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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!
"Valcourt" Jean Bielovucic (F) |
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* 30 Jul 1889 † 14 Jan 1949 |
Lima, Peru Paris 16e, France |
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1928: 6 Grand Prix Bugatti
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Valkama - SEE: Walkama
Fernand Aimé Ollivier Vallon (F) |
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* 19 Mar 1895 † 17 Aug 1971 |
Ribiers, Hautes-Alpes Gap, Hautes-Alpes |
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Sport car driver. Took part at the Le Mans 24h race between 1924 till 1933, achiving a 4th (1927), 6th (1931) and 8th position (1930). Winner of "le Bol d'Or" in 1932.
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1932: 12 Torvilliers Circuit (sports car)
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van Damme - SEE: Damme
van de Velde - SEE: Velde
van der Becke - SEE: Becke
van Hoof - SEE: van Hoof
van Hulzen - SEE: Hulzen
van Riet - SEE: Riet
van Winkel - SEE: Winkel
Maurice Varet (F) |
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* 10 Nov 1908 † 30 Jan 1985 |
Paris 14e Le Port-Marly, Yvelines |
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1939: DNA Frontières GP
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Hector Santiago Vasena y Saves (RA) |
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* ? 1904 † 10 Oct 1978 |
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires |
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1929: DNF Dieppe GP (1100cc)
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"Vega" (Guillermo Oliveras de la Riva) (E) |
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* 1907 † 1938 |
Barcelona ? |
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Spanish driver who made his race debut at Terramar in 1929 and and shortly afterwards won his first race with a Bugatti.
He took part in the 1933 Penya Rhin at Montjuic in a Bugatti but retired with carburettor problems.
Died at Battle of the Ebro during the Spanish Civil War.
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| (Info supplied by Richard Armstrong) |
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1932: DNF (heat) Anis de Mono
1933: DNF Penya Rhin GP
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Cyrille de Vere - SEE: Cyrille Devere
Josef Veřmiřovský (CS) |
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* 1896 † 1983 |
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1930: DNF Czech GP /
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Louise Vernier ( ) |
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1927: DNF Rome GP
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Tulio Domenico Pasquale Vesprini (I) |
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* 20 Jan 1885 † 24 Feb 1951 |
Torino (Turin) Milano |
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1923: DNF Mugello Circuit (2000cc)
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Jean Julien Roger Viale (F) |
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* 9 Sep 1909 † 28 Jun 1960 |
Auxerre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Paris |
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1935: DNF Orleans (Voiturette)
1938: DNF Cork GP
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Marcel Vidal (F) |
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From Marseille. Bought the T29 1922 GP Bugatti #4003 from the factory and raced it during 1923-24.
In November 1924 he bought #4396, one of the first T35 Lyon type Bugattis, which in March 1925 he crashed at Miramas
on the slowing down lap and fractured his skull.
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| (Info supplied by Michael Müller) |
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1925: 3 Provence GP (2000cc)
1926: DNA Provence GP (2000cc)
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Robert Vidal (F) |
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* ? † 24 May 1931 |
? Chimay |
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Had a fatal crash with his Bugatti at the 1931 Frontieres Grand Prix.
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1930: DNF Frontieres GP
1931: DNF Frontieres GP
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Vilain (B) |
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Belgian amateur driver. Took part in the 1931 Frontieres Grand Prix.
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1931: DNF Frontieres GP
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Carlo Pes di Villamarina ( ) |
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1937: DNA Napels GP
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José María Padierna de Villapadierna y Avecilla, 3rd conde de Villapadierna (E) |
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* 26 Dec 1909 † 23 Oct 1979 |
Málaga, Madrid |
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Born at Malaga in Spain, this young nobleman created quite a scandal when he sold his grandmother's jevels to buy himself a race car.
Before racing in Grand Prix in 1934, de Villapadierna was also the owner of a Racing horse called "Sunny Day". In 1934 he also had
problems with the Spanish justice after one of his business partners a certain Mr. Mario H. Sinicio had embezzled a million
Pesetas.
De Villapadierna entered Maseratis and Alfa Romeos in the mid 1930s under the Scuderia Villapadeira banner.
If nothing else then at least his bright yellow cars was a colorful addition to the grids.
He stopped to race in July 1936 because of the Spanish civil war.
After the second world war in 1946, he was in the entry list of the 1946 Pena Rhin GP
but he was replaced by Palacio.
Villapadierna worked hard for returing the Spanish GP to Championship status. He worked
as Clerk of the Course and was a familiar face at the Spanish GP in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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| (Info supplied by Marc Ceulemans) |
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1934: 7 Penya Rhin GP /
DNA Marne GP /
DNF Vichy GP /
6 (heat) Dieppe GP /
4 Nice GP /
6 Comminges GP
1935: DNF Monaco GP /
DNS Picardie GP /
DNA Eifel GP /
DNF Penya Rhin GP /
DNA Marne GP /
DNA Belgian GP /
5 Comminges GP /
DNF Nice GP
1936: 4 Pau GP /
DNF Tunis GP /
8 Penya Rhin GP /
DNA Hungarian GP /
3 Deauville GP
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Louis Villeneuve (F) |
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* 16 APr 1892 † 12 Dec 1969 |
Milano (Milan), Italy Paris 9e, France |
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This driver does not have much in common with Gilles and Jacques other than the name.
Born at Hénon, Bretagne, this one was a sports car backmarker who did not want to spoil the fun of racing
by trying to win. Raced in French events first with a Bugatti T51A but in 1936 he
bought a Delahaye 135CS. However he had to have the car rebuilt to be able to get his
body down in the cockpit. Died in Paris 1969.
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| (Info supplied by André Reine) |
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1935: 5 Albi (Voiturette)
1936: DNF Monaco (Voiturette) /
5 (heat) Picardie (Voiturette)
1937: DNA Picardie (Voiturette) /
DNF (heat) Swiss GP (Voiturette)
1938: 6 Picardie (Voiturette)
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Jean Louis Vinatier (F) |
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* 10 Apr 1890 † 16 Nov 1971 |
Paris 11e Le Kremlin Bicêtre, Île-de-France |
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1929: DNF Burgundy GP (sports) /
4 Lyon GP (1100cc)
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Andrés de Vizcaya (E) |
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* 18 Jun 1903 ? |
Baden-Baden, Germany ? |
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1932: 1 Pascua GP
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Joseph Marie Paul Fernand de Vizcaya (E/F) |
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* 19 Jul 1892 † 14 Sep 1932
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Dorlisheim, Alsace El Prat de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain |
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Fernand and Pierre (below) were sons of Baron D. Augustin (Agustín) de Vizcaya (Viscaya) Hasslauer, director of the Strasbourg branch
of the Darmstädter Bank, and initial financier of Ettore Bugatti. Although originally from Spain not only the sons but also father
Vizcaya had been born in Alsace. Both brothers had been Bugatti factory drivers, not only by father’s influence but also by talent.
Besides the factory drives they also participated with privately owned Bugattis in Spanish events.
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| (Info supplied by Michael Müller) |
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1925: DNF Targa Florio /
6 French GP /
2 Italian GP (1500cc) /
5 San Sebastian GP
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von Arco-Zinneberg - SEE: Arco-Zinneberg
von Aretin - SEE: Aretin
von Brauchitsch - SEE: Brauchitsch
von Delius - SEE: Delius
von der Becke - SEE: Becke
von Einem - SEE: Einem
von Einsiedel - SEE: Einsiedel
von Guilleaume - SEE: Guilleaume
von Hillern-Flinsch - SEE: Hillern-Flinsch
von Hoonholtz - SEE: Teffé
von Horn - SEE: Horn
von Kalnein - SEE: Kalnein
von Kozmian - SEE: Kozmian
von Krohn - SEE: Krohn
von Lobkowicz - SEE: Lobkowicz
von Michel-Raulino - SEE: Michel-Raulino
von Morgen - SEE: Morgen
von Opel - SEE: Opel
von Tolna - SEE: Festetics
von Trütschler - SEE: Trütschler
von Waldthausen - SEE: Waldthausen
Roger Henri François Vuillemenot (F) |
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* 17 Jun 1897 † 12 Jan 1973 |
Besançon, Doubs, France Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
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Address: 35 rue Sadi Carnot, Alger.
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| (Info supplied by Marc Ceulemans & André Reine) |
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1928: 11 Tunis GP
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