Otto Salzer was a German racing car driver, famous for his contributions to the success of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft in Untertürkheim near Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

, where he became team leader in 1903, previously having worked as an engineer since 1896.

He had some good results, and was one of the first German Grand Prix

Grand Prix motor racing

Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver...

-drivers when his Mercedes team (with Camille Jenatzy

Camille Jenatzy

Camille Jenatzy was a Belgian race car driver. He is known for breaking the land speed record three times and being the first man to break the 100 km/h barrier....

 and Victor Hémery

Victor Hémery

Victor Hémery was a champion driver of early Grand Prix motor racing who was born in Sillé-le-Guillaume, France, Sarthe, France. In 1904 he joined Automobiles Darracq S.A. as their chief tester and helped prepare cars to compete in that year's Gordon Bennett Cup...

) joined the 1907 French Grand Prix

1907 French Grand Prix

The 1907 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Dieppe on 2 July 1907.-The Race:38 cars set off at one minute intervals to complete 10 laps of a circuit on a triangular circuit near the city of Dieppe. The field was led away by Vincenzo Lancia's Fiat.The race was run under a 9.4 mpg...

. Salzer continued in the 1908 French Grand Prix

1908 French Grand Prix

The 1908 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Dieppe on 7 July 1908.-Formula Changes:The race was run under a new formula agreed in Ostend in 1907...

 (with Christian Lautenschlager

Christian Lautenschlager

Christian Friedrich Lautenschlager was a German Grand Prix motor racing champion.Born in the village of Magstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany near Stuttgart, Christian Lautenschlager was 14 years old when he began training for a career as a machinist at a company in Stuttgart...

 and Willy Pöge

Willy Pöge

Willy Pöge was a German engineer and racing car driver.He was born in Chemnitz, son of Hermann Pöge who encouraged him to study electrical engineering at the Chemnitz University of Technology in 1890...

, driving a 140 HP Mercedes), 1914 French Grand Prix

1914 French Grand Prix

The 1914 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Lyon on 4 July 1914.-The Race:The restriction on Grand Prix cars for 1914 included an maximum weight and a 4500cc maximum engine capacity....

 (with Louis Wagner

Louis Wagner

Louis Wagner was a French race car driver who won the first ever United States and British Grands Prix. Wagner was also a pioneer aviator.Wagner was born in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, Seine-Saint-Denis...

), 1906 Circuit des Ardennes

1906 Circuit des Ardennes

The 1906 Circuit des Ardennes was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Bastogne circuit on August 13, 1906.- Classification :...

, and was also present the 1922 Italian Grand Prix

1922 Italian Grand Prix

The 1922 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on September 10, 1922.- Classification :-References:...

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He was born in Möglingen

Möglingen

Möglingen is a municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 13 km northwest of Stuttgart, and 5 km west of Ludwigsburg....

, Württemberg and died in Obertürkheim near Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

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