Hermann Paul Müller (21 November 1909 – 30 December 1975) was a German sidecar, motorcycle, and race car driver.
Müller started his competitive career on an Imperia in 1928. He became German Sidecar Champion in 1932, then in 1936, he took the German 500cc Motorcycle title.
He switched to cars the next year, driving for Auto Union. He won the 1939 edition of the FIA French Grand Prix held in Reims. The winner of that season's European Championship was never officially announced by the AIACR due to the outbreak of World War II. Although Müller would have won the championship on points, despite this the president of Germany's highest motorsports organisation declared Hermann Lang the champion.
After the war he returned to motorcycle racing, winning the 1947 and 1948 German 250cc titles on DKW. In 1955, he won the 250cc world championship riding an NSU Sportmax. He also set quite a number of world speed records in five classes over six distances for NSU on the Bonneville salt flats in 1956. To this day he remains the oldest person to win a Grand Prix Motorcycle world championship, at the age of 46.
Racing record
Complete European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Entrant Make 1 2 3 4 5 EDC Points 1937 Auto Union Auto Union Type C BELRet GERRet MON SUI ITA5 14th 33 1938 Auto Union Auto Union Type D FRADNS GER4 SUIRet ITARet 5th 20 1939 Auto Union Auto Union Type D BELRet FRA1 GER2 SUI4 1st 12
Motorcycle Grand Prix results Points system from 1950 to 1968. Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 8 6 4 3 2 1
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points Rank Wins 1952 125cc Mondial IOM NED GER ULS NAT ESP5 2 15th 01953350ccHorexIOMNEDBELFRAULSSUI7NAT70 -0 500cc MV Agusta IOM NED BEL FRA ULS SUIRet NAT6 ESP 1 19th 0 1954 125cc NSU IOMRet ULS2 NED2 GER4 NAT ESP 15 3rd 0 250cc NSU FRA2 IOM4 ULS3 NED5 GER14 SUI3 NAT 17 (19) 3rd 0 1955 250cc NSU IOM3 GER1 NED3 ULS6 NAT4 19 (20) 1st 1
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