{"id":494763,"date":"2015-09-01T02:09:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T02:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=15109"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:26:59","slug":"manfred-von-brauchitsch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/manfred-von-brauchitsch\/","title":{"rendered":"Manfred von Brauchitsch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"bodyText\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Antonio Ascari&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Manfred von Brauchitsch Biography<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"bodyText\">He was called\u00a0<i>die<\/i>\u00a0<i>Pechvogel<\/i>, the unlucky bird. He was known more for the races that he lost than those that he had won, but to dismiss him as a journeyman driver would do him a great disservice. While not at the level of his teammates Caracciola, Fagioli and Lang he was an extremely fast and courageous driver. What he was lacking was the sensitivity for his car that would guide him in when to push and when to hold back.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_762822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-762822\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/von-Brauchitschs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-762822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/von-Brauchitschs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/von-Brauchitschs.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/von-Brauchitschs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/von-Brauchitschs-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/von-Brauchitschs-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/von-Brauchitschs-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/von-Brauchitschs-293x196.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-762822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">20031013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"bodyText\">Born in Hamburg on the 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of August 1905, to a military family. His father had been a major in the German Army while his uncle was appointed Army Commander in Chief and promoted to Field Marshall by Hitler.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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What he was lacking was the sensitivity for his car that would guide him in when to push and when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":762825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,18114,18330,18207],"tags":[18323,17152,17140,18435,11944,11346,18107,16791,17143,17216],"class_list":["post-494763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-people","category-profiles-car-culture","category-special-feature","tag-2010s-all","tag-car-culture","tag-members-only","tag-people","tag-manfred-von-brauchitsch","tag-driver-profiles","tag-people-profiles","tag-profiles","tag-special-feature","tag-vrr-column-heroes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manfred von 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