Overview
- His death on January 9, 2026, at age 97 was confirmed by his family and Porsche.
- Herrmann shared the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans victory with Richard Attwood in a Porsche 917, delivering Porsche’s first overall win at the race.
- Across a versatile career he recorded more than 80 overall and class wins and started roughly 18–19 Formula 1 Grands Prix with one podium and ten points.
- He survived serious accidents, notably at Monaco in 1955 and Berlin’s AVUS in 1959, earning the nickname “Hans im Glück.”
- He retired immediately after the 1970 Le Mans triumph, saying he did not want to tempt fate, and is survived by his wife Magdalena, two sons and a grandson.