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, pleasecontact me!
la Boissière - SEE:Boissière
Adrien Léon Jean Auguste Roger Labric (F) | | * 19 Feb 1893
† 24 May 1962 | Boulogne Billancourt, Île-de-France
Paris |
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| | | | 1929: DNFBurgundy GP (sports) |
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Erik Lorenz Lafrenz (S) | | * 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 1933Swedish GP at Vram Lafrenz was riding mechanic toBörje 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. | | (Info supplied by Håkan Gelin) |
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| | | | 1932: DNFSwedish Winter GP (Ice race)
1933: DNFSwedish Winter GP (Ice race) |
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| Mme. Nadine Lagoute (F) | | 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 afterMarcel Lister's fatal crash during practice. | | (Info supplied by Christophe Bernard) |
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| | | | 1932: DNSAntibes GP (Voiturette) |
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| Leo Lammertz (D) | | 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. | | | | | 1925: 1Eifel GP (1500cc) |
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| Evasio Lampiano (I) | | * 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) | | * 17 Jul 1892
† 1? Feb 1959 | Strasbourg Bas-Rhin
Strasbourg Bas-Rhin |
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| Mathis factory driver. | | (Info supplied by André Reine) |
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| | | | 1922: DNAFrench GP
1925: DNFTaunus GP (1500cc) |
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Maurice Lamy - SEE:"Jamy"
Francisco "Chico" Landi (BR) | | * 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. | | (Info supplied by Mauro Kleber) |
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| | | | 1934: DNFRio de Janeiro GP
1935: DNFRio de Janeiro GP
1936: DNFRio de Janeiro GP /9São Paulo GP
1937: DNFRio de Janeiro GP
1938: 2Circuito de Gávea /DNFRio de Janeiro GP
1939: 7Circuito de Gávea
1940: 2Rio de Janeiro GP
1941: 1Rio de Janeiro GP /4Buenos Aires GP |
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| Riccardo Landolina (I) | | From Castronuovo near Palermo. | | | | | 1931: DNATarga Florio |
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| Carlo Laredo De Mendoza (I) | | * 1903
† 12 Apr 1980 | Torino (Turin)
Torino (Turin) |
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| Engineer from Torino (Turin). | | | | | 1935: 4 (heat)Turin GP
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Pierre Larrue (F) | | * 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. | | (Info supplied by André Reine) |
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| | | | 1939: DNFAngouleme |
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| Axel Larsson (S) | | * 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. | | (Info supplied by Håkan Gelin) |
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| | | | 1933: 7Swedish Winter GP (Ice race) |
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Heinrich? Lauenstein (D) | | From Köln (Cologne). Possibly a businessman and co-owner of a handkerchief factory in Cologne called Bollig & Lauenstein. | | (Info supplied by Simon Davis) |
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| | | | 1931: DNAEifel GP |
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| Antonio Laurora (I) | | Not in the official list of licensed Italian racing drivers. | | | | | 1926: DNASavio Circuit |
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René Louis Paul Le Bègue (F) | | * 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 Delahaye135CS 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 withCattaneo 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 theCoupe 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 andwon the GP du Comminges. Early in 1940, Le Bègue and his wife,DreyfusandChinetti 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 Francein 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 Endhillclimb, where Le Bègue finished third ahead of Trévoux. Then Le Bègue enrolled in the Free France Army fighting in North Africa, Sicily and MonteCassino. At the end of the war the still young Le Bègue was voted vice-president of thethe 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. | | (Info supplied by Alessandro Silva) |
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| | | | 1936: 15*Donington GP
1938: DNAPau GP /1Coupe de Paris (sports car) /1Paris 12H (sports car)
1939: DNSPau GP /3Coupe de Paris /3French GP /1Comminges GP (sports car) |
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Oscar Leblanc y Labayen (E) | | * ?
† 26 Mar 1967 | Madrid
Madrid |
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| Professional bicycle rider. Winner of the 1913 San Sebastián - Madrid bicycle race. | | (Info supplied by Angel Elberdin & Alessandro Silva) |
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| | | | 1927: DNFSan Sebastian GP (1100cc) |
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| "François Lescot" (Jean Gustave Marie Georges Joachim Lebaudy) (F) | | * 8 Oct 1894
† 30 Dec 1969 | Rosny-sur-Seine, Yvelynes
Saint-Michel-en-Brenne, Indre |
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| | | | 1925: DNCRome GP /DNFProvence GP (2000cc)
1926: 1Marne GP
1927: 2Ouverture GP |
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Jacques Edouard Ledure (B) | | * 26 Mar 1893
† 16 May 1948 | St Gilles, Brabant
Chimay |
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| Died working as track marshal for the 1948 Frontieres GP. | | | | | 1923: DNFSan Sebastian GP
1930: 7European (Belgian) GP |
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Kenelm Lee-Guinness (GB) | | * 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 atthe 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 carsthrough 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 injuriesthat 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". | | (Info supplied by Adam Ferrington) |
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| | | | 1921: 8French GP
1922: DNFFrench GP /DNAItalian GP /DNACoppa Florio
1923: 4French GP
1924: DNFEuropean GP /DNFSan Sebastian GP |
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André René Lefèbvre (F) | | * 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. | | | | | 1923: 5French GP /9European GP
1926: DNFGP du Salon |
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| Franz Lefèvre (F) | | Brother of Louis. Builders of the La Perle car. | | | | | 1925: DNFOuverture GP
1926: 5GP du SalonOuverture GP |
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Louis Lefèvre (F) | | Brother of Franz. Builders of the La Perle car. Died August 1934. | | | | | 1925: DNFOuverture GP |
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le Foll - SEE:Foll
Arthur Legat (B) | | * 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 driverBouriano. 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. | | (Info supplied by Alessandro Silva) |
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| | | | 1929: 4Frontieres GP (1100cc)
1930: 5Frontieres GP
1931: 1Frontieres GP
1932: 1Frontières GP
1933: 3Frontières GP
1934: DNFFrontières GP
1935: DNFFrontières GP
1936 : DNFFrontières GP
1937: 2Frontières GP
1938: 7Frontières GP
1939: 4Frontières GP |
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"Jef Legros" (Giuseppe Mucciero) (I/B) | | Italian owner of a garage in Bruxelles. Raced a Bugatti in1939. After the war he put a BMW 328 engine i his Bugatti. | | | | | 1939: 6Frontières GP |
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Marcel Lehoux (F/DZ) | | * 3 Apr 1889
† 19 Jul 1936
| 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 1932Casablanca 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 theDeauville GP after a collision with Farina's Alfa where his ERA caught fire and the driver burned to death. | | | | | 1925: DNFProvence GP (1500cc) /DNCSan Sebastian GP
1926: DNCProvence GP (2000cc)
1927: 9Provence GP
1928: 1Algerian GP /1Tunis GP /3San Sebastian GP
1929: 1Algerian GP /DNFMonaco GP /3Marne GP /3San Sebastian GP /DNFComminges GP (2000cc) /
2Tunis GP
1930: DNFMonaco GP /DNFOran GP /DNFLyon GP /2Marne GP /1Dieppe GP /DNFDauphiné Circuit /
DNFComminges GP /DNF (rep)Monza GP /DNFFrench GP /DNFSan Sebastian GP
1931: 3Tunis GP /DNFMonaco GP /DNFCasablanca GP /DNF*Italian GP /1Geneva GP /DNF*French GP /
1Marne GP /DNFGerman GP /DNF*Dieppe GP /2Dauphiné Circuit /3Comminges GP /6Monza GP /
3La Baule GP /DNFCzech GP
1932: 2Tunis GP /6Monaco GP /DNFOran GP /1Casablanca GP /DNFItalian GP /2Lorraine GP /
DNFFrench GP /DNFGerman GP /DNF/DNF*Dieppe GP /2Comminges GP /DNFLa Baule GP /
DNFCzech GP /DNFMonza GP /DNFMarseille GP
1933: 1Pau GP /DNFTunis GP /DNFMonaco GP /3Picardie GP /DNFNimes GP /DNFFrench GP /
3Penya Rhin GP /DNFMarne GP /4Belgian GP /1Dieppe GP /5Nice GP /2La Baule GP /8Comminges GP /
6Marseille GP /4Italian GP /1Monza GP /DNFCzech GP /3Spanish GP
1934: 4Monaco GP /3Casablanca GP /3Penya Rhin GP /5Vichy GP /2Dieppe GP /DNFComminges GP /
8Spanish GP /DNFAlgier GP
1935: DNFPau GP /DNAMonaco GP /DNATunis GP /DNATripoli GP /DNSPicardie GP /DNSFrench GP /
4Lorraine GP /4Marne GP /6Belgian GP /DNFDieppe GP /DNFComminges GP /DNFNice GP /
DNFSpanish GP
1936: 3Pau GP /2Monaco (Voiturette) /DNATunis GP /5Isle of Man (Voiturette) /4Eifel (Voiturette) /
DNFPicardie (Voiturette) /2/DNS (heat)Albi (Voiturette) /DNFDeauville GP |
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Henrique Lehrfeld (P) | | * 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 nearLisbon, 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 circuitin 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! | | (Info supplied by Ricardo Grilo, Hugo Boecker & Luís Howell) |
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| | | | 1931: 5La Baule GP
1933: DNAPenya Rhin GP
1935: 2Rio de Janeiro GP
1936: DNFRio de Janeiro GP
1937: 6Vila Real /DNFEstoril
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| The Hon. John Disney "Jock" Leith (GB) | | * 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. | | | | | 1935: DNFMannin Moar /10Dieppe GP
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Lucién Lemasson né Nugue (F) | | * 27 Mar 1897
† 2 Jan 1970.
| Paris 20e
Toulon, Var |
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| Famous motor cycle racer in the 1920s. | | (Info supplied by André Reine) |
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| | | | 1932: DNFComminges GP (Voiturette) |
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| Michelangelo Leonardi di Casalino "Trifoglio (I) | | * 21 Feb 1919
† 2 Jan 1961.
| Roma (Rome)
Roma (Rome |
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| From Rome. | | | | | 1939: DNATarga Florio (Voiturette) |
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| Enaro Léoz-Abad (E) | | One of two brothers, Genaro & Enaro, who used to race together. | | | | | 1935: DNFGP de l´U.M.F.
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Etiénne Marie Jules Lepicard (F) | | * 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. | | (Info supplied by André Reine) |
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| | | | 1928: DNAAntibes GP
1929: 3Lyon GP (1100cc) /2Dieppe GP (1100cc)
1930: DNAFrench GP |
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Mario Lepori (CH) | | * 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. | | (Info supplied by Mauro Maiano) |
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| | | | 1924: DNACremona Circuit (1500cc)
1926: 5Rome GP (2000cc) /DNFTarga Florio (2000cc)
1927: DNFTarga Florio /2Rome GP (2000cc)
1928: 9Targa Florio /6Rome GP /DNF*San Sebastian GP
1929: 1Antibes GP /DNCMonaco GP /DNFTarga Florio /DNFRome GP /DNAMugello Circuit /
8San Sebastian GP |
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Lescot - SEE:Lecot
| Guglielmo Lettieri (I) | | From Rome. | | | | | 1931: DNAItalian GP |
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"Levegh" (Pierre Eugène Alfred Bouillin) (F) | | * 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 onlyto 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 racingwith over 80 dead. | | | | | 1937: 3Frontières GP
1939: 6Coupe de Paris |
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Hans Friedrich Lewy (D) | | * 13 Oct 1896
† 30 Nov 1942 | Dresden
Auschwitz, Poland |
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| Raced private Bugattis together withPaul Pietsch andHans 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. | | (Info supplied by Hugo Boecker & Simon Davis) |
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| | | | 1931: DNFCzech GP (Voiturette)
1932: DNFAVUS GP /DNAEifel GP /DNF*German GP /?La Baule GP
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Pierre Henri Raoul Leygonie (F) | | * 18 Oct 1908
† 22 Oct 1983 | Paris
Paris |
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| Close friend of Jean-Pierre Wimille. | | | | | 1932: DNAPicardie GP /DNF*Dieppe GP
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Libeccio - SEE:Eugenio Minetti
Prinz Ferdinand Anois Andreas von und zu Liechtenstein (FL) | | * 18 Jan 1901
† 7 Jul 1981 | Salzburg, Austria
Neully-sur-Seine, France |
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Henryk Liefeldt (PL) | | * 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! | | (Info supplied by Piotr Jurczyk) |
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| | | | 1930: 1Lwow GP |
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| Sven Henrik Lindblom (S) | | * 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. | | (Info supplied by Håkan Gelin) |
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| | | | 1933: 12Swedish Winter GP (Ice race) |
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| Dr. Otto Lindpaintner (D) | | * 1 Mar 1885
† 22 Jul 1976 | München (Munich)
München (Munich) |
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Marcello "Marcel" Lister (GB) | | * 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. | | (Info supplied by Hans Etzrodt /Adam Ferrington) |
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| | | | 1932: 1Picardie GP (Voiturette) /2*Lorraine GP (Voiturette) /DNAComminges GP (Voiturette) /
DNALa Baule GP /DNSAntibes GP (Voiturette)
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| Lo Baldo (I) | | Not in the official list of licensed Italian racing drivers. | | | | | 1934: DNATarga Florio |
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"Hýta" Georg ChristianPrinz von Lobkowicz (Jiří Kristiánkníže Lobkovicz) (CS) | | * 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 lapnear the Forsthaus. He died hours later at St. Hildegard Hospital near the Nordschleife withouthaving regained consciousnes. Almost the entire high nobility of the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy was present at the funeral ceremony at Mělnik. | | | | | 1930: NCCzech GP
1931: 4Czech GP
1932: DNFAVUS GP /DNALwow GP
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Vincenzo Lo Bue Vanni (I) | | 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. | | (Info supplied by Alessandro Silva) |
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| | | | 1928: DNFCoppa Etna
1933: DNFTarga Florio
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| Antonio "Nino" Lodolini (I) | | From Firenze (Florence). | | | | | 1928: DNFMugello Circuit |
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| Dr. Mario Lombardi (I) | | From Vercelli. | | | | | 1935: DNACosenza GP |
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Benedicto Moreira Lopes (BR) | | * 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 the1941 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. | | (Info supplied by Alessandro Silva) |
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| | | | 1934: DNFRio de Janeiro GP
1935: DNFRio de Janeiro GP
1937: 6Rio de Janeiro GP /3Vila Real /2Estoril
1938: DNFRio de Janeiro GP
1939: 2Circuito de Gávea
1941: 8Rio de Janeiro GP
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| "Eric Lora" (Augustin Louis Denis Marie Cochin) (F) | | * 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 andcrashed 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. | | | | | 1932: DNAPicardie GP (Voiturette) /DNFComminges GP (Voiturette)
1933: 6Picardie GP /DNADieppe GP /DNFLa Baule GP (2000cc) /?GP de l´U.M.F. |
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| Ernesto Lorenzoni (I) | | From Brà province of Cuneo. | | | | | 1931: DNAAlessandria GP |
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Richard Joseph Lorthiois (F) | | * 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) | | * 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. | | (Info supplied by André Reine) |
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| | | | 1930: DNFComminges GP |
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Roger Auguste Loyer (F) | | * 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. | | (Info supplied by Alessandro Silva) |
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| | | | 1939: 5Coupe de Paris /DNFFrontières GP /DNFNuffield Trophy (Voiturette) /DNFAngouleme /
DNFFrench GP (Voiturette) /DNFAlbi (Voiturette) |
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| Josef Ludewig (D) | | * 17 Jan 1896
† ? | Soest, Nordrhein-Westfalen
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| Co-owner of Gebr. Ludewig at Essen, coachbuilders and Bugatti dealership.Raced at least two T30 between 1924 and 1926. | | (Info supplied by Hugo Boecker) |
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| | | | 1925: 1Eifel GP (2000cc)
1926: DNFGerman GP (2000cc) |
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| Albert Ludig (L) | | 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. | | (Info supplied by Hugo Boecker) |
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| | | | 1930: DNCEifel GP |
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| Karl Einar Lundborg (S) | | * 11 Oct 1892
† 31 Mar 1946 | Eskilstuna
Eskilstuna |
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| Furniture retailer. Died by an accident in 1946. | | (Info supplied by Håkan Gelin) |
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| | | | 1933:Swedish Winter GP (Ice race) |
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| Franziska Lüning (D) | | Lüning was from Hamburg, she successfully completed in reliability tests. | | (Info supplied by Hugo Boecker) |
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| | | | 1927: 2Nürburgring Opening (1100cc) |
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Don Giovanni "Johnny" Lurani - Cernuschi,Comte di Calvenzano (I) | | * 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 scenebetween 1925 and 1965, Count Lurani held a degree in engineering fromthe Milan Polytechnic and was an amateur driver, record breaker on hisown built cars, a respected writer and journalist, magazine editor, teammanager, race organizer and high official in national and internationalbodies of the motorsports (motorcycle also). Started racing on a Salmsonin 1926, switching to a Derby for 1927. He then successfully racedAlfa-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 andwas practically unbeatable in hillclimb 1.5L class in 1934/35. Off to the Ethiopianwar, he sold his Maserati - eventually raced byMarazza - and upon return he founded Scuderia Ambrosiana entering Maseratis in Voiturette racing. Lurani was a Mille Miglia specialist winning hisclass in 1933 (works MG), 1948 (Healey Sedan) and 1952 (Porsche). Class winner at Le Mans in 1951.After the war, he was instrumental in therebirth of racing in Italy and internationally, acting as a sort ofMinister of Foreign Affairs for the Italian government body of the sportand becoming a member of FIA. He proposed the GT logo and regulationsand organised the first GT race in 1949. Healso 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 ownrecord-breaking cars, the Nibbio I to V powered by motorcycle Guzzi engines, that broke many short distance records for the350 and 500 cc classes between 1935 and 1960. He became publisher ofthe illustrious Auto Italiana magazine contributing all his life with articles. He was also active in historical racing. | | (Info supplied by Alessandro Silva) |
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| | | | 1931: 6*Italian GP /5 (heat)Geneva GP (Voiturette)
1932: 1Eibsee (Ice race 1500cc)
1934: 5 (heat)Biella GP
1935: 5 (heat )Biella GP /DNASwiss GP (Voiturette)
1937: 8Turin GP (Voiturette) /9Napels (Voiturette) /1Circuito dell'Agro Pontino /2Targa Florio (Voiturette) /
5Genua GP (Voiturette) /11Milan (Voiturette) /DNFSan Remo (Voiturette) /
3Campione D'Italia (Voiturette) /3Rand GP (handicap)
1938: DNACork (Voiturette) /3 / 8Tripoli (Voiturette / GP) /DNFTarga Florio (Voiturette)
1939: DNSTripoli (Voiturette) |
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