Georg Braun (motorcyclist)

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Georg Braun (2 September 1918 in Hechingen, Province of Hohenzollern – 4 April 1995 in Hechingen)^[1] was a German Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

Georg Braun
Nationality	German
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1953 – 1954 First race 1953 125cc Spanish Grand Prix Last race 1954 250cc Swiss Grand Prix Team(s) NSU Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 3 0 1 N/A N/A 8

Motorcycle racing career

His first foray into racing in 1939 was ended by the war. In 1950, as a 32-year-old "newcomer", he won 6 of 8 races with his supercharged DKW. Engines of this kind were not allowed on international level, where Germans could compete again from 1951 onwards. Braun then rode several machines, like Horex and NSU Sportmax, or a 250cc Moto Parilla with which he finished 3rd in the Feldbergrennen at Oberreifenberg in the Taunus mountains.^[2]

In the 1953 Grand Prix season, he was jointly ranked, together with five others, in 17th place in the 125cc class, riding a Mondial.^[3] His sixth place at the Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix had earned him a single point.^[4] In the 350cc and 500cc classes, he entered on Horex machines.^[5]

The best result of his Grand Prix career was scored in a wet race, the 1954 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix at Bern's Circuit Bremgarten.^[6][7] Riding a NSU he finished second behind Rupert Hollaus who took the checkered flag after 1 hour, 1min and 56 sec.^[8] This earned him 6 points and a sixth rank in the 250cc class of the 1954 season.^[9]

The same year, Braun also finished sixth on a 350cc Horex at his home German motorcycle Grand Prix on Stuttgart's Solitudering, which ranked him 17th with 4 points.^[10][11][12]

Braun crashed and suffered injuries in the 1955 Isle of Man TT. After recovering, he competed again at his home race on the Solitude. Due to lack of success, old age, and the declining motorcycle sales in Germany, he retired to operate an automobile repair shop and filling station in his home town of Hechingen, where he died a few years ago.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

Source:^[7]

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

(Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Points	Rank	Wins
1953	125cc	Mondial	IOM -	NED -	GER -	ULS -	NAT -	ESP 6				1	17th	0
1954	250cc	NSU	FRA -	IOM -	ULS -		NED -	GER -	SUI 2	NAT -		6	6th	0
	350cc	Horex	FRA -	IOM -	ULS -	BEL -	NED -	GER 6	SUI -	NAT -	ESP -	1	17th	0

Literature

• Eugen K. Schwarz: Porträt des Motorrad-Rennfahrers Georg Braun und seine Erfolge auf Horex, DKW und Parilla, MOTORRAD, 1955^[13]

References

1. "Georg Braun". Retrieved 24 March 2023.
2. "Feldbergrennen, Ergebnisse von 1952". www.feldbergrennen.de. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
3. alphabetically listed, Braun 18th^{[permanent dead link]}
4. Results and statistics ^{[dead link]}
5. "Les Championnats du Monde de Courses sur Route L'année 1953". racingmemo.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 March 2023.
6. Das Regenrennen, bei dem Werner Haas bereits in der ersten Runde gestürzt war, gewann der als Regenspezialist bekannte Österreicher Rupert Hollaus.
7. "MotoGP™ Riders". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
8. "1954 Swiss Grand Prix at MotoGP.com". Retrieved 24 March 2023.^{[permanent dead link]}
9. "1954 250cc final standings at MotoGP.com". Retrieved 24 March 2023.^{[permanent dead link]}
10. "1954 German Grand Prix at MotoGP.com". Retrieved 24 March 2023.^{[permanent dead link]}
11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 April 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
12. "1954 350cc final standings at MotoGP.com". Retrieved 24 March 2023.^{[permanent dead link]}
13. "GTÜ - Oldtimerservice". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2008.

External links

• Georg Braun (in German)
• Kurz Biographien Archived 31 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
• Feldbergrennen, Ergebnisse von 1954 (in German)