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Karl Rudolf Heydel born (1911 in Leipzig; died February 4, 1936 in Monza), Italy, was a German racing driver.
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Heydel worked as a test driver in the research department of the Zwickau-Horch- works. He was a protégé of Auto Union-Works team driver Hans Stuck. In November 1935, the Auto Union racing department with race director Karl Feuereissen tested some drivers on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring. Karl Rudolf Heydel, Ernst von Delius and Rudolf Hasse were selected, to drive for Auto Union in the European Championship 1936 besides the established drivers Bernd Rosemeyer and Hans Stuck.
In February 1936, the three new pilots had to absolve tests on the nearly seven-kilometer high-speed rail of the Italy racing course Monza. On the morning of February 4, Heydel started his first trip with Union racing car Type C. In his third round, the inexperienced pilot lost in the directions of the 'Curva del Vialone' ', at the outset of today's Variante Ascari , the control of his car and crashed into the barriers. By the impact the fuel came out, ignited immediately and the vehicle ablazed. Heydel was killed on the spot.