spacecadet
spacecadet Dork
8/26/19 3:58 p.m.

Road and Track Reporting

 

Not without flaws. But is legacy is huge as we all know. 

I also didn't realize how many things he had a hand in. 

ShawnG
ShawnG PowerDork
8/26/19 4:12 p.m.

Was just reading an article about Singer's work on the 917 last night and he was mentioned quite a bit.

californiamilleghia
californiamilleghia HalfDork
8/26/19 10:02 p.m.

I hope someone sat him down and let him tell his life story  , 

He went thru a lot and I am sure has lots of stories to tell 

RIP

Apis Mellifera
Apis Mellifera HalfDork
8/27/19 6:50 a.m.

At 28 he was put in charge of racing development at Porsche and implemented a policy of purpose-built race cars.  The 906 was the first in this series of cars that lead to the 917, arguably one of the best, if not the best race car ever built.  Piëch wanted to win races and Porsche allowed him to build the cars to do that.  Here's a few Porsches from that golden age of racing:

 

2GRX7
2GRX7 Reader
8/27/19 8:34 a.m.
californiamilleghia said:

I hope someone sat him down and let him tell his life story  , 

He went thru a lot and I am sure has lots of stories to tell 

RIP

Unfortunately, the autobio was published in 02' - I hope someone else got the last 17 years because there's a lot to tell!

https://www.amazon.com/Auto-Biographie-Ferdinand-Piech/dp/3455093361

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