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Even with lots of work still do be done this list have reached a state
where it must be considered one of the most complete and accurate ever assembled on
the subject. This has only been possible due to the tremendous help from people
all over the world, each of them experts of their local drivers and events.
Short biographies of drivers with BLUE background, will come up in due time.
If you have any information about any driver with GREEN background, please
contact me!
Cabantous - SEE: Giraud-Cabantous
Maurice Alexander Gordon Cadell (GB) |
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* 24 Nov 1913
† 7 Jul 1951 |
Chelsea, London
Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland |
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Qualified as a pilot in 1934.
Took part in the Spanish Civil War with General O'Duffy's Irish Brigade.
Served as an officer at Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during World War II (Africa) and was involved in covert operations with Popski's Private Army (Italy),
seriously wounded in the battle of Dolo 29 April 1945.
Settled in Ireland, became an Irish nationalist and joined a radical nationalist and fascist political party.
Died of liver failure in 1951.
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1936: DNA Eifel (Voiturette)
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Federico/Fritz Caflisch (I/CH) |
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* 12 Feb 1892
† 14 Feb 1978 |
Napoli (Naples)
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Federico's ancestor, Luigi Caflisch, left Switzerland for Italy to learn the art of pastry making. In 1825 Luigi Caflisch & Co was established in Naples as a wine, liquor, pastry
and drug store. The business was passed on through the generations and the pastry café survives to this day. Federico probably started racing in 1924 when he competed with a Lancia in
the Vermicino-Rocca di Papa hillclimb. In 1925 he drove an Alfa Romeo in the Klausenrennen and took part in the 1926 Sorrento-Sant' Agata hillclimb.
From 1928 to 1931 he drove a Mercedes-Benz SS in various races, speed trials and hillclimbs. By 1946 he was a member of the Italian Sports Commission. In the mid 1950s to
early 1960s he was a Vice President of the Panathlon association for sporting ethics. He received the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
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1929: 6 Rome GP /
5 Monza GP /
DNS Cremona Circuit
1930: 6 Rome GP /
6 Coppa Acerbo /
9 Monza GP
1931: 3 Geneva GP
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Pierre de Cailleux (F) |
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* 16 Mar 1898
† 15 May 1943 |
Villeneuve sur Lot, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Montpellier, Occitania |
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Raced from 1924 to 1929, mainly in hillclimb events (Grabels, Les Alpilles, Massilian, Naviteau, Le Camps).
He was at the wheel of a 1100cc Rally in 1924 and 1925. Then seen with a "mysterious" Nemo car in 1926. And a last appearance in 1929 at Grabels, his local favourite event near Montpellier where he lived at that time.
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1926: DNQ Provence GP (heat)
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Giosue' Calamai (I) |
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* 11 Jun 1911
† 2002 |
Prato, Firenze (Florence)
Firenze (Florence) |
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Unlike claimed here earlier he was NOT related to actress Clara Calamai.
A good amateur driving good Alfa Romeos,
he was a winner in hillclimbs in the late 1930s.
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1935: DNA Lucca GP
1936: 5 Coppa Ciano
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Jean Calcianu (RO) |
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* 1893
† 1949 |
Dobrogea
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Lived in Bucarest.
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1937: DNS Czech GP
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Cavaliere Giuseppe Campari (I) |
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* 8 June 1892
† 10 Sep 1933 |
Graffignana, Lodi, Lombardy
Monza |
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Giuseppe Campari raced for Alfa Romeo for 20 years. He was a talented and loved driver by his team mates and the spectators
alike. One could hardly find a man who looked less like a racing driver than Campari. He weighted over 100 kg and his big enjoyments in life
except for racing was good food and Grand Opera. He was married to the well known singer Lina Cavallero and he had sung professionally himself
at the Donizetti theater at Bergamo. It was not uncommon for him to give samples of his own fine baritone voice by singing an aria to his fellow
drivers. Campari had a very dark skin and was hairy all over. The fans used to call him "Il Negher".
Campari was born in Fanfulla near Milan, on 8 June 1892. He joined the ALFA company in his teens and soon became a test driver. His
first competition was the 1913 Parma-Poggio di Berceto hill-climbing event. In 1914 he became the sensation of the Targa Florio, finishing
fourth. His first post-war race was again the Targa Florio but this time he was unplaced. In 1920 Campari took his and Alfa Romeo's first
racing victory by winning the Circuit of Mugello in a 40/60. He also won numerous hill climbs that year. He then repeated his victory at
Mugello the next year and was third at Targa Florio.
It was the P2 car constructed by Vittorio Jano that really made Campari famous. He took the car to its first victory at the 1924 French GP
at Lyon. Campari was on his way to victory in the 1925 French GP when he retired after learning of the death of Ascari. That year he was
second at the Monza and Milan GPs. After Alfa Romeo withdrew from GP racing Campari continued to drive their cars as an independent. He
won the 1927, 1928 and 1931 Coppa Acerbo and proved victorious in both the 1928 and 1929 Mille Miglia races together with Guido Ramponi.
Campari became Italian champion in both 1928 and 1929.
On 1 December 1929 when Scuderia Ferrari was formed, Enzo Ferrari had already secured Campari as the first driver for the team. Campari
continued racing for Ferrari and Alfa Corse. In 1931 Campari raced the new P3 cars at the Italian Grand Prix. After that
Archangeli had a fatal crash during practice, the team planned to withdraw but were ordered by Mussolini to "race and win for Italy".
Campari raced - and won!
1932 wasn't a good year for Campari. With Nuvolari, Caracciola and Borzacchini in the team he found himself relegated to fourth driver
and at the beginning of 1933 he went over to Maserati and was victorious at the French Grand Prix.
Campari decided to leave motor racing and concentrate all his efforts on opera instead.
He was back in an Alfa to start his last race in front of his home crowd at the Monza GP.
He lost control on the first lap and the car went over the embankment.
After having survived 20 years of racing without any major injuries Campari was crushed underneath his inverted car and died instantly.
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1921: 2 (3) Targa Florio /
1 Mugello Circuit /
DNF GP Gentlemen
1922: 3 (11) Targa Florio /
DNF Mugello Circuit /
DNF Autumn GP
1923: DNF Targa Florio /
DNS European GP
1924: 4 Targa Florio (3000cc) /
DNF Cremona Circuit /
DNF Coppa Acerbo (2000cc) /
1 European GP /
3* Italian GP
1925: 2 European GP /
DNF French GP /
2* Italian GP
1927: 1 Coppa Acerbo /
2 Milan GP
1928: 2 Targa Florio /
DNF Mugello Circuit /
DNF Cremona Circuit /
1 Coppa Acerbo /
3 Coppa Montenero /
2* European GP
1929: 4 Targa Florio /
6 Mugello Circuit (2000cc) /
3 Coppa Ciano
1930: DNA Monaco GP /
4 Targa Florio /
5 Rome GP /
2 Coppa Ciano /
DNA Coppa Acerbo /
2 (rep)/DNF Monza GP
1931: 4 Targa Florio /
1* Italian GP /
2* French GP /
DNF* Belgian GP /
4 Coppa Ciano /
1 Coppa Acerbo /
4 (heat) Monza GP
1932: 10 Monaco GP /
4 Italian GP /
DNS French GP /
DNA German GP /
3 Coppa Ciano /
DNA Coppa Acerbo /
1 (heat) /DNS Monza GP
1933: DNF Tripoli GP /
1 French GP /
DNF Marne GP /
DNA Belgian GP /
3 Coppa Ciano /
8 Nice GP /
DNF Coppa Acerbo /
DNA Comminges GP /
DNA Marseille GP /
DNS Italian GP /
DNF Monza GP /
DNA Czech GP
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Ernesto Campeotto (I/DK) |
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* ~1901
† ? |
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Ernesto's ansestors had emigrated from Sweden to Italy and changed names from Larsson to Campiotto.
Ernesto moved to Denmark in 1928 and worked as manager for Fiat. He took part at the 1932 Swedish Winter GP
but retired after ditching his Fiat. In the early 1960s Ernesto moved back to Italy where he bought a wineyard near Turin.
His son Dario, an actor and singer, would represent Denmark in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest.
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1932: DNF Swedish Winter GP (Ice race)
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Alfredo Caniato (I) |
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* 1900?
† 1986? |
Ferrara
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Together with his brother Augusto textile-makers and enthusiastic amateur racers.
Together with Mario Tadini they provided financial support for the creation of Scuderia Ferrari.
Alfredo was the first President of Scuderia Ferrari until replaced by Count Trossi.
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1930: 10 Alessandria GP /
DNA Coppa Acerbo
1931: 9 Alessandria GP /
DNF* Italian GP
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Antoine Benoit Canin (F) |
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* 6 Apr 1897
† 19 Feb 1981 |
Fontvieille,Bouches-du-Rhône
Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône |
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1932: DNF Nimes GP /
DNF (heat) Nice GP
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Cantacuzino - SEE: Ghica Cantacuzino
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José Antonio Canziani (RA) |
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* 3 Jul 1911
† ? |
Ciudad de Buenos Aires
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1941: 1 Buenos Aires GP
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Renato Cappagli (I) |
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* 11 Sep 1904
† 6 Feb 1989 |
Volterra, Tuscany
Cecina |
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After doing his military service Cappagli worked for several years at Lancia in Turin as a test driver.
He won the "Coppa Lando Ferretti" on the Pontedera circuit with an Lancia Lambda, possiblty in 1924 and did some some motorcycle racing with an Indian Scout.
In the early 1930's his homesickness brought him back to Cecina where he found work as a chauffeur to a rich local businessman who owned a Bugatti and gave Cappagli
permission to lend the car for some races. After the war Cappagli worked as mechanic until the late 80's.
When my grandfather talked about "his" Bugatti his eyes were filled with
joy and I can still hear him saying "those were cars" or "a great sound,
impossible to hear from today's cars".
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1932: DNA Coppa Ciano
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Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola (D/CH) |
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* 30 Jan 1901
† 28 Sep 1959
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Remagen, Rheinland-Pfalz
Kassel, Hessen |
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Often believed to be an Italian, this German driver became famous overnight, when he in 1926 as a privateer, won
the first German Grand Prix, raced in horrendous conditions. To the Germans he became the Regenmeister and
his smooth driving and ability to shine in rainy conditions would be his mark throughout his career.
In 1931, he won the Mille Miglia in a Mercedes-Benz SSKL as the first non-Italian ever. After Mercedes retired from
racing, Caracciola joined Alfa Romeo for 1932 before founding Scuderia CC together with Chiron in 1933.
His career was interrupted by a crash in Monaco 1933, which left him limping with leg wounds that never
were properly healed. Being out of action for a year, tragedy stuck again as his wife Charlotte "Charly" was killed in
a avalanche. Suffering from constant pain, Caracciola made a comeback in 1934 to force himself back to a position
as head driver for Mercedes, clinching three of the five pre-war championships. The secret of Caracciola's
success was that he kept his calm during the races. Another of Caracciola's triumph cards then was the
uniquely good relationship between him and the Mercedes team manager Neubauer, comparable to the Clark-Chapman
dominance in the 60s. By the late 30s, Caracciola had lost some of his edge. He had to work hard to beat a new
generation of GP drivers and started making mistakes.
Caracciola married Alice "Baby" Hoffman-Trobeck (b. 1897) on 19 June 1937. They spent the war in exil in Lugano, Switzerland.
After the war Caracciola tried to make a comeback as race driver. He had a bad crash during practice for the 1946
Indy 500 and was in a coma for several days. His career ended in a a support race for the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix when he
crashed his Mercedes-Benz 300 SL and fractured his left leg.
Rudi and Alice then spent the summers in a house Alice had inherited from her parents at Kyrkovägen 3, Vittsjö, Scania, Sweden
and the winters at their house called "Casa Scania" in Lugano, Switzerland. Suffering from liver failure Rudi died in Kassel,
Germany in 1959. Alice died 26 June 1976.
Click here for full biography.
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1926: 1 German GP (2000cc)
1928: DNA San Sebastian GP
1929: 3 Monaco GP /
DNA San Sebastian GP
1930: DNS Monaco GP /
7 Monza GP /
DNF Czech GP
1931: DNF Swedish Winter GP (Ice race) /
DNF Monaco GP /
1 Eifel GP /
DNF French GP /
1 German GP /
1 AVUS GP /
DNF Czech GP
1932: 2 Monaco GP /
2 AVUS GP /
1 Eifel GP /
3*/11 Italian GP /
1 Lwow GP /
3 French GP /
1 German GP /
2 Coppa Acerbo /
DNA Czech GP /
1 Monza GP
1933: DNS Monaco GP /
DNA French GP
1934: DNS AVUS GP /
DNS Eifel GP /
DNF French GP /
DNF German GP /
DNS Belgian GP /
1 Klaußenpaßrennen (hillclimb) /
DNF Coppa Acerbo /
10* Swiss GP /
1* Italian GP /
2 Spanish GP /
DNF Czech GP
1935: DNF Monaco GP /
1 Tripoli GP /
DNF AVUS GP /
1 Eifel GP /
1 French GP /
2 Penya Rhin GP /
1 Belgian GP /
3 German GP /
1 Swiss GP /
DNF* Italian GP /
1 Spanish GP /
DNA Czech GP
EUROPEAN CHAMPION 1935.
1936: 1 Monaco GP /
4 Tripoli GP /
1 Tunis GP /
2 Penya Rhin GP /
DNF Eifel GP /
DNF Hungarian GP /
DNF/DNF*/5* German GP /
DNF Swiss GP
1937: 6 Tripoli GP /
DNF AVUS GP /
2 Eifel GP /
DNF Vanderbilt Cup /
1 German GP /
2 Monaco GP /
5* Coppa Acerbo /
1 Swiss GP /
1 Italian GP /
1 Czech GP /
3 Donington GP
EUROPEAN CHAMPION 1937.
1938: 2* Pau GP /
3 Tripoli /
2 French GP /
2* German GP /
DNF Coppa Ciano /
1 Coppa Acerbo /
1 Swiss GP /
3* Italian GP
EUROPEAN CHAMPION 1938.
1939: DNF Pau GP /
2 Tripoli (Voiturette) /
3 Eifel GP /
DNF Belgian GP /
DNF French GP /
1 German GP /
2 Swiss GP
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Helmer Gustaf Emanuel Carlsson-Alsed (S) |
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* 18 Dec 1909
† 17 Jun 2005 |
Sunnerskog, Alseda
Jonstorp, Skåne (Scania) |
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One of the top Nordic pre war drivers, Carlsson raced in GPs and ice races in Sweden
and Finland with good results and was expecially showed his abilities in local hill climbs.
Son of a farmer, Helmer Carlsson was born in Sunnerskog, Alseda near Vetlanda in SE Sweden.
In the late 30 he changed his name to Alsed. Technical minded, Helmer started working in his
brother Bertil's workshop at an age of 15. Later Bertil represented FIAT in Sweden.
After moving to Västerås in 1927, Helmer started
racing in 1933 with a De Soto. DNF at the 1933 Swedish GP. Changed to Ford for 1934.
The same year the "Västerås Racer Kompani" was founded, a racing team with Bertil as organizer and
Helmer, theWesterblom brothers and
Karl Rolander as drivers . The team raced Amilcar, Ford and Anzani.
In 1935 a ex-Björnstad Bugatti T35C was added to the car park and in 1936 also Widengren's monoposto Monza.
After having decided to get married Helmer retired from GP racing after the 1938 season
but continued rallying and hill climbing. Raced a Fiat 508c after the war
before definitely retiring in the late 40s.
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1933: DNF Swedish Summer GP
1934: 2 Freden (Ice race) /
4 Vallentuna (Ice race)
1935: 4 Lindöloppet (Ice race) /
5 Vallentuna (Ice race) /
3 Hörken (Ice race) /
5 Finnish GP
1936: 2 Hedemoraloppet (Ice race) /
2 Långforssjön (Ice race) /
2 Hörken (Ice race) /
DNA Swedish Winter GP (Ice race) /
2 Norwegian GP (Ice race)
1937: 7 Flaten (Ice race) /
4 Finnish GP
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Giacomo Carpegna (I) |
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From Canale d'Alba
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1935: 5 (heat) Turin GP
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Noel Arthur Horne Carr (GB) |
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* 29 Dec 1904
† 11 Jul 1978 |
Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire
Bulle, Switzerland |
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1933: DNS Donington Park Trophy
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Carré - SEE: "Renaldi"
René Auguste Joseph Carrière (F) |
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* 10 Mar 1911
† 22 Mar 1982 |
Marseille
Marseille |
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René Carrière started off as rally driver with some good results including 6th in the 1936 Monte Carlo Rally in a
Matford (Ford V8 built in France by Emile Mathis). In 1934 he was 12th and 1935 7th at Le Mans 24 h with a Riley. In 1936 he started driving for the works
Delahaye team of Lucy O´Reilly-Schell. He drove two years for the team, with some 3rd and 4th places
in sportscar events but without the big success in major events. So at the end of
1937 the support of Lucy O´Reilly-Schell stopped, and Carrière instead became
works Talbot Darracq driver in 1938-39. The results were disappointing, and so he finished his career.
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1936: 8* Donington GP
1938: 4 French GP
1939: DNF Pau GP /
4 Coupe de Paris /
DNS Eifel GP
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Carlo Castelbarco (I) |
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* 25 Mar 1911
† 14 May 1988 |
Milano (Milan)
Milano (Milan) |
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Also see: Luigi Castelbarco
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1933: 8 Bordino GP /
6 Italian GP /
DNF (heat) Monza GP
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Félix Jules Emile Castellan (F) |
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* 29 Jul 1901
† 25 Mar 1926 |
Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhôn
Istres, Bouches-du-Rhône |
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From Marseille. Killed at the Miramas track practicing for the 1926 Provence Grand Prix. He was driving a 3.5-liter 6-cyl. Panhard Levassor and collided with another car which
was also practicing. Castellan was ejected from his car and transported to hospital with a caved in chest, where he soon died.
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1926: DNS Provence GP
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Gaetano Castellano di Paternò (I) |
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From Mestre.
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di Castro - SEE: Di Castro
Joseph (Giuseppe) "Papa" Cattaneo (I/F) |
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* 5 Aug 1888
† 25 Apr 1973 |
Milano, Lombardia, Italy
La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Yvelines, France |
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Italian born engineer with French nationality. He effectively owned since the
late twenties and in partnership with someone
called Duval a very reputed garage in Saint-Cloud, a rich Paris suburb.
He was specialized in luxury cars, before the war: Bugatti (he was the agent),
Hispano-Suiza, Alfa-Romeo, Bentley and Stutz and after the war Ferrari. He
had a personnal relationship whith Enzo Ferrari since the Alfa days
and close friend of Luigi Chinetti. He maintained
the Ferraris for people like Prince Bertil of Sweden, Prince Ali Khan, Roberto
Rossellini, Porfirio Rubirosa etc. He also tuned racing Ferraris for top French drivers and the
garage whas the operating base of Chinetti's NART when racing in Europe.
Gordini spent a few years as employee when he arrived in
France (in fact was forced to stay for debt)
"Papa" Cattaneo actively raced before the war. He was co-driver for Edouard Brisson in a Stutz at Le Mans 1931 and 1932 and
with Nicholas of Romania in a Dusenberg in 1933 but apart from that he mostly raced Bugatti.
Cattaneo's Bugatti T51 was given to him by Ettore
himself as a gift when he came to Molsheim to take delivery of Esder's
Royale. Bugatti took Cattaneo to the racing department and offered him one
of the factory cars with a Targa Florio pedigree. Talk about souvenir!!
Cattaneo stopped racing when he had a awful crash at the Nancy hillclimb in Château-Thierry in
1935 with his T51 when a fence broke and five childeren and an adult where killed.
"Papa" Cattaneo died in the 1960s and his garage was bought by Pozzi, the French Ferrari importer.
Not to be confused with a driver named Guido Cattaneo,
Italian top class motorboat racer from the Isotta Fraschini Cattaneo family.
Drove a Talbot in the 1937 Mille Miglia.
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1931: DNA French GP
1932: 1 Circuit de l'Aisne (sports 3000cc) /
3 Torvilliers Circuit /
3 Picardie GP
1933: 12 Dieppe GP /
4 GP de l´U.M.F.
1934: DNF Picardie (Voiturette) /
DNA Dieppe GP /
7 Albi GP /
4 GP de l´U.M.F.
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Michel Robert Cazaux (F) |
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* 31 Jan 1906
† 16 Jun 1935 |
Biarritz, Basses-Pyrénée
Sézanne, Marne |
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Fatal crash at Course de côte de Sézanne with a Bugatti T51.
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1934 : DSQ (heat) Dieppe GP /
DNA Albi GP
1935: 6 Pau GP /
1 Orleans GP
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Jean Célerier (F) |
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The son of wealthy parents, who owned the chocolate breakfast drink manufacturer, Phoscao. He financed the development of the Buc B6 racing car.
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1925: DNF Ouverture GP
1932: ? La Baule GP /
DNA Antibes GP
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Roger Jules Emile Césure (F) |
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* 17 Sep 1905
† ca 1963 |
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From Paris. He had been a pre-war independent Bugatti driver and became one of the many builders of SIMCA
8 Spl. He was assistant treasurer of AGACI in 1946/47.
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1934: ? GP de l´U.M.F.
1935: 5 Orleans (Voiturette)
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Eugène Marius Chaboud (F) |
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* 12 Apr 1907
† 28 Dec 1983
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Lyon
Montfermeil |
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Chaboud started racing in 1936 with his friend Jean Trémoulet driving Delahayes. They were the winners of the 1938 Le Mans 24h race.
Chaboud also started at the French GP 1938 with the infamous SEFAC. After the war he continued recing Delahayes and Talbots
for Ecurie France in 1947, winning at Marseilles and Perpignan. In 1948 he created Ecurie Leutitia, still racing Delahayes.
He took part in the 1950 Belgian GP in a Lago-Talbot and then took over Étancelin's Talbot -Lago at the French GP finishing 5th to score a single
World Championship point for a shared result. he also took part in the 1951 French Grand Prix. Chaboud retired in 1952 after a crash at Le Mans.
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1938: 1* Le Mans 24h (sports car) /
DNF French GP
1939: DNF Pau GP /
12 Coupe de Paris
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Comte Gaston Irénée Marie Hervé Chandon de Briailles (F) |
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* 1 Sep 1900
† 1 Aug 1954 |
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Paris |
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Of the Moët and Chandon champagne family. Started racing in 1924. Bought a Bugatti T35 (#4448) in January 1926.
Winner of the 1926 Château Thierry hillclimb, Reims (flying km), and Toul (Namcy).
Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.
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1928: DNF Marne GP
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Frédéric Charles Joseph François "Freddy" Charlier (B) |
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* 24 Jun 1890
† 7 Jul 1929 |
Bruxelles
Spa-Francorchamps |
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Belgian driver. Crashed fatally at Stavelot during the 1929 Spa-Francorchamps 24h sports car race.
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1929: 3 Frontieres GP (1100cc)
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Jean Chassagne (F) |
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* 26 Jul 1881
† 13 Apr 1947 |
La Croisille sur Briance, Haute-Vienne
La Croisille sur Briance, Haute-Vienne |
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Pioneer submariner, aviator and French racecar driver. Finished third in the 1913 French Grand Prix in a Sunbeam.
Took part in the 1914, 1919-1921 Indy 500. Took part in the 1925-30 Le mans 24h races finishing 2nd in the 1925.
Winner of the 1922 Tourist Trophy.
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1921: DNF French GP /
2 Italian GP
1922: DNF French GP /
DNA Italian GP /
DNC Coppa Florio
1924: 7 European GP /
6 San Sebastian GP
1926: DNF German GP (1500cc)
1929: DNF French GP
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Ermanno Checcacci ( ) |
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Not in the official list of licensed Italian racing drivers.
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1929: DNS Coppa Ciano
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Francis Henry Alexander Du Plessis "Steve" Chiappini (ZA) |
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* 7 Nov 1909
† 1976
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Wynberg, Cape Town
Cape Province |
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Chiappini was a consistent performer in South African sand races, trails and hill climbs.
While visiting England in 1937 he became good friend with Pat Fairfield and Cyril Paul and also got to know Piero Taruffi.
During the 1937-38 South African international race series Taruffi would drive Chiappini around the Pollsmoor Cape Town and East London circuits in a Lancia,
recommending cut-off points and racing lines.
While in England Chiappini also bought an Maserati, probably Tipo 26 Sport #2516 Registation ELM 510. The engine had been enlaged by Dickie Oates to over 2.8 litre and Oates
had raced the car at Brooklands in 1936 before selling it as an "ex-Eyston/Cumming" car. Before delivery the chassis was shorten by some 150mm to match the length of a
a Maserati 8C. The four seater body was replaced by modern sleeky single-seater body designed by Bertelli. Chiappini raced the car in England and later in
South Africa. After a major engine failure the straight-8 cylinder was replaced by a Chevrolet engine while the original engine was sold to to a gentlemen who
planned to repair it for use in a motor boat.
Chiappini then drove Maserati Tipo 26 #2516 to finish third in the South African
Grand Prix at East London and also competed with it in Cape Trials and hill-climbs, winning several Cape Town and national events. In a letter to
Ken Stewart in 1964 Chiappini wrote: "The Big Mas was a very difficult car to handle, the road-holding was really tricky. It was a car which went
magnificently".
After the war Chiappini was actively involved in motor racing administration, apart from running a garage in Cape Town.
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| (If anyone has further/more accurate information, please contact Charles Chiappini who is trying to gather more info on his father.) |
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1937: 3 South African GP (handicap) /
DNA JCC 200 GP
1939: 8 South African GP (Voiturette) /
3 Grosvenor (Voiturette)
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Luigi Chinetti (I/USA) |
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* 17 Jul 1901
† 17 Aug 1994 |
Milan
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA |
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Chinetti started to work as a mechanic for Alfa Romeo in 1917. With the rise of fascism in Italy,
Chinetti moved to France, where he became Alfa Romeo salesman in Paris and sports car driver,
He won the Le Mans both in 1932 and 1934. Chinetti had also a eye for new driving talents and helped Moll to find his way
to the Ferrari team. He became involved with the Schell's, ending up as team manager for Ecurie Bleue. Chinetti went with Dreyfus to USA
for the 1940 Indy 500 and remained in USA during the war, working under Italian Alfred Momo. /
In 1946 Chinetti went back to Italy and
with his French and American connections became salesman for the first Ferrari cars in 1948. In 1949 he won at Le Mans
24 h race for the third time and Spa 24 h race for the second time, making Ferrari famous as sports cars builders.
After Chinetti ended his career as driver in the 50s he formed the North American Racing team. The team won Le Mans in
1965 amd was also involved in F1 representing Ferrari in a few races. Chinetti's hunt for driving talents continued,
and he helped among others Phil Hill, Ginther, Gurney and Pedro & Ricardo Rodriguez with their careers.
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| (Info supplied by Hugh Calibani.) |
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1932: 1* Le Mans 24h (sports car)
1934: DNA Picardie GP /
1* Le Mans 24 H (sports car)
1939: 8 French GP /
DNA Swiss GP
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Mario Pedro Chiozza (RA) |
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* 29 Aug 1907
† ? |
Lomas de zamora
? |
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Raced an interesting Mercury Special bimotore.
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1941: 3 Buenos Aires GP
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Amedeo Chiribiri - SEE: "Deo"
Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper (NZ/GB) |
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* 31 Jul 1910
† 27 Jul 2001
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Wellington, New Zealand
Headington, Oxfordshire |
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Thomas Tapper was known as "George". He raced under the name Cholmondeley-Tapper but probably did not formally change his name to that until having stopped racing.
He was from New Zealand with Norwegian
ancestry. An expert skier and amateur driver racing Voiturette Bugattis and an old GP Maserati 8CM he had bought from Earl Howe.
Racing partner to Eileen Ellison. In they 1935 toured through Europe with a Bugatti T40 trailing a T37A (#37332). The T37A was raced alternating by Eileen or Thomas.
With a better car Cholmondeley-Tapper could perhaps have been a top competitor.
It has been claimed that he was offered a Mercedes-Benz test drive at the end of the 1936 season.
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| (Info supplied by Mrs. Margaret Cholmondeley-Tapper via Wolfgang Kaese and by Michael Müller) |
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1934: 8 Swiss GP (Voiturette)
1935: DNF Frontières GP /
DNF Eifel (Voiturette) /
11 Lorraine GP /
2 Lorraine (Voiturette) /
10 Swiss GP (Voiturette) /
DNA Czech GP (Voiturette)
1936: DNS Deauville GP /
10 German GP /
4 JCC 200 /
DNF Donington GP /
4 Mountain
1937: DNA AVUS GP /
DNA Swiss GP (Voiturette)
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Thomas Graves "Tommy" Clarke D.S.C. (GB) |
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* 19 Aug 1911
† 14 Feb 1969 |
Allerton, Liverpool
Antigua |
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1936: 11* Donington GP
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Willi Cleer (D) |
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* 21 March 1889
† 1955 |
Frankfurt
Frankfurt |
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Willi Cleer ran a car dealership in Frankfurt am Main after the First World War. In the early 1920s he was a works driver for the Stöwer works in Stettin.
He was also successful in Alfa Romeo and drove a Bugatti T39 from 1927. After 1927 he drove a few reliability runs.
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| (Info supplied by Hugo Boecker) |
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1926: 3 German GP
1927: 3c/5 Nürburgring Opening (1500cc)
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Major Frederick Edward "Freddie" Clifford (GB) |
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* 15 Jul 1906
† 19 Oct 1961 |
Ashe, Hampshire
Oxford |
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1934: 7 (heat) Dieppe GP
1935: 9 Dieppe GP
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John Rhodes Cobb (GB) |
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* 2 Dec 1899
† 29 Sep 1952 |
Beddington, Surrey
Loch Ness, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
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Born in Surrey Cobb lived in his youth near the Brooklands Track getting fashinated in
fast and powerful cars. Educated at Eton and Trinity Cobb made his money as a fur broker. He won his first race in 1925 in an old 10 litre Fiat.
Next year he raced Parry Thomas' "Babs" in 1926. Cobbs was interested in speed records and in 1928 he bought a 10½ litre Delage racing it until
1933 bettering the Brooklands speed records on
three occations. While Cobb raced all kinds of cars including riley, Alfa Romeo and Talbot his most famous car was the big Napier Railton built for him by
Thomson & Taylor. In 1935 he sat the all time Brooklands record of 151.97 mph (24.51 km/h).
In 1938 Cobb went for the land speed record, taking it at Bonneville with the 26.9 litre Railton Mobil Special. He bettered the record in 1939 and again in
1947 becoming the first man to exceed 400 mph.
His next and last project was to challenge the water speed record. Cobb lost his life at Loch Ness in 1952 when his jet engined "Crusader" disintegrated.
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1932: 1 Empire Trophy
1933: DNA Empire Trophy
1935: 1* BRDC 500 Miles (Handicap)
1937: 1* BRDC 500 km (Handicap)
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Fritz Cockerell (D) |
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* 25 Nov 1889
† 16 May 1965 |
?
? |
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1925: DNA Targa Florio
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Cohas/Colas? ( ) |
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Picture of Colas with thanks to Simon Davis.
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1932: ? La Baule GP
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Colegrave - SEE: Manby-Colegrave
Samuel Carnes "Sam" Collier (USA) |
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* 14 May 1912
† 23 Sep 1950 |
Manhattan, New York
Montour Falls, New York |
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Graduated from Yale Univerity in 1935. Advertising entrepreneur and auto racer who his fortune in streetcar advertising.
Took part in the 1950 Le Mans 24h race. Died at Montour Falls, New York, after a crash while leading the 1950 Watkins Glen Grand Prix in a Ferrari 166.
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1935: 6/DNF (heat) Albi (Voiturette) /
DNA Dieppe (Voiturette)
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Gianfranco "Franco" Alessandro Maria Comotti (I) |
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* 24 Jul 1906
† 10 May 1963
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Brescia
Bergamo |
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Comotti was born in Brescia, but lived in Bergamo.
He was basically an amateur driver - in attitude if not effectively - and also worked in the oil business for
all his life. He was neither particularly fast nor consistent, but he was apparently a very good tester.
At an age of 22 he appeared at the 1928 European GP at Monza, in one of Scuderia Materassi's Talbots. Then he disappeared
from the ceane until 1931 when he won the cyclecar race at the Circuito di Alessandria in a Salmson.
He then brought an Alfa Romeo Monza sports car to Scuderia Ferrari in Modena for servicing, becoming an
official driver for the team in 1932. Meanwhile he married Anna Maria Peduzzi, a tall and handsome lady driver,
one of the best Italian ever, whose career lasted even longer than her husband's.
Comotti stayed with Ferrari until the end of 1935, winning at the 1934 Comminges GP.
Comotti was a cosmopolitan, sincerely anti-fascist man and moved to Paris in 1936. Tony Lago signed him
in 1937 as test driver for cars destined to clients and as a reserve
driver for the racing team. He took a victory that year at the RAC TT. However he had to leave Lago and joined the
Schells' Ecurie Bleue racing a Delahaye. Sacked by the team in favour of "Raph", he reappeared in the 1940 Mille Miglia
in a Watney's Delage.
During the war he was infiltrated as an informer in the German occupied part
of Italy. He was discovered and sentenced to death, but was saved by the interceding
of an Italian "collaborator". After the war he returned to France and became be tester of the new Lago-Talbot T26C.
A businessman of Italian origin, named Peinetti, bought chassis 110004 for Comotti, with which he raced in 1948, but
the following year when Peinetti moved to Argentina taking the car with him. 1950 saw Comotti as tester and driver
of the never ready Milan Maseratis. At the twilight of his career he drove sporadically the old
Ferraris F2 for Scuderia Marzotto. His last appointment in the oil
business was as BP representative for North Africa and the Mediterranean.
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| (Info supplied by Alessandro Silva) |
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1928: DNF European GP
1929: DNA Alessandria GP (1100cc)
1931: 1 Alessandria GP (1100cc) /
4 (heat) Rome GP (1100cc)
1932: 3 Rome GP (2000cc)
1933: DNA Coppa Acerbo
1934: 4 Bordino GP /
5 Casablanca GP /
1 Comminges GP /
4 (heat) Biella GP /
3* Italian GP /
10* Spanish GP /
DNF Czech GP /
DNF Modena GP /
5 Napels GP
1935: 4 Tunis GP /
5 Bergamo GP /
3 Lorraine GP /
DNF Comminges GP /
4 Coppa Acerbo /
DNF Modena GP /
2 Lucca GP
1937: 1 Tourist Trophy (sports car)
1938: 3 Pau GP /
DNF Cork GP /
DNF Tripoli /
DNA French GP /
DNF German GP /
DNF Coppa Ciano /
4 Coppa Acerbo /
DNF Coppa Acerbo junior (Voiturette)
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Adrian Malcolm Conan-Doyle (GB) |
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* 19 Nov 1910
† 3 Jun 1970 |
Crowborough, East Sussex
Geneva, Switzerland |
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Born as the youngest son of famous author Arthur Conan Doyle.
Big-game hunter, explorer, and also tried some racing.
Handled his fathers literary estate and also wrote some own additional Sherlock Holmes stories
in the 1950s.
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1936: DNS JCC 200 (Voiturette)
1937: DNA Frontières (Voiturette) /
DNA AVUS (Voiturette) /
DNA Picardie (Voiturette)
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Ian Ferguson Connell (GB) |
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* 15 Oct 1913
† 1 Mar 2003 |
Singapore
Chippenham, Wiltshire |
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Ian Connell was another Cambridge student contemporary with Seaman and
Straight. Member of the University Auto Club.
Together with Peter Monkhouse Connell started the Monaco Motor and Engineering Co. Ltd. at Watford
in 1935 for car sales and maintenance. He started racing in an Austin, his first start being the 1934 Mountain race at
Brooklands. He took the same year a class victory with a Singer. After having raced Vale Special and Alfa Romeo "Monza"
Connell bought Dr. Benjafield's ERA (R6B) and raced it during the 1937 and 1938 seasons, including the 1938 Donington GP,
before selling the ERA and turning to sports car racing with a Darracq. In 1939 he was 8th at the Le Mans
24h race in Rob Walker's Delahaye. During the war Connell served as officer in charge of a workshop at the British 7th Armoured Div.
(the famous Desert Rats). After the war Connell continued racing for some years while working for several companies
as a Chartered Secretary before ending up as Chief Accountant of Decca Radio and Television.
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| (A great thanks to Ian Connell for providing information about himself.) |
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1936: DNA JCC 200 /
9* Donington GP
1937: 2 Flaten (Ice race) /
1 Freden (Ice race) /
DNF (heat) Coronation Trophy (Voiturette) /
(10) Campbell Trophy /
(6) Campbell Trophy (Voiturette) /
11 Isle of Man (Voiturette) /
DNF JCC 200 GP /
DNA Mountain
1938: DNF Cork (Voiturette) /
DNF JCC 200 (Voiturette + GP) /
? Siam Challenge (Voiturette) /
DNF Mountain /
8* Donington GP
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Giorgio Conter (I) |
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Amateur driver and barrister from Torino (Turin).
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1935: DNF (heat) Turin GP
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Alexander James "Alastair" Cormack (GB) |
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* 7 May 1907
† 4 Oct 1993 |
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland |
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Alexander Cormack was a member of the family which owned the Cormack Shipping Line, a company that traded mainly with
the Baltic ports. Cormack's motor racing career started in 1933 on Kirkcaldy sands, in 1934 he entered the Kausen
hillclimb in his 1100cc supercharged Alta, finishing third in the 1100cc class. In 1935 he raced on many circuits
including Dieppe and became a factory Alta driver in 1936, a highlight of the season being the Prince Ranier Cup at
Monaco After the war Cormack became involved in the commercial aviation industry and the garage trade, he was
President of the Scottish Motor Trade Association, and gifted the Commer chassis for the famous Ecurie Ecosse
transporter.
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| (Info supplied by Ken Jones) |
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1934: DNF Mountain
1935: DNS Dieppe (Voiturette) /
DNA Coppa Acerbo (Voiturette) /
DNF Monaco (Voiturette) /
DNF Isle of Man (Voiturette)
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Irineu Meyer Corrêa da Silva (BR) |
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* 24 Jan 1900
† 2 Jun 1935 |
Petrópolis
Rio de Janeiro |
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Winner of the 1934 Rio GP Corrêa had a fatal crash at the 1935 Rio GP at Gávea at an age of 35. Correa's car fell down the
canal at Visconde de Albuquerque street on the first lap of the race.
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1934: 1 Rio de Janeiro GP
1935: DNF Rio de Janeiro GP
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Gustavo Cortella (I) |
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From Padova (Padua).
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1925: DNA Savio Circuit
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Bartolomeo "Meo" Costantini (I) |
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* 14 Feb 1889
† 19 Jul 1941 |
Vittorio Veneto, Treviso
Milano |
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One of the most underrated drivers ever.
Born in a rich family, Constantini's first race was with the Aquila-Italiana works team at the 1914 Targa Florio.
During World War I Capitano Costantini became a flying ace with six victories flying a Spad.
After the war in 1920 he raced a 1.5L Bugatti T13, and in 1921 with the same car he finished second at the Garda circuit. In 1922 he raced a Bianchi 18 and in 1923 with an
1100 Amilcar he finished first in class at the Coppa delle Alpi.
In 1923 Costantini joined Bugatti. The official standing of Costantini in the Bugatti factory was not known.
He was undoubtedly very close to the Bugatti family's inner circle. He prepared racing cars and he won races with them in a manner which no other has equaled. Costantini started
as a test driver and sports director in 1924 and became the team leader.
In 1924 He finished second a the San Sebstian GP. He was the most successful driver of 1925 winning the Targa Florio, finishing fourth in the French Grand Prix and third in the
Italian Grand Prix. In 1926 still as team leader, Costantini was again the most succeccful driver, winning three major races, finishing third in the
European Grand Prix and second in the Italian GP.
After 1926 Costantini stopped racing due to poor health and became the Bugatti team manager.
He remained racing team manager until 1935, when replaced by Jean Bugatti.
In 1939 he was called to take the place of Enzo Ferrari at the helm of the Alfa Romeo Racing Department, but the Second World War interrupted his reorganization after only one year.
He participated in the development of the Alfa Romeo 158B which under his direction won the Acerbo Cup in Pescara. However, he did not have time to see the triumphs of the
post-war "Alfettas", dying in the Principessa Jolanda clinic in Milan 1941 at the age of only 52.
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1921: 2 Garda Circuit (1500cc)
1922: DNS Italian GP /
3 (6) Autumn GP (3000cc)
1924: DNF European GP /
2 San Sebastian GP
1925: 1 Targa Florio /
4 French GP /
1 Italian GP (1500cc) /
DNF San Sebastian GP
1926: 1 Targa Florio /
DNC French GP /
3 European GP /
1 Spanish GP /
2 Italian GP /
1 Milan GP (2000cc)
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Mark Everard Pepys, 6th Earl of Cottenham (GB) |
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* 29 May 1903
† 19 Jul 1943 |
Marylebone, London
Marylebone, London |
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Lieutenant in the Leicestershire Yeomanry, Territorial Army. Married Sybil Venetia Taylor 1927. Divorced 1939.
Died due to heart failure at the age of 40.
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| (Info supplied by Adam Ferrington) |
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1926: DNF JCC 200
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William Edward "Billy" Cotton (GB) |
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* 27 May 1899
† 25 Mar 1969 |
Westminster, London
Wembley, London |
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Billy Cotton is more famous as band leader than as a racing driver.
He hosted a hugely popular BBC radio and TV show "The Billy Cotton Band Show"
for much of the fifties/sixties. His son, who is known as "Bill" was at
one time the controller of BBC 1 TV channel.
Cotton bought and raced the ex Seaman ERA-B in 1937.
He died in 1969 in Wembley, while watching a boxing match, seven years after suffering a stroke.
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1937: 3 Dublin (Voiturette) /
5 Mountain
1938: 4 Campbell Trophy /
? JCC 200 (Voiturette + GP) /
7* Donington GP
1939: 2 Brooklands Road Championship /
? Campbell Trophy
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"Coty" (Roland Alphée Spoturno) (F) |
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* 6 Jul 1901
† 8 Mar 1963 |
Paris 14e
Sorigny, Indre-et-Loire |
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| (Info supplied by André Reine) |
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1926: DNS Spanish GP
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John Raymond "Jean" Couiteas de Faucamberge (F) |
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* 24 Sep 1901
† 24 Dec 1963 |
La Marsa, Tunisia
Paris 14e, France |
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Jean Raymond Couiteas was the son of a wealthy Greek who became French settler in Tunisia. So he was born on 1901 in La Marsa, Tunisia. After his studies, he became an
engineer and also a very good world class tennis player. He shared his time between Paris and the southwest of France, so he entered a 2.3-litre Bugatti for the 1929 Comminges Grand Prix,
presented as a local driver. He had bought the car (#4933) directly from the factory but paid the full list price of FF 165.000.
He finished a very good 2nd in class but didn't want his price money (10.000 Francs). This amateur gesture was greatly appreciated by the local press and the organizers.
He returned the car later to the factory. It was then sold to Cornelis van Hulzen.
Next year in 1930, he would use a new car, from the Belgian firm Imperia, but the car was not delivered on time.
Also known as Couiteas de Faucamberge, Alice de Faucamberge" being the name of his mother.
He died in 1963.
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| (Info supplied by Marc Ceulemans and Michael Müller) |
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1929: 2 Comminges GP
1930: DNA Comminges GP
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Smaragd Marie Charles Henry Jullien de Courcelles "De Courcelles" (F) |
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* 21 May 1889
† 2 Jul 1927 |
Paris 9e
Paris 15e |
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| (Info supplied by Simon Davis, Angel Elberdin & André Reine) |
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1927: DNF ACF Free For All
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Sydney Alfred "Syd" Crabtree (GB) |
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* 13 Sep 1903
† 13 Jun 1934 |
Warrington, Lancashire
Snaefell, Isle of Man |
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| (Info supplied by Adam Ferrington) |
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1933: DNF Mannin Beg (Voiturette)
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Luigi Cricelli (I) |
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* 4 Feb 1900
† 25 Dec 1975 |
Catanzaro
Catanzaro |
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| (Info supplied by Alessandro Silva) |
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1925: DNF Coppa Vinci (1500cc)
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Petre G. Cristea (RO) |
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* 31 Jan 1909
† 6 Jul 1995 |
Bucharest
Bucharest |
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Considered to be Romania's best ever racing driver.
Started racing in 1930. Winner of the 1936 Monte Carlo Rally together with motorcycle champion Zamfirescu
in a specially rebuilt Ford V8.
Entered mostly sports car races and hill climbs with a BMW 328. Won a
sports car event at Nürburgring in 1939 against pretty respectable opposition.
In January 1969, Petre Cristea (following the footsteps of Paul Pietsch)
founded the "Autoturism" magazine. Owned by the Romanian Auto Club (ACR),
today it is the most popular auto magazine in Romania.
Cristea also wrote some technical books, including a volume about driving racing cars: Cum
devii campion (How to become a champion).
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| (Info supplied by Mihai Dumitru) |
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1936: DNA Hungarian GP
1939: 2 Finnish GP /
DNF Frontières GP
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Angus Humphrey Cuddon-Fletcher (GB) |
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* 3 Jul 1909
† 13 Jun 1974 |
Dunans, Argyll, Scotland
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA |
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Cuddon-Fletcher was a designer engineer. Among other things he worked on a rotary engine,
which he sadly failed to patent. He took part in racing before the Second World War, racing MGs
at Donington, Crystal Palace & Brooklands. There was at some stage a kind of partnership with Reg Parnell.
He emigrated to the United States in December 1965 and remained in the field of (Marine) engineering.
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| (Info supplied by Susan Cuddon-Fletcher / Adam Ferrington) |
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1938: ? (1 1100cc) JCC 200 (Voiturette + GP) /
DNF Donington GP
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Mrs Ivy Leona Cummings (GB) |
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* 27 Oct 1900
† 4 Dec 1971 |
Edmonton, Middlesex
Wandsworth, London |
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Daughter of a car dealer, it is clamed she made a lap at Brooklands with her father's car 1913 at an age of 12.
During WWI, Cummings worked in a convalescent home for injured soldiers. She begun racing in 1919 first with a Sunbeam, later with a Bugatti and other cars.
Had some cussess in local British races and hill climbs. Run a garage in Putney Bridge Road, London.
Married Stanley Hughes Simpson 1925.
Took part in the 1926 Boulogne GP with a Bugatti T37 and led the race until she crahd into a tree.
In 1928, she married again to Dr. Henry Warren-Collins an stopped racing soon afterwards.
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| (Info supplied by Adam Ferrington) |
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1926: DNF Boulogne GP
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Leonard "Leon" Cushman Adcock (GB) |
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* 24 Dec 1890
† 7 Jan 1946. |
Brighton, East Sussex
Brighton, East Sussex |
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| (Info supplied by Jean-Charles Colombier) |
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1925: DNA Ouverture GP
1931: DNF Mountain
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Emile Cuvelier (B) |
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After the war briefly president of the club "CMA Beaumont-Chimay".
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1931: DNF Frontieres GP
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Prince de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny, Prince de Cystria
Bertrand Marie Ponce François Raphaël Lucinge (F) |
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* 12/13 Dec 1898
† 22 Feb 1943 |
The Hague, the Netherlands
Monza |
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| (Info supplied by Hugo Boecker) |
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1923: DNF French GP
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Hans Czermak (D) |
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* 16 Apr 1896
† 10 Feb 1928 |
?
? |
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From München (Munich). Son of the President of the Bayerische Automobil-Club.
Rather active gentleman driver with a Bugatti T13 and a T30.
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1925: 1 Taunus GP (2000cc)
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