Tim Birkin
Sir Henry " Tim " Birkin, 3rd Baronet ( born July 26, 1896 in Nottingham, † June 22, 1933 in London) was a British racing driver, who in the late 1920s and the early 1930s, the most successful racing drivers in the world belonged.
Life
Tim Birkin was born into a wealthy Nottingham family. His parents were Sir Thomas Stanley Birkin, 2nd Bt Hon Margaret and Diana Hopetoun Chetwynd. His brother Archie (1905-1927) was motorcycle racer.
Henry Birkin grew up in England. In World War I he served in the Middle East where he was infected with malaria, a disease from which he no longer should live long fully recover. After his discharge from military service, he held office work, whose monotony he compensated in 1921 by participating in car race at Brooklands. Over time, his hobby and his profession could not agree more, so he soon devoted himself entirely to motorsport.
In 1927 he drove for the British team and Bentley was, along with his brother Archie, one of the legendary Bentley Boys. In the same year he was fifth in the 24- hour race at Le Mans. In 1929, he won this race in a Bentley. After Bentley was acquired by Rolls- Royce drove for Bugatti Birkin, Alfa Romeo ( with another victory at Le Mans in 1931) and Maserati.
He drove his last race on May 7, 1933 at the Grand Prix of Tripoli. During a refueling stops he burned his arm on the exhaust of his Maserati difficult. He finished the race yet to end and got behind Achille Varzi and Tazio Nuvolari in third place. His burn he had probably not treat enough, so that these hard- ignited and he died of blood poisoning in London on June 22, 1933 Countess of Carnarvon Nursing Home. Some sources consider it, however, also possible that a renewed attack of malaria because of the physical weakness represented by the burn, the actual cause of death.
Others
Rötger Feldmann, also known as crumbs, devoted Tim " Full Throttle " Birkin his Werner Comic "Who has slowed fear."