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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!
Antonio (Antonino) "Nino" D'Agata (I) |
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* 2 Apr 1905
† 11 Nov 1989 |
Catania?
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Sicilian driver from Catania, he never raced in Italy north of Reggio
Calabria, on the opposite shore of the Messina Straight from Sicily.
There he placed third driving an OM in the 1930 race. Inevitably a
specialist of the Targa Florio and of the Giro di Sicilia, he drove OMs,
Maseratis and Alfa Romeos, whereas, after WWII, he drove a Fiat 1100 in
1948 and a Lancia Aprilia touring car in the 1949 and 1950 editions.
D'Agata is nonetheless found racing in the famous 1938 Christmas race at
l'Asmara (Eritrea) where he placed second in a 2.6L Alfa Romeo, a feat
not recorded by Alfa Monza guru Simon Moore.
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1926: DNF Coppa Etna (1500cc)
1928: 6 Coppa Messina /
DNF Coppa Etna
1932: DNF (heat) Rome GP
1934: DNF Targa Florio
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Jean-Claude Léon Dahetze d'Ahetze (Dahetze) (F) |
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* 29 Dec 1899
† 24 Oct 1977 |
Paris
Boulogne-Billancourt |
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Jean-Claude d'Ahetze was a French fashion designer. Full name was Dahetze but he changed the spelling of his surname to d’Ahetze.
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1928: 9 Marne GP /
5 (heat) Grand Prix Bugatti /
DNC European GP
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d'Ajetti - SEE: Ajetti
Giovanni Dall'Olio Contri (I) |
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From Brescia. Builder of the C.D. voiturette car.
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1925: DNF Garda Circuit (1500cc)
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Guillaume Henri "Guy" Daniel-Lamuzière (F) |
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* 1 Jan 1877
† 23 Jan 1971 |
Saint Pierre Chérignat, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint Pierre Chérignat, Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
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1930: 5 Dieppe (Voiturette) /
DNF French GP /
DNA San Sebastian GP
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"Daniel" (Daniel Ernest Porthault) (F) |
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* 1 Nov 1911
† 22 Feb 1976 |
Panthéon, Paris
Emancé, Yvelines, Île-de-France |
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Raced in France with his own Delahaye 135 sportscar.
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1937: 4 Frontières GP
1938: DNA Pau GP
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Mario Danieli (I) |
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* 14 Apr 1879
† 22 Oct 1955 |
Fagagna
Buttrio |
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1922: 19 Mugello Circuit
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d'Arnoux - SEE: Arnoux
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Edgard Marie da Silva Ramos (F/BR) |
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* 8 May 1890
† 18 Sep 1945 |
Paris 16e
Paris 16e |
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Father to F1 driver Hermando "Nano" da Silva Ramos (Gordini 1955-56).
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1928: 6 (heat) Grand Prix Bugatti
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d'Avanzo - SEE: Avanzo
Sydney Charles Houghton "Sammy" Davis (GB) |
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* 9 Jan 1887
† 9 Jan 1981
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South Kensington, London
Guildford, Surrey |
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1927: DNF* British GP
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de Alzaga - SEE: Alsaga
de Avellar - SEE: Avellar
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Domenico De Bernardinis (I) |
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Not in the official list of licensed Italian racing drivers.
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1924: DNA Coppa Acerbo (1500cc)
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de Bejarry - SEE: Bejarry
de Belleroche - SEE: Belleroche
de Berck or De Berk- SEE: Berc
de Bernardis - SEE: Bernardis
de Bondeli - SEE: Bondeli
de Brémond - SEE: Brémond
de Buck - SEE: Buck
de Burnay - SEE: Burnay
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Decapitani (I) |
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Not in the official list of licensed Italian racing drivers.
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1935: DNA Cosenza GP
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de Ceilleux - SEE: Ceilleux
de Chanaz - SEE: Chanaz
de Coucy - SEE: de Coucy
de Cystria - SEE: de Cystria
de Faucamberge - SEE: Faucamberge
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Ferruccio De Franceschi (I) |
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Not in the official list of licensed Italian racing drivers.
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1927: DNA Pozzo Circuit
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de Fumel - SEE: Fumel
de Gavardie - SEE: Gavardie
de Gourmont - SEE: Gourmont
de Graffenried - SEE: Graffenried
de Grassin - SEE: Grassin
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Carl Deilmann (D) |
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* 22 Apr 1894
† 12 Jan 1985
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Dortmund
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Carl's father with the same name had founded a mining company in 1888 that became a major specialist in mining technique.
Carl took part in the First World War as a cavalryman and pilot in Jagdstaffel 2 and Jagdgeschwader 1 ("von Richthofen's Circus")
After the war he studied mining and political science and then joined his father's company as managing director, taking over the
company at his father's death in 1936. He made a name for himself internationally as a recognized expert in modern mining methods
and the company has built mining facilities all over the world.
He did some racing as a privateer with a NAG C4b in 1925 and an Austro Daimler ADM III in 1926-28.
He finished first at the 1927 Hohensyburgrennen 1927 (Sports cars 2-3L) and second behind Stuck in 1928.
In the 1929 1929 Hohensyburg Rundstrecken Prüfung he won a gold medal with his Austro Daimler. Again a gold medal at the Nürburgring ADAC
Langstreckenfahrt (8 hours) in 1929.
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1925: 5 Taunus GP
1926: DNF German GP
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Delangle - SEE: "Hellé-Nice"
de la Riva - SEE: Oliveras de la Riva
Georges Delaroche (F) |
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* 12 Jan 1902
† 9 Nov 1968
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Le Mans
Le Mans |
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Lived in Dieppe.
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1928: 7 Marne GP
1930: DNF Dieppe (2000cc) /
DNF French GP
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de las Casas - SEE: "Raph"
del Drago - SEE: Drago
d'Elern - SEE: Elern
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Charles Delfosse né Ducornet (F) |
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* 22 Dec 1894
† 29 Jul 1993
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Hordain, Nord
Maizy, Aisne |
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Builder of the Delfosse cars from 1921 to 1927 at Cambrai and later at Valenciennes in Northern France.
Website (external link)
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1926: DNA Marne GP (1500cc)
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Ernst von Delius (D) |
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* 29 Mar 1912
† 26 Jul 1937
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Pleassa, Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg
Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
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Ernst von Delius was born 29. March 1912 in Plessa at the Elster River, north of Dresden, in Saxony,. His father gave him a 125cc motorcycle, which he used driving to school. When 19, after finishing school, his father
gifted him a 750 BMW sports car which Delius entered at the August 1932 Avusrennen, finishing sixth in his class. The following year he raced with the modified 750 BMW at several events. mainly at hill climbs, with great
success. In 1933 Delius drove for the BMW works team with a 1200 touring car at the 2000 km-Deutschland-Tour, winning a gold medal. Still with BMW in 1934, he again won the gold medal at the 2000-km-tour and the
Alpine-Cup at the International Alpine Tour. At the 1934 Eifelrennen Delius drove one of the three 1500 Zoller 2-stroke cars and retired after half the race with a broken fuel line. For BMW he drove one of their
new two-L sports cars at the 1935 Eifelrennen, winning his class in new record time.
In the fall of 1935 Delius was hired for 1936 as junior driver in the Auto Union works team. At the Monaco Grand Prix in April, as reserve driver he crashed during practice on received light head injuries hospital.
He made hios race debut for the team at Penya Rhin finishing fourth. His best GP result of the year was second place at Coppa Acerbo and at the Schauinsland hill climb he finished second only two seconds slower than Rosemeyer.
In January 1937 he won the Grosvenor GP handicap race as he had a better handicap than Rosemeyer.
At the Avusrennen he came second, only two seconds behind Lang's Mercedes.
But after an accident during pre-test one week before the Eifelrennen, when a bird had flown into Delius goggles, his driving condition was not the same. He said time and again that he wanted to stop auto racing.
At the German Grand Prix Delius crashed with Seaman's Mercedes near Antoniusbuche.
He was rushed to the Adenau hospital and when his condition worsened on the evening, he was transported to the Bonn hospital where he died during the transport or in the morning. His grave is at
Waldfriedhof, Berlin-Dahlem only a few meters from Rosemeyer's grave.
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1933: 10 AVUS (Voiturette) /
? Eifel (Cyclecar)
1934: DNF AVUS (Voiturette) /
DNF Eifel (Voiturette)
1935: DNF Eifel (Voiturette) /
DNF* German GP
1936: DNS Monaco GP /
4 Penya Rhin GP /
9 Eifel GP /
5* Hungarian GP /
6 German GP /
2 Coppa Acerbo /
5* Swiss GP /
3 Italian GP
1937: DNF South African GP (handicap) /
1 Grosvenor GP (handicap) /
3 Tripoli GP /
2 AVUS GP /
10 Eifel GP /
4 Vanderbilt Cup /
DNF German GP
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della Chiesa - SEE: Chiesa
della Porta - SEE: Porta
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Carlo Alberto Dell'Orto (I) |
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From Como.
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1934: DNF* Nice GP
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André "Delmo" Delom (F) |
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From Nice. Used the pseudonym "Delmo". Also listed as Louis Delmo (possibly but unlikely a brother).
He was supervising the stowing of his car on the ship for the trip to the Algerian GP, when he slipped and fell seven meters to the bottom of the hold,
badly injuring himself.
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1934: DNF (heat) Bordino GP /
DNF Picardie GP /
DNF Penya Rhin GP /
DNF Vichy GP /
DNF Albi GP /
DNF Nice GP /
DNF Comminges GP
DNA Alger GP
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Deloron ( ) |
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Raced a 2 litre Bugatti (T35 or T35A) in 1926.
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1926: 7 Marne GP
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Lorenzo Delpino (I) |
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* 4 Sep 1899
† ? |
Genova (Genoa)
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Worked as an important FIAT concessionary in Genoa.
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1929: DNA Alessandria GP
1934: 8 (heat) Bordino GP
1937: 4 Genua GP
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"Del Vivo" - SEE: "Vivo"
René Henri Abel Dély (F) |
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* 10 Aug 1888
† 29 May 1935 |
Saint-Martin-Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais
Boulogne-sur-Mer |
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1926: DNS Boulogne GP
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"de Marcellus" - SEE: "Marcellus"
"de Maris" - SEE: "Maris"
"de Marguenat" - SEE: "Marguenat"
de Marotte - SEE: Marotte
de Martis - SEE: Martis
de Maureix - SEE: Maureix
Lucien Désiré Léon Demazel (F) |
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* 17 Apr 1894
† 18 Apr 1980 |
Paris 10e
Fabas, Ariège |
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Early French aviator (license #884, 25 May 1912). Builder of airplanes at Issy-les-Moulineux.
Long-time Bordeaux resident. Raced Salmson cars for the Bodeaux Salmson concessionaire.
Died in a retirement home at Sabarat, Ariège 1980.
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1932: DNF Comminges GP (Voiturette)
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Patrick Lane Densham (GB) |
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* 30 Mar 1895
† 21 Jun 1984 |
Croydon, Surrey
Chelsea, London |
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Densham was born in Croydon, Surrey 1895, son of a tea merchant He served with the HAC and other artillery units in the 1st World War.
Lived in London and married Victoria Yates in 1920, was divorced in 1924 but re-married her in 1944. Listed as a motor business amn he
lived in South Kensington in the 1930s. Took part in the 2nd World War as 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Lived at Edith Growe, Chelsea, after the war where he died in 1984.
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1926: DNF JCC 200
1927: DNF JCC 200
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de Meslon - SEE: Meslon
de Montbressieux - SEE: "Raph"
de Oliveira - SEE: Oliveira
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Raffaele "Ralph" DePalma (I/USA) |
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* 18 Dec 1883
† 31 May 1956 |
Biccari, Apulia, Italy,
South Passadena, California |
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1921: 1921: 2 French GP /
DNF Italian GP
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de Paolo - SEE: Paolo
de Peignon - SEE: Peignon
de Praez - SEE: Praez
De Prosperis - SEE: Prosperis
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Mme. Marie Caroline Renée Depret née Bohomoletz (F) |
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* 3 Jun 1899
† ? |
Paris
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Sports car driver.
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1929: 1 Burgundy GP (sports)
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Jacques "Giacomo" De Rham (CH) |
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* 18 Mar 1909
† 3 Nov 1986 |
Villar-sur-Rolland, Lausanne
Doganella, Grosseto |
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Swiss private Maserati driver living in Italy. Had an Italian racing licence.
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1936: DNF Milan GP /
DNF Swiss GP /
DNF Lucca GP /
DNS Italian GP /
DNF Modena GP
1937: DNA Napels GP /
DNF* Milan GP
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de Rothschild - SEE: "Philippe"
de Rovin - SEE: Rovin
de Saugé - SEE: Saugé
de Ségovia - SEE: Ségovia
de Sota - SEE: Sota
de Souza - SEE: Souza
de Sterlich - SEE: Sterlich
de Stigliano - SEE: Stigliano
Destrez - SEE: d'Estrez de Sauge
de Sztriha - SEE: Sztriha
de Teffé - SEE: Teffé
de Texidor - SEE: Texidor
de Tudert - SEE: Tudert
Cyrille Du-Chene Devere (GB) |
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* 4 Jan 1881
† 30 Sep 1964 |
Vilvorde, Brabant flamand, Belgium
Paris 16e |
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Wrong name? Could be Cyril de Vere (Williams), whose father, a magician, used the stage names 'Charles de Vere' and 'Charles Devere'.
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1929: DNF Burgundy GP
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de Villapadierna - SEE: Villapadierna
de Vitis - SEE: Vitis
de Vizcaya - SEE: Vizcaya
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Devos ( ) |
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Possibly Desvaux or Devaud?
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1928: DNF Marne GP
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d'Havrincourt - SEE: Havrincourt
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Di Castro (I) |
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Not in the official list of licensed Italian racing drivers.
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1932: DNA Targa Florio
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Louis Didier (F) |
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Died in September 1925 in a road accident near Valence.
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1925: 1 Provence GP (1100cc)
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Friedrich Dilthey (D) |
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* 16 Mar 1906
† 16 May 1964. |
Rheydt, Mönchengladbach
Rheydt, Mönchengladbach |
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Raced small capacity cars from the early 1930s well into the the 1950s.
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1931: DNF Eifel GP
1932: DNF Eifel GP (Voiturette)
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Dini ( ) |
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Not in the official list of licensed Italian racing drivers.
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1930: DNA Monza (1100cc)
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di Villamarina - SEE: Villamarina
di Villarosa - SEE: Villarosa
Karel "Tunal" Divišek (CS) |
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* 6 Aug 1902
† 24 Oct 1956 |
Brno
Brno |
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Universal sportsman, athlete (running, boxing), pilot and racing driver. He was a pioneer of diving (probably the first Czech diver) and speleology research. He was owner of a driving school in Brno where he used
Z cars (Zbrojovka Brno, an arms factory with car production 1925 - 1936) and gradually started participate in car races with Z specials, but sometimes also with a Bugatti. He alos bought a small aeroplane
taking part in air races.
After WWII his driving school was nationalized and he worked instead as custodian in the cave system of Punkva river (north of Brno), which he had helped to discover.
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1930: 3*/DNS Czech (Voiturette)
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Prince Dimitri Aleksandrovich Djordjadze/Jorjadze (RU) |
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* 26 oct 1898
† 26 Och 1985 |
Signagi, Georgia, Russia
Monaco |
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Georgian nobleman, hotel executive and race car driver. Winner of the 1931 Spa 24h sports car race.
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1928: 2 Saint Raphaël /
DNA Antibes GP
1931: DNA Comminges GP
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Hector George Edmund Dobbs, Lieutenant R.N. (GB) |
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* 13 May 1905
† 3 May 1968 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Southampton, Hampshire |
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Royal Navy officer. Dobbs was originally a racing motor cyclist of some note. He won the Amateur TT race on the Isle of Man in 1925. After leaving the Royal Navy,
Dobbs developed his Riley racers at premises - Hedge End Motors. He started racing his Riley powered cars in 1933 at Brooklands. His first major international race was the 1935 Donington GP and in
the following year he entered his Riley in the Junior Car Club 250 mile International Trophy race at Brooklands where he finished 3rd behind Bira and Mays in their ERAs. He also finished in 4th place
behind 3 ERAs in the 1936 Nuffield Trophy race at Donington Park. He took a Riley sportscar to Montlhery for the 1936 Grand Prix de l'ACF but was unplaced. In 1937 he was invited to drive with "Bira"
in Prince Chula's 3.5 litre Delahaye in the Donington Park International 12-hour sportscar race - his last race and his biggest win.
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1933: DNS Empire Trophy
1935: NC* Donington GP
1936: DNF* Donington GP
1937: 1* Donington 12 Hours (sports car)
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Louis Dollfus (F) |
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* 10 May 1901
† 6 Apr 1977 |
Paris 16e
Rocles, Allier |
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1926: 11 Marne GP (1500cc)
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Karl Ernest Donajowski "Kaye Don" (GB) |
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* 10 Apr 1892
† 29 Aug 1981 |
Dublin, Ireland.
Chobham Surrey |
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Kaye Don started as a motorcycle driver in 1912. Afther having spent WWI at the Royal Flyng Corps, flying i.a. RE8's as artillery observer,
he returned to motor cycle racing in 1919 but turned to car racing in 1921, taking several international records at Brooklands with an A.C.
Won the President's Gold Cup in 1923. In 1925-26 he was victorious with a Wolseley Viper at Brooklands.
Won the Founder's Cup and the Gold Star in 1927 with a 2 litre Sunbeam. Next year he won the Gold Star anew with a 4 litre Sunbeam "Tiger"
and was also the winner of the 1928 Tourist Trophy and President's Gold Cup with a Lea-Francis.
In 1928 he had three ex-works Sunbeams to his disposal known as "Cub", "Tiger" and "Tigress".
and sat many class records on Brooklands with the cars during 1928 to 1930. 1931 he had a new Bugatti 4.9L know as Tiger 2.
After Sir Henry Segrave's death Don took over the motorboat "Miss England II" breaking two water speed records.
Disappeared from racing as he served a 4? month jail sentence 1934 after crashing on the Isle of Man while testing his M.G. on a public road before
the race, killing his passenger Francis Tayler. Was back once more to race in Donington 1936. Died in Chobham, Surrey 1981. Buried at Jericho, Oxford.
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1926: DNF JCC 200
1931: DNA French GP
1932: DNA French GP
1933: DNA AVUS GP /
2 Empire Trophy /
DNF Mannin Beg (Voiturette) /
4 Mannin Moar
1934: DNS Mannin Beg (Voturette)
1936: 15* Donington GP
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Peter Langloh Donkin (GB) |
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* 19 Jun 1913
† 12 Jun 2000 |
Invercargill, New Zealand
Orange, Australia |
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Finished 11th with an Aston Martin at the 1935 Le Mans 24h race.
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1934: DNF Mannin Beg (Voiturette)
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dos Santos - SEE: Santos
"Dribus" - SEE: André Boillot
André Dubonnet (F) |
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* 28 Jun 1897
† 20 Jan 1980 |
Paris
Maule, Yvelines |
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Son of the founder of the Dubonnet apéritif firm.
Dubonnet was a industrialist, fighter pilot, athlete, racing driver and inventor. He was a fighting pilot during World War I ending up with six aerial victories.
His independent suspension was used on the Alfa Romeo P3 from 1935 onwards and he also sold the invention to General Motors.
He took part in the 1928 Olympic Games at St. Moritz as captain for the French #2 five-man (sic!) bobsleigh team, finishing 15th.
Winner of the 1928 Grand Prix Bugatti he was awarded a Bugatti T35C (#4865).
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1921: 4 French GP
1922: 1 Autumn GP
1924: 6 Targa Florio
1926: 1 Targa Florio (2000cc) /
3* British GP
1927: 6 Targa Florio /
DNA ACF Free For All /
8 Sporting Commission Cup /
2 San Sebastian GP /
DNF* Spanish GP /
DNS French GP
1928: 1 Grand Prix Bugatti
1929: DNA French GP
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du Brusle - SEE: Brusle
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Gustave Henri Joseph Anicet Ducouret (F) |
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* 17 Apr 1897
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Bussiére-Dunoise, Creuse
Paris 19e |
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1932: 5 La Baule GP
1933: 11 La Baule GP
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Louis Antonin Alfred Ducreux (F) |
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* 29 Aug 1892
† ? |
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône
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Brother of Gaetaan Ducreux.
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1926: DNA Italian GP (1100cc)
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Gaetaan Louis Marcel Marie Emile Ducreux (F) |
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* 3 Mar 1891
† ? |
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône
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Brother of Alfred Ducreux.
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1926: DNS Provence GP
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Raymond Myles Beecham Duke Woolley (GB) |
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* 18 Aug 1916
† 10 Oct 1991 |
Withington, Manchester
Chichester, West Sussex |
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Duke-Woolley was born in Manchester in 1916 and educated at Marlborough College. He entered RAF College in 1935, and joined 23 Squadron (Hawker Demon) in 1936.
The squadron changed to Bristol Blenheim in December 1938 and did convoy patrolling early in the war before becoming a night fighter unit.
Duke-Woolley moved to 253rd squadron (Hurricane) at Kenley in Septenber 1940 leading the squadron from late September to November.
In May 1941 he formed and took command of the 124 Squadron (Spitfire I, IIb, Vb) at Castletown until June 1942 when he became wing leader. He then held various higher
commands until retired from the RAF on 30th January 1961 as a Group Captain. He was credited with seven air combat victories.
He then worked for a life insurance company until his retirement. He was Yeoman Usher of Black Rod in the House of Lords from 1973 to 1979.
Duke-Woolley died in 1991.
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| (Info supplied by Adam Ferrington and Graham Clayton) |
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1938: ? (4* 1100cc) JCC 200 (Voiturette + GP)
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George Edward Duller (GB) |
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* 26 Jan 1891
† 6 Aug 1962 |
Plaistow, London
Epsom, Surrey |
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Well known jockey. One of the "Bentley Boys", 2nd at JCC 200 miles Race 1924, and winner of the 1927 Montlhery 24h.
Raced from 1930 to 1934 with Derby & Duesenberg at Brooklands. Died at Epsom, Surrey in 1962. (Not to be confused with his younger brother R.L. "Jack" Duller).
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1925: 3 Provence GP (1500cc) /
1 Ouverture GP
1926: DNF Boulogne GP (1100cc)
1927: DNF JCC 200
1933: DNA Mountain
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Robert Lennard "Jack" Duller (GB) |
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* 14 Feb 1904
† 11 Feb 1978 |
Aveley, Essex
Bovey Tracey, Devon |
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Younger brother to George Duller. Partner in the London firm of Street & Duller who serviced Alfa-Romeo cars before WW2.
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1937: DNF* Campbell Trophy
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Jack Lawson Dunfee (GB) |
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* 9 Oct 1901
† 13 Sep 1975 |
Putney. London
Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire |
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Older brother to Clive Dunfee, who had a fatal accident at the Brooklands 500 mile race in 1932 with a Bentley.
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| (Info supplied by Jean-Charles Colombier) |
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1926: DNF JCC 200 (1100cc)
1931: DNF* French GP
1932: DNF Empire Trophy
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Charles Gerald Hugh Dunham (GB) |
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* 19 Jan 1895
† 18 Feb 1962 |
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire |
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| (Info supplied by Adam Ferrington) |
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1933: DNF Empire Trophy
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du Pouget - SEE: Pouget
John Du Puy (USA) |
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* 22 Mar 1914
† 1993/94? |
New York
? |
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John Du Puy was an rich American who did some races before the war. Listed as 5 feet 10 inches with blue eyes, brown hair and fair complexion.
His father had been President of the Pennsylvania Rubber Co, his grandfather President of Crucible Steel of Pittsburgh.
Du Puy and de Graffenried formed a team driving two Maserati voiturettes, a 6CM and a 4CM.
1940 US draft has him listed as as student of Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics.
After the war John rarely drove a car (i.e. lost his license). In the 1950s he lived with his wife in Lausanne Palace in Switzerland, then to USA in 1962.
US Public Records Index had him listed in Reno, Nevada.
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| (Info supplied by Romain Heckemanns & Richard Armstrong) |
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1937: DNA Frontières (Voiturette) /
DNF Isle of Man (Voiturette) /
DNF Picardie (Voiturette) /
9/DNF (heats) Albi (Voiturette) /
DNA Coppa Acerbo (Voiturette) /
9 (heat) Swiss GP (Voiturette) /
DNS Czech GP (Voiturette)
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"Leon Duray" (George Gardner Stewart) (USA) |
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* 30 Apr 1894
† 12 May 1956 |
Cleveland, Ohio
San Bernardino, California |
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Born as George Stewart in Cleveland, Ohio in 1894, he later legally changed his name to Leon Duray in tribute to French Grand Prix river Arthur Duray.
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1929: DNF (heat) Monza GP (Voiturette)
1932: DNF (heat) Monza GP
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Reinhold Dürkopp (D) |
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* 8 Jun 1894
† 29 Jun 1977 |
?
Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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Car dealer. Chairman of the Herforder Garde-vereins, a kind of veteran organisation for the former Imperial guard.
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| (Info supplied by Hugo Boecker) |
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1926: DNA German GP (2000cc)
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Piero (Ettore) Dusio (I) |
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* 13 Oct 1899
† 7 Nov 1975 |
Scurzolengo, Asti, Piemonte
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Started as a soccer player and played for Juventus until a knee injury ended his career. Started as a fabric salesman.
At 27 he was owner of the biggest oilcloth manufacturing factory in Italy.
Dusio was a vital and likable man for whom success had come
easily. Shrewd and firm, it had not been difficult for him to stay at
the top of commerce and industry, once he had made it there. Commerce
above all, as his subsequent history will show. Dusio's great love was
motor cars. He had been a good amateur driver in the thirties with a
third at the Mille Miglia and a victory at the international Stelvio
hill-climb in 1938. Grand Prix driver racing an Maserati 8CM.
In 1938 he had founded a highly competitive -
racing team called "Scuderia Torino" with Maserati Maserati 6CM voiturettes. Dusio
liked to have his cars modified to his particular specifications.
Dusio's cars acquired in this way independent Tecnauto front-suspension
and SIATA radiators. Dusio, though, wanted to see his ideas realised
from scratch and had started to work on a Fiat 1100 special in 1939. He
had made even more money in real-estate dealings at the beginning of the
war and some of it was invested in Cisitalia, founded 1943.
Note: The second name Ettore disappered very early from Dusio's documents.
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1935: DNF Monaco GP /
DNS Tunis GP /
6 Bergamo GP /
4 Biella GP /
DNS French GP /
6 Turin GP /
DNF Coppa Acerbo /
4 Lucca GP
1936: 8 Milan GP /
6 Italian GP /
7 Modena GP
1937: 5 Turin GP (Voiturette) /
19 Tripoli GP /
5 Tripoli (Voiturette) /
DNA AVUS (Voiturette) /
6 Florence GP (Voiturette) /
DNF Milan GP /
2 San Remo (Voiturette) /
DNF Lucca (Voiturette) /
DNA Campione D'Italia (Voiturette)
1938: DNF/3* Napels (Voiturette) /
DNA Coppa Ciano (Voiturette)
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Paul Dutoit (GB?) |
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Started racing at Brooklands in 1921 and continued through the 1920s. He also became Henry Segrave's riding mechanic.
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1926: DNF JCC 200 (1100cc)
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Gaston Charles Duval (F) |
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* 23 Jul 1896
† 15 Dec 1970 |
Neully-sur-Seins, Haut de Seine
Nanterre, Haut de Seine |
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| (Info supplied by Alessandro Silva) |
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1932: DNA Dieppe GP (2000cc)
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Patrick Morris/Maurice "Pat" Dwyer (GB) |
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* 18 Aug 1903
† 23 Nov 1979 |
Footstown, Co. Meath, Ireland
Dublin, Ireland |
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In later life he spelt his name Maurice rather than Morris, as shown on his birth certificate.
Died in hospital 1979.
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| (Info supplied by Adam Ferrington) |
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1936: DNA Isle of Man (Voiturette)
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