RACING DRIVER

Walter Röhrl

1947 - Today

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Walter Röhrl (German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ ˈʁøːɐ̯l] ; born 7 March 1947) is a German rally and auto racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford and BMW. Röhrl has scored 14 victories over his career, with his notable achievements including winning the World Rally Championship twice: in 1980 in a Fiat Abarth and in 1982 while driving for Opel. He has also competed in other forms of motorsport, such as endurance racing, winning in the GTP +3.0 class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1981 with the Porsche System team. Röhrl also set the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record in 1987 driving an Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Röhrl has received more than 637,408 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Walter Röhrl is the 40th most popular racing driver (up from 84th in 2019), the 1,020th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,707th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Walter Röhrl ranks 40 out of 1,080. Before him are Fernando Alonso, Roland Ratzenberger, John Surtees, Jody Scheckter, Mika Häkkinen, and Mike Hawthorn. After him are Denny Hulme, Jean Todt, Phil Hill, Didier Pironi, Ari Vatanen, and Lorenzo Bandini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Walter Röhrl ranks 72. Before him are Carles Rexach, Óscar Tabárez, Mohammad Najibullah, Gidon Kremer, Yukio Hatoyama, and Peter Sloterdijk. After him are Robert Englund, Joe Mantegna, Carla Del Ponte, Mariska Veres, Viktor Belenko, and Anwar Ibrahim.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Röhrl ranks 1,020 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802), Emil Jellinek (1853), Hennig Brand (1630), Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597), Gert Fröbe (1913), and Hrotsvitha (935). After him are Charles De Coster (1827), Christian Wirth (1885), Karl Bühler (1879), Franz Rosenzweig (1886), Günther Lütjens (1889), and Beate Klarsfeld (1939).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Germany

Among racing drivers born in Germany, Walter Röhrl ranks 3. Before him are Michael Schumacher (1969), and Jochen Rindt (1942). After him are Wolfgang von Trips (1928), Rudolf Caracciola (1901), Jochen Mass (1946), Sebastian Vettel (1987), Ralf Schumacher (1975), Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1967), Rolf Stommelen (1943), Karl Kling (1910), and Stefan Bellof (1957).

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