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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
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Gabaldi - SEE: Filippi Gabardi
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Gilbert Laurent Teobad Louis Gaborit (Gaborez) (F) |
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* 22 Apr 1904
† 27 Apr 1976 |
Esbly, Seine-et Marne
Ballainvilliers, Essonne |
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Son of a deputy of Seine-et-Marne. Gilbert Gaborit took part in 2 hillclimb races, at Fontainebleau, in 1928 and 1929. he was also entered at Gaillon in 1929 but was DNA.
His brother Jean was coachbuilder in the beginning of the 1920s and won some Concours d'élégance. Later he became a designer. In 1933 or 1934 the brothers together
open a night Club at Paris, with the name "La Côte d'Azur".
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1932: DNA Comminges GP (2000cc)
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Vittorio Gaia (I) |
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Trom Tripoli.
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1925: 2 Tripoli GP
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Luigi "Gigi" Galliera (I) |
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From Cento, Ferrara. OM agent in Ferrara.
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1930: DNA Targa Florio
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Clive Gallop (GB) |
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* 4 Feb 1892
† 7 Sep 1960 |
Al Qahirah (Cairo), Egypt
near Dorking, Surrey |
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Gallop was a British engineer born in Egypt. At the beginning of WW1 he joined the Royal Flying Corps, flying aeroplanes on the Western Front.
After the war he joined the Bentley group developing the 3 litre straight-4 engine for them.
From 1921, Gallop joined Louis Zborowski as his co-driver and as driver of the team's second Aston Martin.
He also helped Zborowski designed and built Zborowski's "Chitty Bang Bang" and the "Higham Special" and later becoming Parry-Thomas's infamouis "Babs".
In 1925 Gallop, due to his friend Woolf Barnato, rejoined Bentley Motors. He developed the engine for the 4½ Litre Blower Bentley .
In September 1960 in Leatherhead Surrey, Gallop was thrown from a skidding car. He was dead on arrival to hospital.
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1922: DNF French GP
1923: DNF Spanish GP
1926: DNA British GP
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Angel Garabato (RA) |
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* 22 Jan 1907
† 22 Jul 1953 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Garage owner, mechanic of Ernesto Blanco and Carlos Arzani. Builder of two Specials with Chrysler engines, one on a REO chassis and one on
a chassis locally made by Conrado Volpi.
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1936: 6 Buenos Aires GP
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Salvador García (E) |
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* 28 Nov 1902
† ? |
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From Barcelona. Raced a private Bugatti 51.
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1935: DNF Penya Rhin GP
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Lt. Col. Alfred Thomas Goldie Gardner (GB) |
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* 30 May 1890
† 25 Aug 1958 |
Woodford Green, Essex
Eastbourne, East Sussex |
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Gardner was also called Goldie Gardner (Goldie was his mother's maiden name).
He took part in the first world war reaching the rank of Major. Suffered bad injuries to his right hip and leg when his aeroplane was shot down in August 1917.
In 1924 he begun racing with an Austin. Winner of the BRDC Gold Star in 1937 (and also 1947 & 1949). Was promoted to lieutenant colonel during the second World War.
Retired from racing in in 1952.
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1932: DNF Empire Trophy (Cyclecar)
1933: DNF Mannin Beg (Voiturette)
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Don Leoncio Garnier de Calvache / Léonce Garnier (F/E) |
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* 28 Mar 1881
† 1963 |
Beaumont, Yonne
San Sebastian |
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Talbot agent in San Sebastian.
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1924: DNC European GP /
DNA San Sebastian GP
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Carlo Alberto Gasparin (I) |
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From Palermo. Fiat and later Alfa Romeo agent in Palermo. Veteran racer from before WWI up to 1930. Sometimes raced under the pseudonym "Febo".
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1922: DNF Targa Florio (1500cc)
1928: 10 Coppa Messina
1931: DNA Targa Florio
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Maurice Alexandre Joseph Gauthier (F) |
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* 18 Jan 1897
† 16 Aug 1986 |
Toulon, Var
Montfrin, Gard |
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From Fleurance.
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1929: 3 Comminges GP (Voiturette)
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Robert Gauthier - SEE: "Ivernel"
Roger Serge Paul Gauthier (F) |
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* 29 Apr 1902
† 6 Mar 1981 |
Ay, Marne
Cherbourg-Octeville, Manche |
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Robert and Roger Gauthier are different persons. The former was also racing under the pseudonym "Ivernel".
The driver at 1929 Lyon was spelt Gautier so possibly yet another person (he is listed here).
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1926: 3 Marne GP
1929: DNA Lyon GP (1100cc) /
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Hans (Hanns) Geier (D) |
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* 25 Feb 1902
† 1986 |
Waldalgesheim. Mainz-Bingen
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According to his id card he was 184 cm long with oval face and grey eyes.
The name is spelt "Hans" with one "n" on the id but the variant "Hanns" appears in several books.
He started racing with motorcycles in 1920. Later became a racing driver, first with Amilcars and
later Bugattis together with August Momberger. Worked as cars salesman
before becoming a Mercedes test driver in 1932. Got his chance as a Grand Prix driver when two
Mercedes works drivers became ill before the 1934 German GP. Was signed as reserve driver for the
rest of 1934 and for 1935. Geier crashed badly in Swiss GP 1935 and was taken
to hospital in a critical condition. He recovered from the accident and returned the Mercedes team,
not as driver but as a timekeeper and assistant team manager until 1955.
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1934: 5 German GP /
10* Swiss GP /
6* Czech GP
1935: DNF AVUS GP /
7 German GP /
DNS Swiss GP
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Geneis - SEE: Saint-Geneis
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Salvatore Geraci (I) |
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From Termini Imerese, Palermo.
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1935: DNF Targa Florio
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Frederick Roberts "Bob" Gerard (GB) |
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* 19 Jan 1914
† 26 Jan 1990 |
Leicester
South Croxton, Leicestershire |
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British businessman. Started racing with a Riley in 1933. After the war he bought both the EX-Fairfield ERA R4A and the
Ex-Wakefield ERA R14B. His ERA races includs three F1 World Championship events and he took part in a further five F1/F2 World Championship events with Cooper Bristols.
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1939: 9 Nuffield Trophy (Voiturette)
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Louis Gustave Adolphe Gérard (F) |
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* 16 Apr 1899
† 11 May 2000 |
Arres
St Cyr sur Mer |
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Gérard was the "slot machine king" of Paris driving the most beautiful and expensive cars of the 1930s. He had not shown any interest in racing
when his 9 year old son one day in 1937 convinced him to take a look at a Delage coupe that was for sale. Louis liked what he saw
and paid for the car with several bags of 20 centimes coins. Gérard was soon afterwards contacted by Jacques de Valence
that explained that the car he had bought was a proper racing car and should be used as such. So at an age of 38
Gérard found himself making his racing debut at the Le Mans 24 h race, finishing 4th .
Gérard was soon a regular sports car driver and showed to be a natural talent who raced with determination and very
aggressive style. Rebuilding the Delage to a sports car for 1938 his greatest moment was the victory at the Tourist Trophy
that year. In 1939 he raced Delage cars for Ecurie Walter Watney and had a try at GP racing at Spa in a Delahaye.
Louis retired from racing in 1951 and went on to become 101 years old.
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1938: 3 Cork GP /
1 Tourist Trophy (sports car)
1939: DNF South African GP (Voiturette) /
DNF Grosvenor (Voiturette) /
DNA Coupe de Paris /
6 Belgian GP /
DNS French GP (Voiturette) /
DNA Albi (Voiturette)
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Paolo Ghezzani (I) |
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Racing driver from Livorno.
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1930: DNF Coppa Ciano
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Prince Gheorghe/Gheorge Iorgu Ghica/Ghyka Cantacuzino/Cantacuzene (RO) |
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* 12 May 1902
† 14 Feb 1988 |
?
San Diego, California, USA |
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Ghica Cantacuzino was a Romanian Prince. Died at San Diego, California in 1988.
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1927: DNF Boulogne GP /
DNF British GP
1928: DNA European GP
1929: DNA French GP
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Giacinto Ghia (I) |
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* 18 Sep 1887
† 21 Feb 1944 |
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1921: 6 (15) Targa Florio (3000cc)
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Enrico Giaccone (I) |
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* 20 Jul 1890
† 26 Aug 1923 |
Torino
Monza |
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Was one of the Fiat race drivers. He was married and fathered two children. He was entered in the 1922 Targa Florio where he finished fifth and later that year, he came second at the
Monza Voiturette GP. At the 1923 French Grand Prix he was leading for 18 laps when an engine defect caused his retirement. He acted as riding mechanic in Bordino’s Fiat during a test
run at Monza. Just at the beginning of the North curve of the oval track, 50 meters before the racetrack crossed the road circuit on a bridge, the front axle suddenly gave way and
broke off near the right wheel attachment. At speed of 170 km/h, the three-wheeled car overturned several times and caught fire. Bordino, who like Giaccone, was thrown from the car,
could get up with some contusions. Giaccone instead suffered a fractured skull and a severely crushed thorax and was laying unconsciously on the track. Help arrived soon but Giaccone
died on the way to the Monza Hospital.
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1922: 1 (5) Targa Florio (1500cc) /
DNF Italian GP
1923: DNF French GP
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Agostino Giardina ("Zeffiro") (I) |
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From Palermo. Also raced under the pseudonym "Zeffiro"
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1933: DNF Targa Florio
1935: DNF Targa Florio
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Giuseppe Gilera (I) |
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* 21 Dec 1887
† 21 Nov 1971 |
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Gilera was the owner of a big Fiat dealership in via Lambro and then in Via Sirtori in Milan and an extremely successful driver in the small
engine-capacity sports car classes. He has the same name as the founder of the Gilera motorcycle company in 1909 but is not the same person.
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1928: DNS European GP
1930: DNS Alessandria GP
1936: 6 Milan (Voiturette)
1937: DNS Milan (Voiturette)
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Beatrice/Beatrix Else Frieda Margarethe "Margot" Gilka-Bötzow (Grafin von Einsiedel) (D) |
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* 2 Sep 1908
† 199? |
Berlin
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Born as Beatrice von Einsiedel 1908 and also raced as Countess von Einsiedel in the 1920s
Bugatti T37 driver. Lived in Dresden.
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1932: DNF AVUS (Voiturette) /
DNF Eifel GP (Voiturette)
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Victor Gillow (GB) |
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* 20 May 1888
† 5 Aug 1968 |
Switzerland
Tooting, London |
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Born as Victor Gilloz in Switzerland. He became a naturalised British citizen in December 1926.
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1933: DNF Mannin Beg (Voiturette)
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"Max Giorgini" (Giovanni Peragallo) (I) |
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Lived in Naples, Rome, Genova (Genoa).
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1929: 15 Mugello Circuit /
DNF Coppa Ciano
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Giovanni - SEE: de Giovanni
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Marius Giraud (F) |
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Sports car driver from Marseille. Giraud was a racing enthusiast and the owner of the spark plug factory Nerka and the sponsor of the young race driver Louis Chiron.
Partner in Bugatti agency Giraud & Hoffmann (24 Rue Colbert, Marseille).
Raced sporadically cars of his dealership in local events for promotion purposes.
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1925: DNF Provence GP
1926: DNA Provence GP
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Yves Aristide Marius Giraud-Cabantous (F) |
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* 8 Oct 1903
† 30 Mar 1973 |
Saint-Gaudens
Paris |
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Giraud-Cabantous was born in Saint-Gaudens 1903. His stepfather wanted him to do a medical career. Instead he became a mechanic for the Salmson company in 1924 before he started racing in
1925 with a Salmson cycle car. He was the winner of the 1928 Frontieres GP . He started developing his own car based on the Salmson. He named the car named Caban and won the 1930 Bold'Or
with it. He also raced the car during the 1931 voiturette season. During the 1930s he concentrated mainly on sports car racing, doing infrequent starts. He finished second at the 1938
Le Mans 24h with a Delahaye.
After the war he joined the Écurie France team racing Delahayes finishing 2nd at he1947 GP d'Alsace at Strasbourg and winning the GP du Salon at Montlhèry. In 1948 he won the GP de Paris in
at Montlhèry becoming French champion in 1948. He also got himself involved in the CTA Arsenal project. During the next years he raced a Talbot-Lago, joining the official Talbot team in 1950.
The team took advantage of Giraud-Cabantous mechanical knowledge. He took part in 10 World Championship races (including the 1950 British GP where he finished fourth) earning five points in
total, plus numerous non-Championship races. After the Talbot team was disbanded he bought the ex-Sommer Talbot T26C. He then raced for HWM 1952-53 taking part in three World championship
races and in the French Formula 2 series. During the 1950s Giraud-Cabantous continued competing in sports cars, finishing second at the Reims 12 hours in 1953. In 1957 he retired
from racing concentrating fully on his transport business instead.
During most of his career he suffered from inferior equipment that hindered him from showing his true talent as a driver. He has been described as athletic, chaming and kind. He was also a accomplished pianist. He died in 1973.
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1926: DNF Marne GP (1500cc)
1927: DNF Marne GP
1928: DNF Marne GP
1929: 1 Marne GP (1100cc) /
DNF La Baule GP (1100cc) /
4 Tunis GP (1100cc)
1930: DNF Lyon (1100cc)
1931: 4 Tunis GP (Voiturette) /
DNF Marne GP (Voiturette) /
DNA Dieppe GP (Voiturette) /
5 Comminges GP /
4 Monza GP (1100cc)
1932: 2 GP de l´U.M.F. (750cc)
1937: DNA Swiss GP (Voiturette) /
DNA Czech GP (Voiturette)
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Emilio Giussani (I) |
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* 5 Jun 1910
† ? |
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Italian driver who raced Maseratis and Alfa Romeos during 1932-34 seasons and also took part in the 1938 Circuito Varese.
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1934: DNF (heat) Bordino GP
1938: DNF Varese (Voiturette)
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Angelo Giusti ("Evangelos Sayris") (I) |
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From Catania. Among the fastest of several Sicilian Bugatti amateur drivers. Once he finished third (driving a SPA)
and twice second overall and first in class in a 1.5L Bugatti in the difficult Coppa Etna, in 1925, 1926, 1928, respectively. Raced
sporadically into the 1930s. The pseudonym "Evangelos Sayris" that Giuesti used in a few races is a literal translation of his name into Greek.
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1925: 1 Coppa Etna /
4 Coppa Vinci
1926: 2 Coppa Etna (1500cc)
1928: 2 Coppa Etna /
10 Coppa Montenero
1929: DNA Coppa Ciano
1931: DNA Targa Florio
1933: DNF Tripoli GP
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"Glauco" (Salvatore Russo) (I) |
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1928: DNF Coppa Etna
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Gobbis - SEE: de Gobbis
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Henri Jean Antoine Godard (F) |
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* 6 Jan 1905
† 23 Feb 1978 |
La Châtre, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Rosny-sur-Seine, Yvelines |
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Sports car and SCAP Factory driver
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1929: DNF Dieppe GP (1100cc)
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Goldie Gardner - SEE: Gardner
Emilio Gola (I) |
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An amateur racing driver from Cuneo, who won the important Cuneo-Colle della Maddalena hillclimb in 1927.
He alternated racing 6C Alfa Romeos and a Bugatti T35B #4867, formerly of U. Pugno, before quitting after the 1931 season.
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1930: DNF (heat) Tripoli GP /
DNA Coppa Ciano /
DNA Coppa Acerbo
1931: DNF Alessandria GP /
DNA/DNS Rome GP (2000cc) /
DNA Monza GP
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Amedeo Giovanni Maria / Amédée Jean Marie Gordini (I/F) |
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* 23 Jun 1899
† 25 May 1979 |
Bazzano, Bologna, Italy
Louveciennes, Yveline, France |
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Gordini was another Italian that became a French car contructor. He moved to France
and started a Fiat garage and tuning shop in Suresnes. He changed his name from
Amedeo to Amédée. In mid 30s the became engine tuner for racing variants of Fiats built on
licence by recently formed Simca company. The cars were quite succeful in the minor sports classes.
After the war the Simca-Gordini cooperation continued culminating in the Formula 1 team in the
1950s. In 1957 Gordini closed the team and became
instead involved with Renault tuning sporty variants of their cars.
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1938: 4 La Baule (Voiturette)
1939: 5 French GP (Voiturette)
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Eric Cecil Gordon England (GB) |
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* 5 Apr 1891
† 1 Feb 1976
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Concordia, Argentina
Sunninghill, Berkshire |
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1926: 15 JCC 200 (750cc)
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Gordon-Lennox - SEE: "Earl of March"
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Corrado Gozzi-Cotti (I) |
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Also found in reports under names Gotti, Cotti or Cozzi.
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1926: DNF Savio Circuit (2000cc)
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Mme. Suzanne Marie Marguerite de Gourmont (neé Baltazar) (F) |
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* 25 Jun 1890
†2 Feb 1941
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Rochefort, Charente-Inférieur
Pontorson, Manche |
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Sports car driver.
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1929: DNF La Baule GP
1930: DNA Dieppe GP
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Franz Gouvion (B) |
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Gouvion was representing Lancia in Belgium. Under the Team Lancia name he entered a Maserati for
the Belgian GP 1937 but destroyd the engine during practice.
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1930: DNF European (Belgian) GP
1937: DNS Belgian GP
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Marcel Etienne Goux (F) |
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* 15 Jan 1905
† 20 Nov 1990 |
Pirey, Doubs
Paris 11e |
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Nephew of motor racing champion Jules Goux. Marcel had a mechanical workshop in the rue St.-Claude in Paris with his brother Maurice
(Maurice Alphonse Charles 15.9.1912, Besancon - 18.12.2005, Paris 20e).
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1934: ? GP de l´U.M.F.
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Edouard Grammont - SEE: "Eddoura"
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Guglielmo Gramolelli (I) |
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* 8 Sep 1897
† 20 Jul 1980. |
Ariano Polesine, Rovigo
Genova (Genoa) |
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A licensed racing driver from Genova (Genoa). In 1933 he raced an Alfa Romeo Monza #2211089 owned by Luigi Ferrara of Genova, registration GE 14724.
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1933: DNA Tripoli GP
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Grandis - SEE: de Grandis
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Ignazio Grasso (I) |
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From Tripoli.
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1925: 3 Tripoli GP
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Greene - SEE: Greene
Georges Paul Auguste Grignard (F) |
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* 25 Jul 1905
† 7 Dec 1977 |
Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Val-de-Marne
Port Marly, Yvelines |
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Grignard was a Hotchkiss employee who competed in rallying in the late
1920s including Monte Carlo 1928 and 1929. He borrowd money to buy himself a used Amilcar and
raced it in the Bol d'Or.
He took part in the 1938 Paris 12h race in a Delahaye and also took part in the 1939 Coupe de Paris.
In the 1930s he also built up a garage business. After the war he raced Delahayes in 1947-1948 and
then a Talbot-Lago finishing 3rd in Pau 1949 and 6th in Rouen 1953. He also took part in
the 1951 Spanish GP at Petralbes, his only F1 World Championship start. In 1959 he bought up
all the liquideted stock of Talbots becoming a supplier to collectors.
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1938: 9 La Baule (Voiturette)
1939: 11 Coupe de Paris /
DNA Picardie (Voiturette)
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"Grimaldi" (I) |
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Holder of an Italian racing license with Paris address for several years, never did race in Italy. In the list of
Italian licensed racing drivers as "Grimaldi". Some sources call him "Enzo Grimaldi" but that is the name of the tenor in Poncielli's opera "La Gioconda"
and would indicate it is definitely an alias.
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1929: DNA Antibes GP /
8 Dieppe GP /
DNA Comminges GP (2000cc) /
DNF La Baule GP
1930: DNC French GP
1931: 7 Casablanca GP /
1931: DNF French GP
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Olof Axel Rudolf "Olle" Grönkvist (S) |
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* 2 Sep 1897
† 5 Aug 1931 |
Stora Malm, Södermanland
Stockholm |
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Started racing in 1924, winning many races for Fiat for which he was awarded several Fiat gold medals and the Order of the Crown of Italy.
Lived in Göteborg (Gothenburg). Moved to Stockholm 1930. Died because of dementia paralytica.
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1931: 6 Swedish Winter GP (Ice race)
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Walter Grosch (CH) |
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* 15 Jul 1898
† 17 Jul 1975 |
La Chaux-de-Fonds
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Heir to the fortune of the Grosch & Greiff department stores, he raced briefly in 1933. That year he crashed his Alfa Romeo 8C2300 spider Touring (#2211096) in the difficult
Coppa Principessa di Piemonte run on Italian Southern roads killing four spectators and was briefly arrested and, being sued for damages, he had to pay a substantial sum.
Almost at the same time he lost a vast amount of money because of unfaithful business partners and left the Scuderia Siena-Grosch without financial support. He reappeared
in racing only for the 1935 Mille Miglia with Giovanni Minozzi, before going into the production of exotic adventure movies in Africa. The fact that most sources say that
he disappeared there before the Second World War has been interpreted as he died there. Actually he emigrated to the United States where he settled in the Chicago area.
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1933: DNA Belgian GP /
7 Coppa Acerbo /
DNA Monza GP /
DNA Czech GP /
DNS Spanish GP
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Grover-Williams - SEE: "Williams"
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Hans Gübelin (CH) |
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? - † 20 Aug 1938
Gübelin was a well known Swiss race car driver from Zürich, who competed in national hillclimbs since the early 1930s. In partnership with Zwimpfer
he ran a Chrysler agency in his hometown and it was on roadsters of this make that he scored most of his successes. In 1938 he purchased the BMW 328 in which
he obtained a 2nd place Grand Prix des Frontiéres. At the end of the 1938 Bremgarten sportscar race the flag man failed to flag off race leader Gübelin who
continued at high speed at crashed his BMW 328 on the wet track. Gübelin was thrown out and landed on his head with fatal results.
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1938: 2 Frontières (Voiturette)
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Cavaliere Gian-Battista "Giovanni Battista" Guidotti, (I) |
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* 30 Jan 1902
† 2 Jul 1994 |
Bellagio, Como, Lombardy
Milano (Milan) |
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Was the riding mechanic of race winner Tazio Nuvolari at 1930 Mille Miglia. Employed by Alfa Romeo 1926-1963.
Alfa Romeo's head test driver. Started in races now and then since 1930.
Alfa Romeo team manager after the war.
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1937: DNF Italian GP
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Paul von Guilleaume (D) |
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* 11 Nov 1893
† 16 Dec 1970 |
Köln
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1926: DNF German GP
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Sir Ronald Vernon Gunter, 3rd Baronet (GB) |
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* 8 Mar 1904
† 27 Jan 1980 |
Battle, East Sussex
Chichester, West Sussex |
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Became 3rd Baronet on 20 Aug 1917.
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1934: DNF Donington Trophy
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W. A. "Tjabben" Gustafsson (S) |
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Raced both boats and cars. Was to race a Miller special at the 1934 Vallentuna ice race. The engine had been brought to Sweden in 1928 by Swedish boat racing pioneer
Gideon Forslund and was initially installed in a racing boat. The engine was later sold to a consortium that put it into a car built by "Börjessons bilverkstad" for the Rämen races.
The car had an accident during Saturday practice for Vallentuna and Gustafsson became a non-starter.
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1934: DNS Vallentuna (Ice race)
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Vladimír Gut (CZ) |
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Bugatti representative in Prague.
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1935: DNF Czech GP
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Christopher Guy (GB) |
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* 10 Oct 1879
† 14 Feb 1946 |
Redcar, Yorkshire
Redcar, Yorkshire |
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(Biographical data probably correct but needs confirmation)
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1928: DNA Antibes GP /
DNF Marne GP
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"Toto" Guyard (F) |
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From Confolens, Charente "Toto" Guyard raced an Amilcar in the Angouleme GP in 1939. He was
nicknamed with just a bit of exaggeration - "the Wimille of Charente".
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1939: 7 Angouleme
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Stafan Gyulai (I) |
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* 30 Apr 1905?
† 13 Apr 1988? |
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Italian nobleman living in Treviso, via Cavour 39, racing with an Italian license in 1931/32.
(There has been an unconfirmed claim that this is the same person as Count Marosnémethi és Nádaskai Gyulay István Lajos Albert,
Hungerian-Austrian nobleman. Born i Wien 1905, died in Wien 1988.)
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1931: DNF Coppa Ciano
1932: DNF German GP (Voiturette)
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