Harald Ertl (* 31.August 1948 in Zell am See; † 7.
Although he was an F1 regular for most of the latter part of the seventies and a bloody good touring car driver as well, Ertl's claim to fame comes from being "the other Austrian" involved in Lauda's Nürburgring inferno of 1976. They accomplished their mission then, and the car is for sale now. The next races saw failure to qualify and retirements although he just missed out on a points finish with seventh at the British GP. As the season progressed he took class podiums and fourth place (and class win) at the Nurburgring and was fifth in the German championship. Sadly, on April 7th 1982, Harald was flying to his holiday home when his Beechcraft Bonanza crashed after its engine failed and though his wife Vera and son Sebastian survived, Harald, his brother in law Jorg, wife Gabi and daughter Becker were all killed.Copyright © 2019 | All Rights Reserved. Ertl is probably best remembered as one of the four drivers who helped to get Niki Lauda out of his burning Ferrari in the 1976 German Grand Prix. After pitting for a new wheel, he resumed in seventeenth but a strong drive saw him finish ninth out of fourteen finishers. Denis Jenkinson wrote he was “well aware of his ability, but he wants to race for enjoyment and to succeed at the game and satisfy the people who are sponsoring his efforts, and this he is doing eminently.”.He attempted to buy a drive with RAM but there came an opportunity to stay with Hesketh.
Ertl sported an impeccable Inspector Clouseau-style moustache and beard. In 1979 he also shared a Lotus Europa with Hans Heyer at the Nurburgring 4 Hours and 1000km races, plus an Interserie event at Hockenheim while in 1980 he was third overall and won his class at the Donington International.He then decided to return to journalism but in 1981 was back racing, this time attempting to break speed records. Only with the Ensign car he could make it to the starting grid twice (Germany and Austria 1978). At the next race in Monza, he was given the chance to race with ATS, replacing an injured Jochen Mass, though did not qualify.
He also contested the German F3 championship with Manfred Weissmann though it would be a disappointing period 1973 saw him continue to mix F3 and touring cars and in the September he and Derek Bell took victory with a BMW 3.0 CSL in the Tourist Trophy, taking an aggregate win after they both won their respective heats. After they secured sponsorship from Penthouse and Rizla, a deal was struck and Harald would be racing full time for 1976. Ertl was born in Zell am See and attended the same school as …
Join Facebook to connect with Harald Ertl and others you may know. In Belgium, he qualified ahead of B.Lunger, G.Edwards, both Williams and even E.Fittipaldi though his race ended after 30 laps due to engine failure. The other races he was not able to get through the pre-qualifying or qualifying rounds. Extra funding was secured through technical partners, with bodywork designed by Walter Wolf and springs came from Harald’s sponsor Sachs. The last race he actually finished was the Swedish Grand Prix in 1977, when he finished 16th. Despite stalling at the start of the parade lap, he made up several places by the end of the first lap and progressed through the field but his rear brakes began to suffer and he eventually finished eighth. Harald Ertl. However, as he knew Hockenheim well and was adept at wet-weather driving he did well on the wet Friday but as the weather improved on Saturday he struggled to adjust to the different handling of the ATS D4 and did not qualify.During his F1 racing he also had a works BMW drive alongside Rikky von Opel and Helmuth Koinigg, though apart from a pole position at Monza it was a disappointing time.
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