Michael Schumacher, describing one of the most prominent figures of international motor sports, says: "For decades and generations, Huschke von Hanstein was one of the most scintillating personalities to be found on and near race tracks. "Dedicated to motor sports in all its forms, he was at home on all the world's motor sports venues, equally successful in off-road events, circuit racing, and long-distance trials, on two whells or four. Huschke von Hanstein, driving a BMW 328, won the 1940 Mille Miglia. And it was the "Racing Baron" whose efforts as a public relations officer, race car driver and racing team manager catapulted Porsche to qorldqide fame in the 1950s and 1960s.

In one person, he combined the skills of racing driver, racing director, chief PR officer, photographer, film cameraman, inventor and innovator. He was responsible for the appearance of advertising on race cars. Safety features as diverse as early as 1938, later fireproof driving suits, and striped pedestrian crosswalks all owe their existence to his efforts. His expertise and his ever-masterful, professional demeanor, molded by an aristocrat's cosmopolitan familiarity with the world, captivated his contemporaries, colleagues and rivals alike. This fascination remains to this day. In this book, the legend of the Racing Baron lives again. It is also a mirror on German history, from the reign of the last Kaiser to the present day.