Hermann Paul Müller

Hermann Paul Müller (21 November 1909 in Bielefeld – 30 December 1975 in Ingolstadt) was a German sidecar, motorcycle, and race car driver.

Hermann Paul Müller
Nationality	German
Born	21 November 1909 Bielefeld, German Empire
Died	30 December 1975 (aged 66) Ingolstadt, West Germany
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1952 – 1955 First race 1952 125cc Spanish Grand Prix Last race 1955 250cc Nations Grand Prix First win 1955 250cc German Grand Prix Last win 1955 250cc German Grand Prix Team(s) NSU Championships 250cc – 1955 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 14 1 7 N/A N/A N/A

Müller started his competitive career on an Imperia in 1928. He became German Sidecar Champion in 1932, then in 1936, he took the German 500cc Motorcycle title.

He switched to cars the next year, driving for Auto Union. He won the 1939 edition of the FIA French Grand Prix held in Reims. The winner of that season's European Championship was never officially announced by the AIACR due to the outbreak of World War II. Although Müller would have won the championship on points, the president of Germany's highest motorsports organisation declared Hermann Lang the champion.[1]

After the war he returned to motorcycle racing, winning the 1947 and 1948 German 250cc titles on DKW. In 1955, he won the 250cc world championship riding an NSU Sportmax. He also set quite a number of world speed records in five classes over six distances for NSU on the Bonneville salt flats in 1956. To this day he remains the oldest person to win a Grand Prix Motorcycle world championship, at the age of 46.

Racing record

Complete European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Entrant	Make	1	2	3	4	5	EDC	Points
1937	Auto Union	Auto Union Type C	BEL Ret	GER Ret	MON	SUI	ITA 5	14th	33
1938	Auto Union	Auto Union Type D	FRA DNS	GER 4	SUI Ret	ITA Ret		5th=	20
1939	Auto Union	Auto Union Type D	BEL Ret	FRA 1	GER 2	SUI 4		1st	12

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

Points system from 1950 to 1968.

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Points	Rank	Wins
1952	125cc	Mondial	IOM	NED	GER	ULS	NAT	ESP 5				2	15th	0
1953	500cc	Horex MV Agusta	IOM	NED	BEL	GER	FRA	ULS	SUI Ret	NAT 6	ESP	1	19th	0
1954	125cc	NSU		IOM Ret	ULS 2	NED 2	GER 4		NAT	ESP		15	3rd	0
	250cc	NSU	FRA 2	IOM 4	ULS 3	NED 5	GER 14	SUI 3	NAT			17 (19)	3rd	0
1955	250cc	NSU		IOM 3	GER 1		NED 3	ULS 6	NAT 4			16	1st	1

References

1. Armstrong, Richard. "Unfinished Symphony: Why the 1939 European Championship was never won". 8W. Retrieved 2007-08-05.

The NSU motorcycle with which Müller won the 1955 250 cc World Championship.