Hans-Georg Bürger

Hans-Georg Bürger's story leaves me genuinely shaken. Born on April Fools' Day in 1952, he was chasing the summit of European Formula Two when a practice crash at Zandvoort took his life in 1980, at just 28. There is something unbearably cruel about a talent extinguished mid-ascent, and his death is a stark reminder of how lethal motorsport was before modern safety. I think of him as one of the brave who pressed the throttle when the cars offered little protection. He deserves to be remembered, not as a footnote, but as a young man who truly loved speed.

Name (English)

Hans-Georg Bürger

Name (Japanese)

ハンス＝ゲオルグ・ブルガー

Reading

はんす＝げおるぐ・ぶるがー

Born

April 1, 1952 – July 22, 1980

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

Origin

Welschbillig, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Occupation

racing driver / racing automobile driver

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B2%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Rhineland-Palatinate
• racing driver
• racing automobile driver

Last updated

2026-06-02

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