Hans Mezger

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Hans Mezger at the Hockenheimring in 2009

Hans Mezger (18 November 1929 – 10 June 2020)[1] was a German automotive engineer well known for his work at Porsche.

Career

Mezger was born in

Formula 1
car.

Over the next 35 years he took part in the 1960s F1 programme, undertook design leadership for the first

911 Turbo
.

Mezger was responsible for the Porsche-made TAG Turbo engine from the mid-1980s, which won multiple championships in Formula One in the McLaren MP4/2 chassis.

He retired in 1994.

Mezger died on June 10, 2020, at the age of 90.

References

  1. ^ "Porsche congratulates Hans Mezger on his milestone birthday". Porsche. 17 November 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. ^ "A return to Formula 1 for Porsche's Hans Mezger". Motor Sport. November 1983. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. ^ "PORSCHE AND ME: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HANS MEZGER". Total 911. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  • Porsche and Me: Hans Mezger, Autobiography with Peter Morgan. 2011. 978-1906712082