Background
Singer was born in Eger (Cheb), part of Nazi Germany"s Sudetenland in 1939.
Singer was born in Eger (Cheb), part of Nazi Germany"s Sudetenland in 1939.
He has played a key role in every one of Porsche’s 16 overall race victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. When Singer joined the Porsche company in Stuttgart, the young engineer from the Technical University of Munich was soon given the job of cooling the gearboxes of the powerful 917 racers which had broken down in 1969. His first task was successful and the Porsche 917 dominated the event in 1970 as well as in 1971, the first year Singer attended the great race.
Following that, Porsche retired from Le Mans racing to develop a new car, but they ultimately decided to focus on the Porsche Cayenne.