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Porsche congratulates Walter Röhrl on his seventy fifth birthday
The 2-time World Rally champion is as busy as ever
Stuttgart
. If you’re fortunate sufficient to have his telephone quantity, you’ll know that once you name him you might be usually greeted with the phrases: “I’ll name you again! I’m working proper now.” And work he does – gladly, and of his personal accord – although he’ll flip 75 on 7 March 2022. That’s our Walter Röhrl. Not solely was he topped World Rally champion twice, however he’s additionally one of many solely drivers ever to have received world championship rounds in each rallying and racing. He was victorious in each class or collection – whether or not TransAm, IMSA, hill climbs (Pikes Peak) or within the German Touring Automobile Championship. Röhrl is considered the world’s best rally driver of all time and, on the similar time, he’s identified for his honesty, being somebody who at all times says what he thinks. Röhrl has been a
He’s nonetheless on the street loads at the moment – predominantly for ‘his model’,
For Röhrl, work additionally means taking care of his personal fleet of automobiles, which incorporates a variety of traditional 911 derivatives. By the way, his first car was a
fortieth anniversary of the 1981 rally season, the
Nonetheless, the eager skier and bicycle owner isn’t making a lot of a fuss about his platinum celebration. “I’m going to go snowboarding that day,” he reveals, confessing that he has at all times felt just a little awkward about award ceremonies in his honour. Whether or not he’ll have the ability to fulfil his want to have extra time for himself over the subsequent few years is debatable – contemplating how energetic he’s. “I’d prefer to get my previous vehicles out a bit extra usually and go to mates,” he says. One factor’s for positive, his schedule for this 12 months is already booked up.
2/21/2022
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