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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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la Boissière - SEE: Boissière
Adrien Léon Jean Auguste Roger Labric (F) |
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* 19 Feb 1893
† 24 May 1962 |
Boulogne Billancourt, Île-de-France
Paris |
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1929: DNF Burgundy GP (sports)
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Erik Lorenz Lafrenz (S) |
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* 7 May 1902
† 6 Aug 1933 |
Stockholm
Vram, Skåne (Scania) |
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Born in Stockholm (listed in the German Assembly). Race driver and mechanic.
At the 1933 Swedish GP at Vram Lafrenz was riding mechanic to Börje Dahlin.
When Dahlin crashed Lafrenz decided to jump rather than risk to be crushed under the car.
Bennström who followed ran over Lafrenz who ended up fatally wounded lying in the middle of the road.
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| (Info supplied by Håkan Gelin) |
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1932: DNF Swedish Winter GP (Ice race)
1933: DNF Swedish Winter GP (Ice race)
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Mme. Nadine Lagoute (F) |
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Took part in several events like Critérium Paris-Nice, la Course de côte de la Turbie, le Rallye féminin Paris-St-Raphaël.
Decided not to start at the 1932 Antibes GP after Marcel Lister's fatal crash during practice.
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| (Info supplied by Christophe Bernard) |
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1932: DNS Antibes GP (Voiturette)
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Leo Lammertz (D) |
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From Aachen, industrialist Nadelfabrik Leo Lammertz (needle factory).
Later he became a famous flyer and landed together with his school friend Richard Perlia, with a Klemm L25,
which was equipped with skis, on the Zugspitzplatt on Germany's highest mountain.
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1925: 1 Eifel GP (1500cc)
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Evasio Lampiano (I) |
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* 21 May 1888
† 14 Jun 1923 |
Torino
Faucille, Switzerland |
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1922: 2 (14) Targa Florio (1500cc)
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Alfred Lams (F) |
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* 17 Jul 1892
† 1? Feb 1959 |
Strasbourg Bas-Rhin
Strasbourg Bas-Rhin |
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Mathis factory driver.
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| (Info supplied by André Reine) |
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1922: DNA French GP
1925: DNF Taunus GP (1500cc)
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Maurice Lamy - SEE: "Jamy"
Francisco "Chico" Landi (BR) |
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* 14 Jul 1907
† 7 Jun 1989 |
São Paulo
São Paulo |
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Chico Landi's first race was the 1934 Rio de Janeiro GP.
Chico was leading when his car broke down, 8 laps from the end.
However, succes was to come for the Brazilian and with an Alfa Romeo he won the Rio de Janeiro GP in 1941, 1947 and 1948.
In 1947 Chico was invited to drive in Argentina and became known internationally.
He was invited to drive in the 1947 Bari GP becoming the first Brazilian top racer to try his luck in Europe.
He retired from the race but returned a year later, to take the victory in a field consisting of
drivers like Villoresi, Varzi, Nuvolari and Farina.
Between 1951 and 1956 Landi raced in 6 Formula 1 Championship races, both as a Ferrari privateer and for Escuderia Bandeirantes, Scuderia Milano and Maserati, gaining 1.5 championship points
for a shared 4th place (with Gerino Gerini) in the 1956 Argentive GP.
After retiring from racing Landi became a leading figure in administrating Brazilian motor sport.
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| (Info supplied by Mauro Kleber) |
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1934: DNF Rio de Janeiro GP
1935: DNF Rio de Janeiro GP
1936: DNF Rio de Janeiro GP /
9 São Paulo GP
1937: DNF Rio de Janeiro GP
1938: 2 Circuito de Gávea /
DNF Rio de Janeiro GP
1939: 7 Circuito de Gávea
1940: 2 Rio de Janeiro GP
1941: 1 Rio de Janeiro GP /
4 Buenos Aires GP
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Riccardo Landolina (I) |
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From Castronuovo near Palermo.
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1931: DNA Targa Florio
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Carlo Laredo De Mendoza (I) |
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* 1903
† 12 Apr 1980 |
Torino (Turin)
Torino (Turin) |
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Engineer from Torino (Turin).
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1935: 4 (heat) Turin GP
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Pierre Larrue (F) |
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* 21 Aug 1903
† 14 Aug 1995 |
Bordeaux, Gironde
Biganos, Gironde |
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Bordeaux druggist Pierre Larrue owned a Delahaye 135MS (chassis 60116) since the pre-war years.
This was a touring car chassis, that he used until the early 50s.
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| (Info supplied by André Reine) |
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1939: DNF Angouleme
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Axel Larsson (S) |
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* 27 Aug 1906
† 15 Mar 1988 |
Främby, Falun, Dalarna
Täby, Stockholm |
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Older brother of Harry Larsson. Started a machine shop in 1949.
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| (Info supplied by Håkan Gelin) |
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1933: 7 Swedish Winter GP (Ice race)
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Heinrich? Lauenstein (D) |
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From Köln (Cologne). Possibly a businessman and co-owner of a handkerchief factory in Cologne called Bollig & Lauenstein.
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| (Info supplied by Simon Davis) |
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1931: DNA Eifel GP
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Antonio Laurora (I) |
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Not in the official list of licensed Italian racing drivers.
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1926: DNA Savio Circuit
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René Louis Paul Le Bègue (F) |
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* 15 Jan 1914
† 24 Feb 1946 |
Paris (9th arrondissement)
Versailles |
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Le Bègue's racing career started seriously in 1936, when he drove a Delahaye
135CS to 2nd at the Spa 24hrs, 4th at Comminges and 5th at Marseille.
He then won the 1937 Monte Carlo Rallye and was running fourth with Cattaneo in a works
Talbot-Lago at the Mille Miglia, when he crashed into a ditch to avoid a charriot.
In 1937 he bought a Talbot T-150C and was 3rd at GP de la Marne, 2nd at the RAC TT, and won the
Coupe de Vitesse at Monthléry and in 1938 also the 12hrs de Paris.
Works Talbot-Lago driver for 1939, he took the new Monoplace Décalée, to a third at the GP de l'ACF and
won the GP du Comminges. Early in 1940, Le Bègue and his wife, Dreyfus
and Chinetti went to USA to race a Masearti at the Indy 500 for Lucy Schell, Le Bègue/Dreyfus
finished 10th. The Le Bègue's were the only one to return to occupied France
in 1941 just to get permission to take two Talbots to the 1941 Indy via Portugal.
Le Bègue and Jean Trévoux were non qualifiers but later raced the cars at theLand's End
hillclimb, where Le Bègue finished third ahead of Trévoux.
Then Le Bègue enrolled in the Free France Army fighting in North Africa, Sicily and Monte
Cassino. At the end of the war the still young Le Bègue was voted vice-president of the
the French Drivers Association (AGACI) but was then suddenly killed in his home at Versailles in 1946 by a stupid accident as he
was asphyxiated by the gas fumes of a defective boiler in his bathroom.
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1936: 15* Donington GP
1938: DNA Pau GP /
1 Coupe de Paris (sports car) /
1 Paris 12H (sports car)
1939: DNS Pau GP /
3 Coupe de Paris /
3 French GP /
1 Comminges GP (sports car)
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Oscar Leblanc y Labayen (E) |
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* ?
† 26 Mar 1967 |
Madrid
Madrid |
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Professional bicycle rider. Winner of the 1913 San Sebastián - Madrid bicycle race.
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| (Info supplied by Angel Elberdin & Alessandro Silva) |
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1927: DNF San Sebastian GP (1100cc)
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"François Lescot" (Jean Gustave Marie Georges Joachim Lebaudy) (F) |
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* 8 Oct 1894
† 30 Dec 1969 |
Rosny-sur-Seine, Yvelynes
Saint-Michel-en-Brenne, Indre |
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1925: DNC Rome GP /
DNF Provence GP (2000cc)
1926: 1 Marne GP
1927: 2 Ouverture GP
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Jacques Edouard Ledure (B) |
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* 26 Mar 1893
† 16 May 1948 |
St Gilles, Brabant
Chimay |
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Died working as track marshal for the 1948 Frontieres GP.
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1923: DNF San Sebastian GP
1930: 7 European (Belgian) GP
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Kenelm Lee-Guinness (GB) |
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* 14 Aug 1887
† 10 Apr 1937 |
Mayfair, London
Kingston Hill, Surrey |
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Son of a captain of the Royal Horse Guards, Kenelm was a member of the Guinness brewery family. He did not finish his studies at Camebridge but started racing in 1907 at
the Isle of Man TT with a Darracq. In 1913 he became Sunbeam works driver and took part in the 1913 French GP. He remained faithful to the Sunbeam/Talbot/Darracq cars
through his racing career. He invented and manufactured the KLG spark plugs. At the outbreak of the first World War Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve but was requested
to return to civilian life and concentrate on the production of spark plugs for aircraft.
In 1922 Lee-Guinness he broke World Speed Records at Brooklands with an aero engined Sunbeam. The car was later sold to Malcolm Campbell and became the first "Blue Bird"
At the 1924 San Sebastian GP his car slipped on the rainy road and crashed.
Riding mechanic Thomas Barratt died immediately and Guinness suffered serious head and leg injuries
that ended his racing career and also changed his personality. He was described as suffering delusions and in April 1937 he comitted suicide with gas, "while of unsound mind".
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1921: 8 French GP
1922: DNF French GP /
DNA Italian GP /
DNA Coppa Florio
1923: 4 French GP
1924: DNF European GP /
DNF San Sebastian GP
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André René Lefèbvre (F) |
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* 18 Aug 1894
† 4 May 1964 |
Louvres (Hauts-de-Seine)
St.Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines |
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Winner of the Rally de Montecarlo in 1927. Designer at Voisin and Citroën.
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1923: 5 French GP /
9 European GP
1926: DNF GP du Salon
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Franz Lefèvre (F) |
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Brother of Louis. Builders of the La Perle car.
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1925: DNF Ouverture GP
1926: 5 GP du Salon
Ouverture GP
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Louis Lefèvre (F) |
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Brother of Franz. Builders of the La Perle car. Died 1926?
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1925: DNF Ouverture GP
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le Foll - SEE: Foll
Arthur Legat (B) |
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* 1 Nov 1898
† 23 Feb 1960 |
Haine-Saint-Paul, La Louvière
Haine-Saint-Paul, La Louvière |
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Legat is considered, together with organizer Buisseret, the most important character in Chimay history.
He was a "garagiste" from Haine-Saint-Paul who participated in virtually every GP des Frontières
(to which his racing activity was almost totally restricted) from 1926 to 1959.
He had started with an Amilcar CGS in 1926 and 1927 but missed the 1928
race. He returned in 1929 in another Amilcar, this time a supercharged
one, replaced by a Bugatti T37A in 1930 that he raced until 1934,
winning the Grand Prix in 1931 and 1932. In 1934 Legat had been able to
purchase the 2.3L Bugatti T35B from the Belgian GP driver
Bouriano. He took this car to the 1935 race but returned with the 1.5L
T37A at Buisseret's request in 1936, reverting to the T35B for the years
1937 to 1939. Legat had to sell the Bugatti to Belgian amateur Pierre
Vingerhoets during the war but was asked to drive it again in 1946 and
1947. The car had acquired throughout the years a snow-plough radiator
grille and a distinctively bizarre vertical fin on the tail.
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1929: 4 Frontieres GP (1100cc)
1930: 5 Frontieres GP
1931: 1 Frontieres GP
1932: 1 Frontières GP
1933: 3 Frontières GP
1934: DNF Frontières GP
1935: DNF Frontières GP
1936 : DNF Frontières GP
1937: 2 Frontières GP
1938: 7 Frontières GP
1939: 4 Frontières GP
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"Jef Legros" (Giuseppe Mucciero) (I/B) |
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Italian owner of a garage in Bruxelles. Raced a Bugatti in
1939. After the war he put a BMW 328 engine i his Bugatti.
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1939: 6 Frontières GP
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Marcel Lehoux (F/DZ) |
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* 3 Apr 1889
† 19 Jul 1936
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Fougères, Vendée
Deauville |
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Known as a little man with the heart of a lion, Lehoux was was born at the castle of Fougères in Vendée, France.
However he lived in Algeria where he was the founder and owner of a large trade
company. Lehoux started racing with a Bugatti T30 in Algeria 1924 at an age of 35 and won on his first try, the Casablanca GP.
He drove Bugattis, Alfa Romeos, Maseratis and ERAs. He won the 1928 Algerian and Tunis GPs,
the 1929 Algerian GP, the 1930 Dieppe GP, the 1931 Geneva and Marne GPs, the 1932
Casablanca GP and in 1933 the Pau, Dieppe and Monza GPs.
In 1931 he raced together with Etancelin. Continued as Bugatti driver before becoming Scuderia Ferrari works driver in 1934.
Private Maserati 1935. Works ERA Voiturette driver 1936. Killed in the Deauville GP after a
collision with Farina's Alfa where his ERA caught fire and the driver burned to death.
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1925: DNF Provence GP (1500cc) /
DNC San Sebastian GP
1926: DNC Provence GP (2000cc)
1927: 9 Provence GP
1928: 1 Algerian GP /
1 Tunis GP /
3 San Sebastian GP
1929: 1 Algerian GP /
DNF Monaco GP /
3 Marne GP /
3 San Sebastian GP /
DNF Comminges GP (2000cc) /
2 Tunis GP
1930: DNF Monaco GP /
DNF Oran GP /
DNF Lyon GP /
2 Marne GP /
1 Dieppe GP /
DNF Dauphiné Circuit /
DNF Comminges GP /
DNF (rep) Monza GP /
DNF French GP /
DNF San Sebastian GP
1931: 3 Tunis GP /
DNF Monaco GP /
DNF Casablanca GP /
DNF* Italian GP /
1 Geneva GP /
DNF* French GP /
1 Marne GP /
DNF German GP /
DNF* Dieppe GP /
2 Dauphiné Circuit /
3 Comminges GP /
6 Monza GP /
3 La Baule GP /
DNF Czech GP
1932: 2 Tunis GP /
6 Monaco GP /
DNF Oran GP /
1 Casablanca GP /
DNF Italian GP /
2 Lorraine GP /
DNF French GP /
DNF German GP /
DNF/DNF* Dieppe GP /
2 Comminges GP /
DNF La Baule GP /
DNF Czech GP /
DNF Monza GP /
DNF Marseille GP
1933: 1 Pau GP /
DNF Tunis GP /
DNF Monaco GP /
3 Picardie GP /
DNF Nimes GP /
DNF French GP /
3 Penya Rhin GP /
DNF Marne GP /
4 Belgian GP /
1 Dieppe GP /
5 Nice GP /
2 La Baule GP /
8 Comminges GP /
6 Marseille GP /
4 Italian GP /
1 Monza GP /
DNF Czech GP /
3 Spanish GP
1934: 4 Monaco GP /
3 Casablanca GP /
3 Penya Rhin GP /
5 Vichy GP /
2 Dieppe GP /
DNF Comminges GP /
8 Spanish GP /
DNF Algier GP
1935: DNF Pau GP /
DNA Monaco GP /
DNA Tunis GP /
DNA Tripoli GP /
DNS Picardie GP /
DNS French GP /
4 Lorraine GP /
4 Marne GP /
6 Belgian GP /
DNF Dieppe GP /
DNF Comminges GP /
DNF Nice GP /
DNF Spanish GP
1936: 3 Pau GP /
2 Monaco (Voiturette) /
DNA Tunis GP /
5 Isle of Man (Voiturette) /
4 Eifel (Voiturette) /
DNF Picardie (Voiturette) /
2/DNS (heat) Albi (Voiturette) /
DNF Deauville GP
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Henrique Lehrfeld (P) |
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* 7 Jun 1897
† 16 Aug 1965 |
Lisboa (Lisbon)
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Henrique Lehrfeld's father was an engineer of German orgin who owned a chemical factory near
Lisbon, his mother had been born in Switzerland.
In his career Lehrfeld drove a white and red Bugatti T35 B, except at his first two races when he raced an Opel and one race when he raced a Gardner.
He took part in many Portuguese national events, from the 1929 "II Quilómetro de Arranque do Campo Grande" until his
retirement after the 1937 Estoril Circuit. He took part the 1931 GP de la Baume beach race in France and also went to Brasil to race at the Gávea circuit
in 1935 and 1936. Lehrfeld pulled out racing because the new Portuguese rules banned GP cars and he did not like racing sportscars.
Lehrfeld died of cancer in 1965
Not to be confused with Polish driver Henryk Liefeldt!
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1931: 5 La Baule GP
1933: DNA Penya Rhin GP
1935: 2 Rio de Janeiro GP
1936: DNF Rio de Janeiro GP
1937: 6 Vila Real /
DNF Estoril
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The Hon. John Disney "Jock" Leith (GB) |
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* 17 Aug 1909
† 15 Dec 1968 |
Aberdeen, Scotland
Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
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Killed in a road accident near Lockerbie in Scotland 1968.
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1935: DNF Mannin Moar /
10 Dieppe GP
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Lucién Lemasson né Nugue (F) |
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* 27 Mar 1897
† 2 Jan 1970.
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Paris 20e
Toulon, Var |
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Famous motor cycle racer in the 1920s.
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1932: DNF Comminges GP (Voiturette)
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Michelangelo Leonardi di Casalino "Trifoglio (I) |
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* 21 Feb 1919
† 2 Jan 1961.
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Roma (Rome)
Roma (Rome |
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From Rome.
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1939: DNA Targa Florio (Voiturette)
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Enaro Léoz-Abad (E) |
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One of two brothers, Genaro & Enaro, who used to race together.
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1935: DNF GP de l´U.M.F.
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Etiénne Marie Jules Lepicard (F) |
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* 14 Dec 1891
† 17 Mar 1972 |
Torcy-Le-Petit, Seine-Inférieure
Compiègne, Oise |
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Designer of the Donnet cars. Later at Derby during the Hawkes tenure.
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1928: DNA Antibes GP
1929: 3 Lyon GP (1100cc) /
2 Dieppe GP (1100cc)
1930: DNA French GP
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Mario Lepori (CH) |
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* 20 Sep 1894
† 24 Mar 1980 |
Cassarate, Lugano
Castagnola, Lugano |
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Mario Lepori, a gentleman driver and sportsman, was born in Cassarate, Lugano 1894. After his studies in letters and commerce in Genève and Neuchâtel, he successfully
practiced motoring, aviation, horse racing, bobsleighing and skiing. His racing career started in 1922 and ended in 1929.
After his retiring from racing, he lived in his villas in St. Moritz and Castagnola, near Lugano. He was the first president of the Swiss Automobile Club. He died Castagnola in 1980.
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| (Info supplied by Mauro Maiano) |
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1924: DNA Cremona Circuit (1500cc)
1926: 5 Rome GP (2000cc) /
DNF Targa Florio (2000cc)
1927: DNF Targa Florio /
2 Rome GP (2000cc)
1928: 9 Targa Florio /
6 Rome GP /
DNF* San Sebastian GP
1929: 1 Antibes GP /
DNC Monaco GP /
DNF Targa Florio /
DNF Rome GP /
DNA Mugello Circuit /
8 San Sebastian GP
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Lescot - SEE: Lecot
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Guglielmo Lettieri (I) |
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From Rome.
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1931: DNA Italian GP
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"Levegh" (Pierre Eugène Alfred Bouillin) (F) |
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* 22 Dec 1905
† 11 Jun 1955 |
Paris (9th arrondissement)
Le Mans |
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"Levegh" Bouillin (not Boullion as it is often written) is mostly known for his post-war Le Mans racing. In 1952 he raced single-handedly for 23 hours only
to miss a gearchange while half asleep, destroying the engine while leading the race by a huge margin.
At the 1955 Le Mans his Mercedes 300SLR crashed into the grandstand creating the worst disaster in the history of motor racing
with over 80 dead.
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1937: 3 Frontières GP
1939: 6 Coupe de Paris
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Hans Friedrich Lewy (D) |
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* 13 Oct 1896
† 30 Nov 1942 |
Dresden
Auschwitz, Poland |
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Raced private Bugattis together with Paul Pietsch and Hans Simons as the "PiLeSi Rennteam" in the early 1930s.
Being a Jew, Lewy left Germany in 1935 for France. During the German occupation he was deported back to Germany and died at Auschwitz concentration camp 1942.
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| (Info supplied by Hugo Boecker & Simon Davis) |
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1931: DNF Czech GP (Voiturette)
1932: DNF AVUS GP /
DNA Eifel GP /
DNF* German GP /
? La Baule GP
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Pierre Henri Raoul Leygonie (F) |
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* 18 Oct 1908
† 22 Oct 1983 |
Paris
Paris |
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Close friend of Jean-Pierre Wimille.
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1932: DNA Picardie GP /
DNF* Dieppe GP
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Libeccio - SEE: Eugenio Minetti
Prinz Ferdinand Anois Andreas von und zu Liechtenstein (FL) |
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* 18 Jan 1901
† 7 Jul 1981 |
Salzburg, Austria
Neully-sur-Seine, France |
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1930: DNA Czech (Voiturette)
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Henryk Liefeldt (PL) |
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* 14 Apr 1894
† 13 Sep 1937 |
Warszawa (Warsaw)
Warszawa (Warsaw) |
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Henryk Liefeldt started racing back in 1912. He was a mechanical engineer and after First World War he, together with Stefan Schiffner, established an engine
manufacturing plant and mechanical workshop in Warsaw, producing industrial engines etc. He also became Austro-Daimler representative in Poland. Liefeldt
became Polish champion in 1927 and 1928 and in 1930 he won the Lwow Grand Prix in an Austro-Daimler. In 1937 he received the Polish "Golden Cross of Merit".
Not to be confused with Portuguese driver Henrique Lehrfeld!
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| (Info supplied by Piotr Jurczyk) |
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1930: 1 Lwow GP
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Sven Henrik Lindblom (S) |
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* 19 Jan 1896
† 19 Jul 1938 |
Jönköping, Småland
Vaggeryd, Byarum, Småland |
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Provincial doctor, civilian aviator. Commited suicide with an overdose of Morphine 1938.
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| (Info supplied by Håkan Gelin) |
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1933: 12 Swedish Winter GP (Ice race)
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Dr. Otto Lindpaintner (D) |
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* 1 Mar 1885
† 22 Jul 1976 |
München (Munich)
München (Munich) |
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1925: 3 Taunus GP (2000cc)
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Marcello "Marcel" Lister (GB) |
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* 1903
† 11 Sep 1932 |
Napoli (Naples), Italy
Garoupe, Antibes, France |
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Born in Italy. British but resident in France. Died during practice for the 1932 Antibes Grand Prix.
Lister's Maserati overturned and he was thrown out and hit the ground head first. He was in haste brought to the local hospital,
where the doctor first noticed a faint heart beat but the efforts to save the driver proved futile.
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| (Info supplied by Hans Etzrodt /Adam Ferrington) |
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1932: 1 Picardie GP (Voiturette) /
2* Lorraine GP (Voiturette) /
DNA Comminges GP (Voiturette) /
DNA La Baule GP /
DNS Antibes GP (Voiturette)
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Lo Baldo (I) |
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Not in the official list of licensed Italian racing drivers.
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1934: DNA Targa Florio
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"Hýta" Georg Christian Prinz von Lobkowicz (Jiří Kristián kníže Lobkovicz) (CS) |
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* 22 Feb 1907
† 22 May 1932 |
Turnov, Bohemia (now Czech Republic)
Berlin, Germany |
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Raced also under the pseudonym "Hýta".
At the 1932 Avusrennen Lobkowicz crashed his recently purchased 5 litre Bugatti on the first lap
near the Forsthaus. He died hours later at St. Hildegard Hospital near the Nordschleife without
having regained consciousnes. Almost the entire high nobility of the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy was present at the funeral ceremony at Mělnik.
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1930: NC Czech GP
1931: 4 Czech GP
1932: DNF AVUS GP /
DNA Lwow GP
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Vincenzo Lo Bue Vanni (I) |
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Sicilian amateur driver from Palermo, placed second in a Bugatti in the
1927 Monte Pellegrino hillclimb. Raced his 1750cc Alfa Romeo with his
wife Nina co-driving in the 1929 and 1930 Giro di Sicilia. He drove
this car also in the only Targa Florio he raced, in 1933.
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1928: DNF Coppa Etna
1933: DNF Targa Florio
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Antonio "Nino" Lodolini (I) |
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From Firenze (Florence).
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1928: DNF Mugello Circuit
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Dr. Mario Lombardi (I) |
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From Vercelli.
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1935: DNA Cosenza GP
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Benedicto Moreira Lopes (BR) |
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* 11 Nov 1904
† 08? Aug 1989 |
Campinas, São Paulo
Campinas, São Paulo |
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Of humble origins, Lopes started to work as a mechanic in Campinas.
Car racing made him famous in Brazil. He was called the "Campineiro Volador" (The Flying Campineiro), because of his speed.
He was 6th in the 1937 Rio GP and started also in the 1941 Rio event.
He moved to Rio, where he owned a garage. His racing career, however, was impaired by bad luck and ill health.
He died poor, ill and forgotten in Campinas.
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1934: DNF Rio de Janeiro GP
1935: DNF Rio de Janeiro GP
1937: 6 Rio de Janeiro GP /
3 Vila Real /
2 Estoril
1938: DNF Rio de Janeiro GP
1939: 2 Circuito de Gávea
1941: 8 Rio de Janeiro GP
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"Eric Lora" (Augustin Louis Denis Marie Cochin) (F) |
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* 3 Feb 1907
† 13 May 1934 |
Cherbourg, Manche
Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne |
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Naval officer stationed at Marselles-Marignane. Took part in some races and hillclibes with a 2 litre Bugatti.
At the 1934 Fontainbleu hillclimb a dog stepped out in front of Lora's car. Lora braked hard, lost control and
crashed into the crowd killing six spectators and injuring five more. The Bugatti ended up against a tree.
Lora himeslf died soon after having reached hospital.
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1932: DNA Picardie GP (Voiturette) /
DNF Comminges GP (Voiturette)
1933: 6 Picardie GP /
DNA Dieppe GP /
DNF La Baule GP (2000cc) /
? GP de l´U.M.F.
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Ernesto Lorenzoni (I) |
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From Brà province of Cuneo.
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1931: DNA Alessandria GP
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Richard Joseph Lorthiois (F) |
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* 29 Oct 1897
† 15 Jan 1977 |
Tourcoing, Nord
Joinville-le-Pont, Val de Marne |
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1928: 2 (heat) Riviera Circuit
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Guy Moise André Louet (F) |
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* 24 Feb 1901
† 5 Dec 1939 |
Mazamet, Tarn
Amélie-les-Bains, Pyrénées-Orientales |
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André Louet raced a Bugatti T35 (#4327), one of the original 1924 Lyon cars.
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| (Info supplied by André Reine) |
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1930: DNF Comminges GP
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Roger Auguste Loyer (F) |
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* 5 Aug 1907
† 24 Mar 1988 |
Paris (8ème)
Boulogne Billancourt, Île-de-France |
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Roger Loyer was one of the greatest French motorcyclists of the
1930s and 1940s. This excellent driver's career is a typical example of
the many ones severely disrupted by the war. Loyer came from a family of
modest financial means His father was a taxi-driver so he grew up in
contact with motor cars. He was an adventurous but strong-willed,
self-thought, independent man, in possession of an inventive mind which
allowed him to patent several devices connected with automobiles. He
started as a chauffeur and mechanic, beginning to motorcycle racing in
1928. His career in car racing started in 1938. In 1939 he bought the ex-Berg
Maserati 6CM, driving also a Watney's Delage at Le Mans. After the war after
several one-off drives, he set up a team with "Robert"
racing two Cisitalias D46 in 1947/1948. Loyer also continued racing
motorcycles and later joined the Gordini team by which he was employed
mainly in sports car racing. He scored a couple of victories for Amédée,
but his career practically ended with the end of the Gordini team,
although he was seen at odd races until 1960.
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1939: 5 Coupe de Paris /
DNF Frontières GP /
DNF Nuffield Trophy (Voiturette) /
DNF Angouleme /
DNF French GP (Voiturette) /
DNF Albi (Voiturette)
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Roberto Antonio Lozano (RA) |
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* 1910
† 25 Nov 1982 |
?
Urdampilleta, Buenos Aires province |
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1934: 6 Rio de Janeiro GP
1935: DNF Rio de Janeiro GP
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Josef Ludewig (D) |
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Co-owner of Gebr. Ludewig at Essen, coachbuilders and Bugatti dealership.
Raced at least two T30 between 1924 and 1926.
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1925: 1 Eifel GP (2000cc)
1926: DNF German GP (2000cc)
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Albert Ludig (L) |
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Chrysler driver Albert Ludig was from Esch, Luxembourg.
He also took part in Hill Climbs at Luxembourg with the Chrysler.
He was president of the Motor Union, Esch a motorsport club.
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1930: DNC Eifel GP
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Karl Einar Lundborg (S) |
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* 11 Oct 1892
† 31 Mar 1946 |
Eskilstuna
Eskilstuna |
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Furniture retailer. Died by an accident in 1946.
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| (Info supplied by Håkan Gelin) |
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1933: Swedish Winter GP (Ice race)
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Don Giovanni "Johnny" Lurani - Cernuschi, Comte di Calvenzano (I) |
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* 19 Dec 1905
† 17 Jan 1995 |
Cernusco Lombardone, Milano (Milan)
Milano (Milan) |
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A very interesting all-round character on the international racing scene
between 1925 and 1965, Count Lurani held a degree in engineering from
the Milan Polytechnic and was an amateur driver, record breaker on his
own built cars, a respected writer and journalist, magazine editor, team
manager, race organizer and high official in national and international
bodies of the motorsports (motorcycle also). Started racing on a Salmson
in 1926, switching to a Derby for 1927. He then successfully raced
Alfa-Romeo 1500 sportscars from 1928 to 1932, mainly in hill-climbs.
He switched to Maserati in 1933, purchasing the very first 1.5L Maserati 4C sport.
In 1934 he raced Voiturettes for Scuderia Subalpina and
was practically unbeatable in hillclimb 1.5L class in 1934/35. Off to the Ethiopian
war, he sold his Maserati - eventually raced by Marazza -
and upon return he founded Scuderia Ambrosiana entering Maseratis
in Voiturette racing. Lurani was a Mille Miglia specialist winning his
class in 1933 (works MG), 1948 (Healey Sedan) and 1952 (Porsche). Class winner at Le Mans in 1951.
After the war, he was instrumental in the
rebirth of racing in Italy and internationally, acting as a sort of
Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Italian government body of the sport
and becoming a member of FIA. He proposed the GT logo and regulations
and organised the first GT race in 1949. He
also was the main "promotor" for Formula Junior, persuadeing FIA to make it a
internationalclass in 1959. In 1947/48, he managed Scuderia Ambrosiana in Formula A with Ascari
and Villoresi as drivers, also helped British drivers to get around restrictions on imports,
racing their cars under the Scuderia banner. He designed his own
record-breaking cars, the Nibbio I to V powered by
motorcycle Guzzi engines, that broke many short distance records for the
350 and 500 cc classes between 1935 and 1960. He became publisher of
the illustrious Auto Italiana magazine contributing all his life with articles.
He was also active in historical racing.
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1931: 6* Italian GP /
5 (heat) Geneva GP (Voiturette)
1932: 1 Eibsee (Ice race 1500cc)
1934: 5 (heat) Biella GP
1935: 5 (heat ) Biella GP /
DNA Swiss GP (Voiturette)
1937: 8 Turin GP (Voiturette) /
9 Napels (Voiturette) /
1 Circuito dell'Agro Pontino /
2 Targa Florio (Voiturette) /
5 Genua GP (Voiturette) /
11 Milan (Voiturette) /
DNF San Remo (Voiturette) /
3 Campione D'Italia (Voiturette) /
3 Rand GP (handicap)
1938: DNA Cork (Voiturette) /
3 / 8 Tripoli (Voiturette / GP) /
DNF Targa Florio (Voiturette)
1939: DNS Tripoli (Voiturette)
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