sidecar Champion in 1932, then in 1936, he took the German 500cc Motorcycle title.

He switched to cars the next year, driving for Auto Union. He won the 1939 edition of the FIA French Grand Prix held in Reims. The winner of that season's European Championship was never officially announced by the AIACR due to the outbreak of World War II. Although Müller would have won the championship on points, the president of Germany's highest motorsports organisation declared Hermann Lang the champion.^[1]

After the war he returned to motorcycle racing, winning the 1947 and 1948 German 250cc titles on DKW. In 1955, he won the 250cc world championship riding an NSU Sportmax. He also set quite a number of world speed records in five classes over six distances for NSU on the Bonneville salt flats in 1956. To this day he remains the oldest person to win a Grand Prix Motorcycle world championship, at the age of 46.

References

↑ Armstrong, Richard. "Unfinished Symphony: Why the 1939 European Championship was never won". 8W. Retrieved 2007-08-05.

The NSU motorcycle with which Müller won the 1955 250 cc World Championship.

Sporting achievements
Preceded by Werner Haas	250cc Motorcycle World Champion 1955	Succeeded by Carlo Ubbiali

250cc/Moto2 Motorcycle World Champions

1949 – B. Ruffo

1950 – D. Ambrosini
1951 – B. Ruffo
1952 – E. Lorenzetti
1953 – W. Haas
1954 – W. Haas
1955 – H. Müller
1956 – C. Ubbiali
1957 – C. Sandford
1958 – T. Provini
1959 – C. Ubbiali

1960 – C. Ubbiali
1961 – M. Hailwood
1962 – J. Redman
1963 – J. Redman
1964 – P. Read
1965 – P. Read
1966 – M. Hailwood
1967 – M. Hailwood
1968 – P. Read
1969 – K. Carruthers

1970 – R. Gould
1971 – P. Read
1972 – J. Saarinen
1973 – D. Braun
1974 – W. Villa
1975 – W. Villa
1976 – W. Villa
1977 – M. Lega
1978 – K. Ballington
1979 – K. Ballington

1980 – A. Mang
1981 – A. Mang
1982 – J. Tournadre
1983 – C. Lavado
1984 – C. Sarron
1985 – F. Spencer
1986 – C. Lavado
1987 – A. Mang
1988 – S. Pons
1989 – S. Pons

1990 – J. Kocinski
1991 – L. Cadalora
1992 – L. Cadalora
1993 – T. Harada
1994 – M. Biaggi
1995 – M. Biaggi
1996 – M. Biaggi
1997 – M. Biaggi
1998 – L. Capirossi
1999 – V. Rossi

2000 – O. Jacque
2001 – D. Kato
2002 – M. Melandri
2003 – M. Poggiali
2004 – D. Pedrosa
2005 – D. Pedrosa
2006 – J. Lorenzo
2007 – J. Lorenzo
2008 – M. Simoncelli
2009 – H. Aoyama

2010 – T. Elías
2011 – S. Bradl
2012 – M. Márquez
2013 – P. Espargaró

The Grand Prix Silver Arrows

Auto Union

Cars	A B C D

Drivers	Bigalke Burggaller von Delius Fagioli Hasse Heydel Kautz Kluge Leiningen Meier Momberger Müller Nuvolari Pietsch Rosemeyer Sebastian Stuck Varzi

Personnel	von Eberhorst (engine designer) Feuereissen (team manager) Porsche (designer) Rosenberg (designer) Sebastian (technical racing manager) Siebler (designer) Strobel (designer) Walb (team manager)

Mercedes-Benz

Cars	W25 W125 Stromlinienwagen W154 W165

Drivers	Bäumer von Brauchitsch Brendel Caracciola Chiron Fagioli Geier Hartmann Henne Kautz Lang Seaman Zehender

Personnel	Heefi (engine designer) Heeß (designer) Neubauer (team manager) Nallinger (engineer) Nibel (engineer/technical director) Sailer (designer) Schilling (engine designer) Uhlenhaut (designer/technical director) Wagner (designer)

Miscellaneous

Authority control	VIAF: 86002619 GND: 137824572

Persondata
Name	Muller, Hermann Paul
Alternative names
Short description	German motorcycle racer
Date of birth	21 November 1909
Place of birth	Bielefeld, Germany
Date of death	30 December 1975
Place of death	Ingolstadt, West Germany

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