Nicolas Bührer

Nicolas Claude Bührer (born 14 February 1944, Biel, Switzerland) is a Swiss entrepreneur and former car racing driver.

Career

Bührer is co-owner and long-time managing director of Bührer & Co. AG, a construction company founded in 1937, which also sells and repairs construction machinery.[1] A connection between Nicolas Bührer's family and Bührer Traktorenfabrik AG in Hinwil cannot be deduced from the available sources.

Career as a racing driver

Bührer was active in the sports car scene as a driver in the 1970s and 1980s and currently competes in hill climbs with historic racing cars in a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR and a BMW M1. In 1981, he and Angelo Pallavicini won the Hockenheim 3-hour race in a Porsche 934.[2] He competed in the German racing championship in 1974,[3] the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in 1975[4] and Le Mans in 1976.[5]

References
  1. "Über Bührer & Co. AG". business-monitor.ch. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. "3 h Hockenheim". racingsportscars.com. 11 October 1981. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. "Nicolas Bührer". driverdb.com. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. "All Results of Nicolas Bührer". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. "Track Record". 24-lemans.com. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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