Background
Mitter was born in Schönlinde (Krásná Lípa) in Czechoslovakia, but his family was expelled from there, to Leonberg near Stuttgart.
Formula One driver motorcycle racer
Mitter was born in Schönlinde (Krásná Lípa) in Czechoslovakia, but his family was expelled from there, to Leonberg near Stuttgart.
After racing motorbikes, he switched to Formula Junior, becoming the best German driver with 40 victories. In addition, he sold Two-Stroke-Engines for FJ. Mitter also participated in seven Grands Prix, debuting on 23 June 1963. He scored a total of three championship points in his home 1963 German Grand Prix with an old Porsche 718 from 1961.
Impressed by this, Team Lotus gave him a chance in the following years.
Due to the long Nürburgring track, it was possible to take part in the German Grand Prix with Formula 2 cars that were classified in their own contest. Mitter was killed there at Schwedenkreuz while practising for the 1969 German Grand Prix with Bayerische Motoren Werke"s 269 F2 project
As a suspension or steering failure was suspected, the Bayerische Motoren Werke team with Hubert Hahne and Dieter Quester withdrew from the race, as did Mitter"s teammate at Porsche, Hans Herrmann.