Harry Merkel

{{Short description|German racing driver (1918{{ndash}}1995)}}

{{Infobox F1 driver|

name = Harry Merkel |

nationality = {{flagicon|DEU}} German |

birth_date = {{birth date|1918|1|10|df=y}} |

birth_place = Taucha, Saxony, Germany |

death_date = {{death date and age|1995|2|11|1918|1|10|df=y}} |

death_place = Killarney Vale, New South Wales, Australia |

Years = {{F1|1952}} |

Team(s) = non-works BMW |

Races = 1 (0 starts)|

Championships = 0 |

Wins = 0 |

Podiums = 0 |

Points = 0 |

Poles = 0 |

Fastest laps = 0 |

First race = 1952 German Grand Prix |

}}

Harry Erich Merkel (10 January 1918 – 11 February 1995) was a German racing driver. His single entry to a World Championship Grand Prix was at the 1952 German Grand Prix, sharing one of Willi Krakau's cars, a BMW-Eigenbau. He did not qualify, failing to set a time.Steve Small, "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Guinness, 1996, p.462.

File:Porsche Spyder Rometsch - Harry Merkel - 1954.jpg

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