Walter Röhrl Net Worth

Capital:	€ 60 million
Age:	73
Born:	March 7, 1947
Country of origin:	Germany
Source of wealth:	Formula 1 driver
Last updated:	2020

Short introduction

Walter Röhrl, born on March 7, 1947 in Regensburg, is a German racing driver who has participated in World Rally and Track Championships.

Early life

Röhrl grew as the youngest of three stonemason children in Regensburg. His parents separated when he was ten years old. Since then he lives with his mother. After graduating from high school, he completed a commercial internship at the Bishop Office in Regensburg. At the age of 16, Röhrl began working for commercial managers companies, along with 6 other Bavarian bishops, representing Bishop Regensburg. In his spare time he played skiing. Over time, he became a trained ski instructor and an enthusiastic driver and a commercial director driver, covering up to 120,000 kilometers every year. Some unconfirmed reports have stated that he used to be the bishop driver, but this has been classified as incorrect. After Röhrl is now active in skiing, he was invited to his first rally in 1968.

Career

In 1968 Röhrl participated in his first race. In the same year he left the real estate administrator office from Episcopate Regensburg from the Roman Catholic Church. Röhrl is one of the best pilots in the world rally championship in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the legendary Monte Carlo rally four times on a different four-wheeled car wheels. The old Navigator is Christian Geistdörfer. Röhrl won the title of his first world rally championship in 1980 in Abarth Fiat 131. In 1982 he won the second title when he drove ASCONA 400 Opel with the rear wheel drive. In the same year 1982 Röhrl won the African rally championship title.

In 1983 Röhrl joined the Lancia factory team, where he drove a rear wheel of Drive Lancia Rally 037. In 1984 he became a pilot for the Audi factory team. Although Röhrl only started at certain stages, which were not typical for leading pilots, he could reach 14 wins in his career at the World Cup stage. Röhrl is also a successful ring racer; Nicky Lauda called him “a genius behind the wheel”. In 1992, during the night race “Nürburgring 24 Hours”, he maintained high speed on the trajectory with him alternately leading in fog and heavy rain. In Italy he was awarded the title “Rally Pilot of the Century” in November 2000, in France the title “Rally Millennium pilot”. Röhrl has been the main test driver for road vehicles in Porsche in recent years.

Röhrl is a favorite of the world rally championship in the 1970s and 1980s and won the Monte Carlo rally four times with four different brands. The old co-driver is Christian Geistdörfer. His 131 Abarth Fiat contributed to winning the 1980 title, who was crowned with his victory at the San Remo Rally. But the most impressive is its equivalent success in 1982, when Röhrl against the opponent of all the brave Audi wheels, Michèle Mouuton, and won the title with a rear-wheel drive which was increasingly outdated at Opel Ascona 400. So far, he also won the African rally championship In 1982. Shortly after winning the championship, he was released by the Tony Fall team manager. Röhrl already has a violent argument with Tony Fall about advertising activities for sponsor teams, Rothmans tobacco companies. As a tight non-smoker, Röhrl only refused to record Rothman’s ad, claiming that he was employed as a driver than an actor, and that he could not see points in promoting tobacco as non-smokers.

In 1983 he turned to Lancia to drive Lancia 037 new with the rear wheel drive, before finally switching the engine to the Audi Quattro All-Wheel Drive in 1984, a car that was actually produced in the state of the Bavarian house.

In 1987 Röhrl set a new record at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb when he was the first driver to cover the mountain route 19.99 km to Pikes Peak in less than 11 minutes. With 600 hp (440 kw) Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2, he made famous American climbing in 10 minutes and 47.850 seconds to reach Peak Pikes on the road, which was then mostly covered with gravel.

Career highlights

Even though he was selective in the election of the upper event (he refused to do the famous 1000-lace rally in Finland because he did not like leaps and cars in the air), he made racing races in England only again after 1979 and the Swedish rally was only twice, though It took 3 places in 1982. This was at that time it was unusual for top drivers in the championship.

In Italy he was chosen as “the driver of this century rally”. In France, he was elected “Rally Driver of the Millennium” in November 2000. The jury of 100 international Motorsport experts in Italy chose “the best rally driver of all time”.

In recent years, he was named a leading test driver for Road Porsche vehicles, which were known to reach the fast-time lap time to test the famous Nürburgring-Nordschleife, for example with the Porsche Carrera GT.

Röhrl must return in 2010 with the Porsche 911 GT3 RS in the 24-hour race in Nürburgring. However, he must withdraw from the event due to a back injury. It was the first 24 hour race in 17 years since the last start in 1993.