Eddie Hertzberger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eddie Hertzberger

Dutch racing driver and businessman

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1904

Place of Birth: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 02-May-1993

Profession: racing automobile driver

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Eddie Hertzberger (17 October 1904 – 2 May 1993) was a wealthy Dutch industrialist and racecar driver.
He won the 1936 Frontières Grand Prix for sports cars at Chimay, Belgium, and the 1937 Voiturette race at the same event.
He also competed in the 1935 and 1937 24 Hours of Le Mans races.
In the twenties Hertzberger also did some boxing, while he did a lot of sailing and skiing throughout his life. Hertzberger owned cars like a Bugatti Type 57 Stelvio 4-seater, with which he participated in the 12-hour night drive organised by the KNAC (Royal Dutch Automobile Club) in September 1926, the MG Magnette K3, a 4.5 litre Bentley and an Aston Martin.
He restricted his racing to England, France, Italy and Belgium, with motor racing in the Netherlands virtually non-existent, and Jews not allowed to participate in motor racing in Nazi Germany. At Monthléry, Hertzberger managed to break some speed records in his K3.
He also started in the Mille Miglia and at Le Mans.
He quit racing in 1938 after getting married, although he made a surprise appearance at Zandvoort in 1953. Hertzberger was the first of only two Dutch racing drivers to win races titled 'Grand Prix', the other being Carel Godin de Beaufort, until Max Verstappen won the 2016 Spanish Formula One Grand Prix