Gerhard Mitter
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| Born |
30 August 1935 Krásná Lípa, Czechoslovakia |
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| Died | 1 August 1969 (aged 33) Nürburgring Circuit, Germany |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 German |
| Active years | 1963–1967, 1969 |
| Teams | Lotus (incl. non-works), BMW, non-works Brabham, non-works Porsche |
| Entries | 7 (5 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 3 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1963 Dutch Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1969 German Grand Prix |
Gerhard Karl Mitter (30 August 1935 – 1 August 1969) was a German Formula One and sportscar driver.
Mitter was born in Schönlinde (Krásná Lípa) in Czechoslovakia, but his family was expelled from there, to Leonberg near Stuttgart.
After racing motorbikes, he switched to Formula Junior, becoming the best German driver with 40 victories. In addition, he sold two-stroke engines for FJ. In 1963, Mitter won the Formula Junior Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring.
Mitter also participated in seven Grands Prix, debuting on 23 June 1963. He scored a total of three championship points in his home 1963 German Grand Prix with an old Porsche 718 from 1961. Impressed by this, Team Lotus gave him a chance in the following years.
In sportscar racing and hillclimbing for Porsche, he scored many wins, e.g. the 1966-1968 European Hillclimb Championships against Ferrari, the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona (Porsche 907) and the 1969 Targa Florio (Porsche 908) as his final major win.
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