The weather outside is terrible. But ice is very interesting. This time of year, many people are preparing to go home and visit family. Near to porsche family in Austria, preparations are being made for annual ice race.
In 1937, a skiing event was held for the first time on the frozen surface of Lake Zell in the Alps. The Scandinavian practice of sledding has spread to the picturesque mountains as a spectator motorsport competition. Also in the 1930s, Ferdinand porsche grow up like Schüttgut, a 600-year-old estate overlooking Zell am See, the town by the lake. He eventually purchased the property in 1941, which remains a working farm to this day.
A year after Ferdinand Porsche’s death in 1951, the Porsche family brought the races back to Lake Zell in his memory. Ice racing became so popular that it went back in 1953. With both skiers with and without pullers, racers race across the ice every year to the delight of avid spectators. find your way up the mountain. The only thing that could deter thousands of fans is the lack of ice canceling the event for a couple of winters. The initial lap of the ice race ended after the 1974 version, when a snow plow broke through the ice and the driver drowned.
The most remembered racer of ice racing is Otto Mathé. Mathé lost the use of his right arm after a motorcycle accident in 1934. He arrived at Zell glacial lake in 1955. Mathé drove an odd-looking homemade Formula 2 car powered by the company’s 1.5-litre engine. Porsche’s name is Fetzenflieger. roughly translated as Shredded Leaflet. About Mathé, three-time F1 world champion Niki Lauda “I admired the way he controlled the race – with just one hand. And I think the spikes on his famous ice car are cool.
Ice racing was revived in 2019 by Ferdinand Porsche’s grandson also named Ferdinand. However, modern races are not held on the lake. They were running at Flugplatz Zell am See, a small airfield south of the lake. Snowclows cannot fall into frozen water without them. Ice races feature both modern and classic Porsche cars. Skiing is still included. this year GP băng Ice Race scheduled for the last weekend of January.
