August Momberger

August "Bubi" Momberger (26 June 1905 – 22 December 1969) was a German racing driver and engineer, who competed in Grand Prix motor racing events for various manufacturers between 1926 and 1934. During the 1934 Grand Prix season – the first season of the infamous Silver Arrows period of German dominance of Grand Prix racing, that would last until the outbreak of WWII – he drove for the Auto Union Rennabteilung, and was the first driver of a Silver Arrows car to take a podium finish in a major race. During the season he took a further second-placed finish, and posted two fastest laps, but worsening arthritis and a deteriorating relationship with the Auto Union team manager forced him into retirement before the end of the year. Following his retirement from racing, Momberger returned to his engineering training and rose steadily through the ranks of the German automobile industry, eventually becoming technical director of the Borgward company's Goliath division in Bremen.

Born in Wiesbaden, Hesse-Nassau, in 1905, Momberger began racing in hillclimbing events in the early 1920s while he was still an engineering apprentice at the NSU works. In August 1925, he won the International Taunus Race driving an experimental, supercharged NSU 6/60 PS car. In winning this race – a forerunner to the first German Grand Prix the following year – Momberger defeated works entries from many of the international motor industry including Mercedes and Bugatti. Momberger remained with NSU for the 1926 Grand Prix season but was unable to emulate his form of the previous year.

For the 1927 Grand Prix season, Momberger switched his affiliation to Bugatti, and took this new car to the 5000 cc class victory at the inaugural Eifelrennen meeting celebrating the opening of the Nürburgring in June of that year. In September, again driving his Bugatti T35B, he won the 3-litre class at the Rund um die Solitude race on the Solitudering track, near Stuttgart. He retained the Bugatti into 1928, but did not take any notable results during the year, and failed to finish the 1928 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring.

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