Editing Hermann Lang (section)

==Postwar racing==
[[File:LangH-MB-W125-1977.jpg|thumb|240px|Lang, third in the 1937 [[European Championship (auto racing)|European Championship]], demonstrates a [[Mercedes-Benz W125]] in 1977]] The onset of [[World War II]] robbed Lang of his best years but after the war ended, he returned to racing in 1946 without a team, driving a six-year-old [[BMW]] to victory in the first post-war race in Germany held at [[Ruhestein]]. In 1949 he began [[sports car racing]] and then competed in [[Formula Two]] racing before joining the Mercedes Grand Prix racing team in [[Argentina]], at the [[Buenos Aires Grand Prix (motor racing)|Buenos Aires Grand Prix]] in 1951. In 1952, at age 43, he teamed up with [[Fritz Riess]] to capture the [[24 hours of Le Mans]]. The following year, he published his autobiography titled "Grand Prix Driver," with the Foreword written by the Mercedes team manager, [[Alfred Neubauer]]. Published in Germany, it was translated into English by Charles Meisl and brought out in [[England]].

In 1953, Hermann Lang was given a chance to participate in [[Formula One]] racing driving for [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] after one of their team drivers was injured. He raced in two F1 events that year with his best result a fifth-place finish at the Swiss Grand Prix. The following year Mercedes rejoined Grand Prix racing and Lang came back for another F1 season behind the wheel of a Mercedes W196. But at age 45, he had a less than successful campaign that saw him replaced in several races by one of the team's younger drivers. His season and career ended at the 1954 [[German Grand Prix]] at [[Nürburgring]] when he spun out after ten laps, even though he was running as high as 2nd in front of his teammate [[Karl Kling]]. Lang recognized the time had come to retire from racing and he returned to his job at the Mercedes factory.