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Harald Grohs

Harald Grohs, 1000km Nurburgring, 1982. Photo copyright, Udo Klinkel, 2023. Used with permission.

Harald Grohs, 1000km Nurburgring, 1982. Photo copyright, Udo Klinkel, 2023. Used with permission.

Harald Grohs, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 24th June 2016. Copyright Richard Jenkins, 2016.

Harald Grohs, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 24th June 2016. Copyright Richard Jenkins, 2016.

Born:

28 Jan 1944
Essen

Nationality:

Germany

F2 starts:

1 (1980)

Still runs his successful motorsport business, but it is no longer a team. Instead it is a business, which specialises in safety training, motorsport sales, vehicle presentation and vehicle logistics. The company is bassed in Harald's birthplace. Grohs himself is a sportscar veteran, who has raced in the discipline for decades. He has also been an ambassador for BMW, and attends many motor shows accordingly. Won the 1995 Porsche Carrera Cup series, despite then being 51 years old, and also raced in the DTM. He was a race winner in that series as well as in IMSA, the European Touring Car Championship and in the World Sportscar Championship. All of this racing success came after initially starting his working life as a taxi driver.

Biography last updated 13 Feb 2018