Hans Werner Aufrecht (born 28 December 1938 in
Großaspach,
Germany
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) was in 1967 along with
Erhard Melcher one of the founders of
AMG Engine Production and Development, a current subsidiary of
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a Mercedes-Benz Group subsidiary established in 2019) is headquartere ...
.
When the company and the name "AMG" was acquired by Mercedes-Benz in the late 1990s, he used his initials for the name of Mercedes' official racing team,
HWA Team
HWA Team, also known as HWA RACELAB, is the auto racing team of HWA AG, a German company based in Affalterbach, that also develops and builds vehicles and components for Mercedes-AMG race cars. It is named after founder Hans-Werner Aufrecht.
...
. In 1999, the first car raced under that team name was the ill-fated
Mercedes-Benz CLR
The Mercedes-Benz CLR was a set of racing cars developed for Mercedes-Benz through a collaboration with in-house tuning division Mercedes-AMG and motorsports specialists HWA GmbH. Designed to meet Le Mans Grand Touring Prototype (LMGTP) regu ...
. Since in 2000 the
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a grand touring car series sanctioned by ITR e.V. who have been affiliated to the DMSB- FIA since 1984. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The s ...
was started, the HWA team is in charge of Mercedes-AMG official factory entry in DTM.
References
External links
Informationen zu AMGHWA Homepage
1938 births
Living people
People from Rems-Murr-Kreis
People from the Free People's State of Württemberg
German automotive engineers
Engineers from Baden-Württemberg
Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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