The Voice of Heinz Prüller Pretty much every Austrian over 30 has it in their ears. The ORF sports reporter legend was the Lose Formula 1between 1965 and 2008 the native of Vienna commented on over 650 Grand Prixes.
Funny anecdotes
In his inimitable way and with anecdotes that only he could know. Prüller celebrates his 85th birthday on April 30th.
Opportunity to look in the rearview mirror. His best sayings, which two people from Innsbruck even wrote in book form at the time (Brawls from Formula Heinz) have published.
- “When Alberto Ascari was rescued by the frogmen, but only died four days later during test drives in Monza.”
- “Frentzen, who once drove from Mönchengladbach to Spain in his father’s hearse without a license…”
His sayings are so iconic that… Comedian Alex Kristan Heinz Prüller imitates again and again – and is sometimes better than the original.