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Rudolf Caracciola
Sign in to saveAlso known as Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola, Karratsch, Der Regenmeister
German/Swiss racing and motorcycle driver (1901–1959)
OverviewAI-generated
Rudolf Otto Wilhelm Caracciola was a German-Swiss racing automobile driver and athlete. Born in Remagen in 1901, he competed in auto racing as a driver for teams including the Mercedes F1 Team and Alfa Corse. He participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and won the AIACR European Championship. Caracciola also held records on the list of land speed records.
He was a member of the National Socialist Motor Corps and spoke German as his native language. Known by the nicknames Der Regenmeister and Karratsch, he was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and Germany's Sports Hall of Fame. Caracciola died of natural causes in Kassel in 1959 and is buried in Lugano.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- A Racing Car Driver's World
- Caracciola
- Caracciola, Mercedes Grand Prix ace
- A racing driver's world
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1956-11-30
Discography
- Reine Nervensache1981
- Eine Form von Gewalt1982
- Der schwere Mut1983
- Ausnahmezustand1984
- Dein ist mein ganzes Herz1985
- Wunderkinder1986
- Einer für alle1988
- Gute Unterhaltung1989
- Brille1991
- Draufgänger1992
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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via Crossref · CC0
Sports profile
- Sport
- Motorsport
- Team
- _Retired Motorsport
- Position
- Driver
- Nationality
- Germany
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wilhelm
- Official name
- Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Remagen
- Place of death
- Kassel
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Sport
- auto racing
- Image
- Rudolf Caracciola by Hugo Kühn 1928cr.jpg
Show 13 more facts
- place of burial
- Lugano
- Commons category
- Rudolf Caracciola
- date of birth
- 1901-01-30
- date of death
- 1959-09-28
- member of
- National Socialist Motor Corps
- manner of death
- natural causes
- competition won
- AIACR European Championship
- record held
- list of land speed records
- Commons Creator page
- Rudolf Caracciola
- IPA transcription
- ʁuːdɔlf kaʁaːtʃiːɔlɑ
- nickname
- Karratsch
- cause of death
- liver cirrhosis
- name in native language
- Rudolf Caracciola
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0