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!
"Sabipa"/"Jean Sabipa" (Louis Marie Paul Charavel) (F) | | * 31 Aug 1890
† 11 Sep 1980 | Saint Germain du Puch, Gironde
Neuilly sur Seine |
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| Charavel started racing in 1920 in a Weler cycle car. In 1921 he bought a Bugatti T13 which he raced for the next four years in minor events. In 1925 he won the 1500 class in the 12-hour touring car GP at San Sebastian. In 1926 he became a works driver for Bugatti. Charavel acquired his pseudonym of Sabipa when in response to a journalist's question he answered in provincial dialect "Sabe pas" (I don't know). | | (Info supplied by Hans Etzrodt) |
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| | | | 1926: DNASpanish GP /1Italian GP
1927: DNFTarga Florio (1500cc) /DNASan Sebastian GP /2Boulogne GP
1928: DNAAntibes GP /? (heat)Grand Prix Bugatti
1930: 2Dieppe (2000cc) /DNFFrench GP |
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| Hubert Kurt Sachel (A) | | * 21 Mar 1907
† 30. Mar 1997 | Wien
Wien |
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| Austrian industrialist from Vienna. He raced at Austrian hill climbs from 1930. Often he used pseudonyms f.e. "Blackshirt" at the 1935 Großglockner climb. | | (Info supplied by Hugo Boecker) |
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| | | | 1931: DNFLwow GP |
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| Joseph Sadi-Lecointe (F) | | * 11 Jul 1891
† 15 Jul 1944 | Saint-Germain-sur-Bresle, Somme
Paris |
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Carlo Salamano (I) | | * 1890?
† 19 Jan 1969 | Vercelli
Torino |
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| Salamano was a Fiat test driver. At the 1922 Monza Voiturette Grand Prix, Fiat entered four type 803 racecars which finished with Bordino ahead of Giaccone, Lampiano and Salamano. At the 1923 French Grand Prix Salamano was part of the 3-car Fiat team where all three type 805 Fiats retired with engine trouble. But at Monza Salamano in one of the 805 Fiats with a new Roots-type supercharger won the European Grand Prix from his teammate Nazzaro and Murphy's Miller. Later at the Brooklands JCC 200, Salamano in the Fiat 803 racecar dueled with Campbell's 1500 Talbot but both cars blew up. | | (Info supplied by Hans Etzrodt) |
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| | | | 1923: DNACremona Circuit /DNFFrench GP /1European GP
1924: DNATarga Florio (1500cc)
1927: DNAEuropean GP /DNABritish GP |
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| Otto Salzer (D) | | * 4 Apr 1874
† 7 Jan 1944 | Möglingen
Obertürkheim, Stuttgart |
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| | | | | | 1922: 4 (13)Targa Florio /DNAItalian GP |
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Vasco Santiago Ribeiro Pereira do Sameiro (P) | | * 3 Mar 1906
† 27 Jun 2001 | Rossas, Viera do Minho
Braga |
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| Sameiro started his career in at the early 30s, and established himself as the best Portuguese driver of the pre war era by scoring several victories in international races. At the wheel of a semi-works Alfa Romeo 8C, took the second place in the 1933 Barcelona Grand Prix and in 1937, he finshed fourth at the Gávea circuit in Brazil, just behind the Auto Union and Ferrari works entries.To his fans Sameiro became known as "O Rei de Villa Real" ("The King of Villa Real") after five winson this well-known racetrack. After the war he was quite successful racing various sports Ferraris in Portuguese national and international events. After a serious crash in practice for 1955 sports car Portuguese GP at Oporto that he decided to retire from racing(see alsoCasimiro de Oliveira.) | | (Info supplied by Mihai Dumitru & Wolfgang Kaese) |
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| | | | 1933: 2Penya Rhin GP
1934: DNFMannin Moar
1936: 1Vila Real
1937: 4Rio de Janeiro GP /1Vila Real /DNAEstoril |
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Sir Francis Henry Bernhard Samuelson4th Baronet (GB) | | * 22 Feb 1890
† 8 Jan 1981 | Darlington, Co. Durham
Herstmonceux, East Sussex |
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| Educated at Eton and Cambridge. Serving with the Yorkshire Hussars in Egypt/Palestine. | | (Info supplied by Adam Ferrington) |
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| | | | 1926: 2Boulogne GP (750cc)
1931: 5German GP (1100cc) |
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Sarmento - SEE:Moraes Sarmento
Rudolf Hermann Sauerwein (D) | | * 22 Dec 1900
† 5 Jun 1956 | Mainz
Bad Homburg |
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| Died during a race at Bad Homburg 1956. | | | | | 1930: DNFEifel GP |
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| Louis Raymond Savon (F) | | * 8 Jul 1899
† ? | Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône
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| Entered the same Bugatti T37 (#37105) to GP de Provence at Miramas as his cousin? Robert Savon. Raymond did not start. | | (Info supplied by André Reine) |
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| | | | 1926: DNAProvence GP (1500cc) |
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| "Savora" (Jean Eugène Roux) (F) | | * 13 Aug 1910
† 2 Sep 1978 | Lyon
Paris 10e |
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| | | | 1930: DNFDauphiné (Voiturette) |
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| Luigi Scarfiotti (I) | | | | * 30 Apr 1891
† 1974 | Torino
Porto Recanati, province of Macerata |
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| (Info supplied by Alessandro Silva) |
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| | | | 1925: 5Garda Circuit (1500cc) |
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Wilhelm Eugen Georg Konstantin Maximilian "Max"Prinz zu Schaumburg-Lippe (D) | | * 28 Mar 1898
† 4 Feb 1974 | Wels, Austria
Salzburg, Austria |
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| | | | | | 1925: 4Taunus GP (1500cc)
1926: 3German GP (2000cc) |
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Mme. Lucy O'Reilly Schell (USA) | | * 26 Oct 1896
† 8 Jun 1952 | Paris, France
Monte Carlo, Monaco |
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| Lucy O'Reilly was the daughter of an American multi-millionare of Irish origin. As the only child she was used to get anything she wanted. On a trip in Europe after the First World War she met Laury Schell, a race-crazy American, who had lived in France since his early youth. They got married and settled down in France and their son Harry was born in 1921. (He would become a well-known F1 driver in the 1950s.) Lucy and Laury soon became familiar names in rally events. With her father paying the bills Lucy demanded and got the best equipment available and in 1934 the name Delahaye started to appear in the results lists of motor sports events.
But Lucy had greater plans. Delahaye was developing a new car series, the type 135, and Lucy wanted a special racing variant to be built, the 135 Compétition Spéciale or 135 CS. In the end Lucy ownedsix 135CS. Drivers included Laurie Schell, René le Bègue, Joseph Paul and later also René Carrière and René Dreyfus. By now Lucy had taken over the multi-million property as her father had died and nothing could stop her. She asked Delahaye to built a hybrid car for both Grand Prix and sportscar racing, the Delahaye 145. With that Lucy Schell's "Ecurie Bleue" team with René Dreyfus as driver won the 1938 Pau and Cork GPs.Ecurie Bleue changed to Maseratis. Laury Schell died in an accident in 1939 where Lucy was injured. Lucy took the Maseratis to Indianapolis 1940 where they were to be raced by Dreyfus and Le Bègue. | | | | | 1927: 3c/12La Baule GP (touring)
1928: DNFMarne GP /8La Baule GP
1929: DNAMarne GP (Voiturette) /DNFLa Baule GP (Voiturette)
1932: DNCLa Baule GP /DNSAntibes GP
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Selim Lawrence "Laury" Schell (USA) | | * 29 Oct 1895
† 16 Oct 1939 | Geneva, Switzerland
Sens, Yonne, France |
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| American, born in Geneva, Switzerland. Patron of the "Ecurie Bleue" semi-works Delahaye team. Married to multi-millioneer Lucy O'Reilly.Father to Formula 1 driver Harry Schell. Died in a car accident in Paris 1939. | | | | | 1936: 12*Donington GP
1937: 1Coupe de Prince Rainier (sports car)
1938: DNACork GP /DNF/DNS?Tripoli |
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Helmut Schellenberg (D) | | * 30 Jun 1911
† 3 Jan 2002 | Dresden
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| Helmut Schellenberg's father was the owner a steelwire factory . Helmut started off racing Amilcars in1930 attendig German taces and hill climbs.Successes included victories at Ostmärkisches Straßendreieck Frankfurt/Oder Hohensteinbergrennen, Lückendorfrennen at Zittau ad a class victory at Sachsenring 1933. Eventually in early 1933 he got the money saved to buy a used Bugatti T37A (ex Gilka Botzow).With that car he was 2nd at Kolberg 1933 and in 1934 he was 4th at Kesselberg 1934 tooka victory at Riesengebirgsrennen Oberscheiberau and a 3rd at Großer Bergpreis at Freiburg. He contiued racing as private driver in 1935 with fellow Dresden drivers Willy Seibel, Emil Rothmann, Hans Lewand and Adolf Brudes. However with the Bugatti turning uncompetive and unable to buy better equipment Schellenberg decided to quit racing.After the war he built up a successful wire factory at Sinsheim/Steinsfurt near Heidelberg. Still being a Bugatti enthusiast he managed to find a T37 and later an T35C (ex-Prince Lobkowitz), restored them and and took part in historic events. Both cars are at the Technology Museum in Sinsheim.See also the official site (in German). | | (Info supplied by Ralph Reinold) |
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| | | | 1934: DNFCzech GP (Voiturette) |
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| Emile Schiffelers (B) | | * ~1890
† ? | Liège
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| Born in Liège around 1890, Dentist, He got married in 1922 and was still living in Liège in the 1920's. He then moved to Brussels in the 30's. He drove a Sport car Ford in various events from 1930 to 1934.He entered a 2-litre Bugatti at Nancy 1935. In May 1938 he took part in the Anvers Grand Prix, an International Sport car race, under the name "E. Miller". | | (Info supplied by Marc Ceulemans) |
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| | | | 1931: 15Picardie GP (Sports)
1935: DNALorraine GP |
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Peter Georg Schlegel (D) | | | | | | | 1925: DNAEifel GP |
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Florian Schmidt ("Dimsch") (CS) | | * 31 Jul 1908
† ? | Krnov (Jägerndorf), Silesia
Austria |
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| Florian Schmidt Junior was the son of a textile manufacturer in Jägerndorf, Czechoslovakia but lived in Austria. He drove under the pseudonym 'Dimsch' during 1928 with a Bugatti T40, a 4-cylinder 1.5-liter sports car with T37 engine. In 1929 he purchased a new 1.1-liter 6-cylinder supercharged Amilcar. He drove primarily at montain climb events. In 1931 he added a 1.5-liter Bugatti T37A in which he won his class at the Masaryk Circuit, which was to be his greatest success. From 1932 on he teamed up withBruno Sojka who had an older Bugatti T37A.In 1934 the team purchased from the Molsheim factory a 1.5-liter 8-cylinder twin-cam supercharged Bugatti T51A,formerly owned by Pierre Veyron. Schmidt entered in the Eifelrennen where he placed second behind Castelbarco's1.5-liter Maserati but beat Burggaller in another T51A. Due to commitments with his work, Schmidt limited his driving to very few races but he entered at mountain climbs, like the Ecce Homo Race in 1937.Died in Austria sometimes after the Second World War. | | (Info supplied by Hans Etzrodt / Libor Tošnar) |
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| | | | 1930: DNACzech (Voiturette)
1931: 1Czech GP (Voiturette)
1932: DNFEifel GP (Voiturette) /DNSLwow GP /DNACzech GP (Voiturette)
1934: 2Eifel (Voiturette) /DNFCzech GP (Voiturette)
1935: DNFFrontières GP /DNAEifel (Voiturette) /DNACzech GP (Voiturette)
1937: ?Czech GP (Voiturette) |
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| Salvatore Scuderi (I) | | | | | | | 1929: DNACoppa CianoFrom Catania, Sicily. |
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| Julio de Ségovia Wefine (E) | | Took part in 1924 & 1925 Le Mans 24h. Died in San Sebastian. | | | | | 1925: DNAProvence GP (2000cc) |
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Wilhelm Sebastian (D) | | * 17 Jan 1903
† 30 Oct 1978 | Mannheim
Weinheim |
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| Victorious in the 1931 Mille Miglia as Rudi Caracciola's riding mechanic.Mechanic and reserve driver for Auto Union in 1934. Left racing but continued as mechanic for the Auto Union team where his brother Ludwig worked as chief mechanic, first for Rosemeyer, then for Nuvolari. | | | | | 1934: 5Coppa Acerbo /7Italian GP /7Czech GP |
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Willi Seibel (D) | | * 30 Apr 1896
† 1977 | Diez
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| Willi Seibel was a private driver from Diez about 40 km north of Wiesbaden. He raced for 12 years with three different cars, all 1.5-liter Bugattis, in the sports and racing category of many contests. To all races he was accompanied by his trusted race- and riding mechanic Karl Michel from Diez. Seibel acquired a T22 Bugatti, which he raced as of 1925 at hill climbs in the sports car category, winning his class on many occasions. He later replaced it with a 4-cyl supercharged T37A. That car was destroyed by fire at the 1928 German GP when he had a high speed crash at the Antoniusbuche on laplap 7, Seibel receiving serious burns. When he left hospital three months later, Seibel immediately bought a new T37A, which he kept in race worthy condition until his death. Seibel raced this car as either sports car or stripped down as racing car. On three occasions he was able to establish best time of the day, beating larger and stronger cars. Seibel's greatest result was at the 1931 Eifelrennen where he finished fourth overall. But eventually his old car was no longer competitive and Seibel decided to retire from racing after 1936. As graduate of the Düsseldorf and München School of Arts and Crafts, Seibel continued the 300-year tradition of his family of painters. As a well known restorer Seibel was trusted with the renovation of the Limburg cathedral in 1936 and 1956 the castle of Oranienstein in Diez. Seibel helped organize the first postwar races at the Nürburgring, including the 1951 Grand Prix of Germany where he served as Clerk of the Course. He was honorary member of the Bugatti-Club Deutschland and received the highest recognition from the ADAC. Seibel died 80 years old. | | (Info supplied by Hans Etzrodt) |
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| | | | 1931: 4Eifel GP
1932: 4AVUS (Voiturette) /3Eifel GP (Voiturette) /8German GP (Voiturette)
1933: 9AVUS (Voiturette) /5Eifel (Voiturette)
1934: 7AVUS (Voiturette) /6Eifel (Voiturette)
1935: DNFEifel (Voiturette)
1936: DNFEifel (Voiturette)
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Felix Seifert (D) | | * 22 Oct 1886
† 4 Dec 1956. |
Neckarsulm |
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| From Neckarsulm in Baden-Württemberg. NSU driver. Winner of the 1912 Argentine Grand Prix. Winner of the 1500cc class of the 1926 Solitude race and of the 1926 Ruselberg-Rennen. | | | | | 1926: 1Solitude GP (1500cc)
1933: DNFEifelrennen (cyclecar)
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| Alan Alfred Selborne (formerly Abraham Solomons) (GB) | | * 21 Jun 1902
† 30 Oct 1959. | Limehouse, London
Paddington, London |
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| Born 1902 in Limehouse, London, as Abraham Solomons. Later changed name to Alan Selborne. | | | | | 1936: 12*Donington GP
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Robert Marie Georges Sénéchal (F) | | * 5 May 1892
† 30 Jul 1985 | Rocquencourt, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Ay, Orléans |
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| Sénéchal started racing in 1921 with his 994 cc Sénéchal cycle car, which he built himself. He had a manufacturing agreement with Chenard & Walcker who built his little cars from 1922 to 1925 with the name Sénéchal on the radiator. Sénéchal also drove cars from Chenard & Walcker on occasions. The Frenchman helped as relief driver in the second placed Delage at the 1926 European Grand Prix. Together with Louis Wagner he won the 1926 British Grand Prix in a 1.5-Liter Delage. | | (Info supplied by Jean-Charles Colombier / Hans Etzrodt) |
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| | | | 1926: 2*European GP /1*British GP
1929: 5French GP
1930: 1French (Voiturette) /DNASan Sebastian GP
1931: DNC*Italian GP /DNAGeneva GP (Voiturette) |
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Phil "Red" Shafer (USA) | | * 13 Nov 1891
† 29 Jan 1971 | ?
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Brian Newton Shawe-Taylor (GB) | | * 29 Jan 1915
† 1 May 1999 | Dublin, Ireland
Dowdeswell, Gloucestershire |
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| | | | 1939: 4*Nuffield Trophy (Voiturette) |
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Richard Ormonde "Dick" Shuttleworth (GB) | | * 16 Jul 1909
† 2 Aug 1940 | Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire |
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| A very rich collector whose collection included 40 aircraft, cars and racing cars.Learned to fly 1932, and after flying veteran aircraft he became interested in old racing cars.Raced a Bugatti T51 in 1934, private Alfa Romeo Tipo B 1935 and 1936.Retired from racing after a bad accident at the 1936 South African GP.Joined the RAF and was killed in a night flying accident, Brightwell Baldwin 1940.His mother opened the Shuttleworth collection and airport for public in 1963. | | | | | 1932: 3Mountain
1933: DNSEmpire Trophy /DNF*Mannin Moar
1934: DNFMannin Moar /2Donington Trophy /DNFMountain
1935: DNFMannin Moar /4Dieppe GP /DNFNice GP /1Donington GP /1Mountain
1939: DNACampbell Trophy |
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| Benedetto "Bettino" Siciliani (I) | | * 17 Sep 1896
† 16 Jan 1967 | Monopoli, Bari
Bari |
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| | | | 1926: 3Tripoli GP |
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Eugenio Siena (I) | | * 1 Apr 1905
† 15 May 1938
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Tripoli, Libya |
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| Siena joined Alfa Romeo as a young apprentice. He worked for the race department and was among other things riding mechanic for Ascari and Campari and laterNuvolari's mechanic. He became principal test driver for Scuderia Ferrari in 1930. He raced for the team as a junior driver and proved to be a steady and reliable driver. His greatest cuccess however came in sports car racing; he was the winner of the Spa 24h race in 1932. In 1934 he left Scuderia Ferrari and went on to raceprivate Maseratis, first an 8C then a 6C-34, under the Scuderia Siena banner, in GPs until 1936.He then turned to Voiturette racing. After some good performances, including a victory at the 1937 Circuito de Milano, he got the opportunity to race for Alfa Corse. However, at his first race, the 1938 Tripoli GP he lost control of his Alfa Romeo 312,trying to avoid Cortese's voiturette. He went off track, hit a sand dune and then crashed into a wall of a house. Siena wastrown out of his car and died instantly. | | | | | 1931: DNFCzech GP
1932: 4Tunis GP /9*Italian GP /1*Spa 10h (sports car) /DNSCzech GP
1933: DNFMonaco GP /DNFAVUS GP /7Eifel GP /5Belgian GP /DNFCoppa Acerbo /5*Italian GP /
DNSMonza GP /DNFSpanish GP
1934: 7Monaco GP /DNFTripoli GP /DNFAVUS GP /DNFEifel GP
1935: DNFTunis GP /DNFTripoli GP /DNFBergamo GP /DNF (heat)AVUS GP /DNF (heat)Biella GP /
DNFTurin GP /DNSGerman GP /DNFCoppa Ciano /DNASwiss GP /DNFSpanish GP /
DNFLucca GP /DNFCosenza GP
1936: DNFMonaco GP /DNFTripoli GP /DNFMilan GP /DNAModena GP
1937: 5Napels GP /1Milan (Voiturette) /DNACzech GP
1938: DNFTripoli |
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| Robert Siercke (D/A) | | * 9 Mar 1870
† 13 May 1923 | Hamburg
Smolín u Pohorelic, Czechoslovakia |
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| Austrian motor racing driver of German origin, his parent coming from Lüneburg. Chairman of the Austrian Motorcycle Club. Car racing pioneer, racing De Dion-Bouton and Austro-Daimler.Worked as sales director for Steyr after WW1. He was married twice. On 13 May 1923, returning from a race at Brno, he lost control of his car that crashed and ended up in a field.Siercke was buried at Vienna. | | (Info supplied by Reinhard Windeler) |
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| | | | 1923: DNATarga Florio |
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Silva Ramos - SEE:da Silva Ramos
Henri Simonot (CH) | | Entered an old Alfa Romeo "Monza" in the Swiss GP 1937. | | (Info supplied by Simon Davis) |
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| | | | 1937: DNAFrontières GP /DNAEifel GP /DNFSwiss GP |
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| Norbert Sinner (L) | | * 5 Apr 1907
† 9 Nov 1945 | Leudelange, Luxembourg
Luxembourg |
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| Sinner was a bicycle racer, taking part in the 1928 Olympics at Amsterdam, finishing 40th in 168 km road race (the team finishing 10th out of 15).His greatest successes came in the Luxembourg - Remich race where he finished 2nd, 1st and 4th in 1926-28.Turning to motorsports he raced a 2.3L Bugatti in the early 1930s. Results include 2nd at Bupperich & 2nd at the GP de l'AC Luxembourgeois 1932 andDNF Eifelrennen & 3rd Echternach hillclimb 1933. Also entered the 1933 Spa 24h race in a 3 litre Bugatti with Joseph Zigrand. In 1945Sinner was executed for collaborating with the Nazis during the war. | | (Info supplied by Marc Ceulemans & Graham Clayton) |
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| Principe di Sirignano Francesco "Pupetto" di Caravita (I) | | * 1908
† 15 Jun 1998 | Napoli (Naples)
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| On his grave is says: "He never did anything important, but he never hurt anyone. He had fun".Son of a prince, president of the Bank of Italy, senator and palace owner the family hoped Francesco to have diplomatic career. However after graduating from high schoolhe prefered a jetset life with many women, travelling and adventuring throughout Europe. When temporary broke he improvised as a professional dancer, even getting hired by a theater.On an ocean liner to America he met an rich American girl, married her within 24 hours only to have a divorce within four days.He did some racing in the late 1920s and early 1930s. At the 1930 Tripoli GP he injured an eye as his goggles were shattered by a stone. Finally he got married to Duchess Anna Grazioli and found a job as president of the Capri tourist board, a perfect job as knows all the international jet set. He spent his last years in Capri living on money he earned from a poulty farm. He died in 1998 at an age of 90. | | | | | 1928: DNF*Targa Florio (1100cc) /DNSCoppa Acerbo
1929: 12Coppa Ciano
1930: 2Tripoli (Voiturette) /?Targa Florio / |
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| John Sidney Frederick Snow (AUS) | | * 26 Oct 1915
† 6 May 1993 | Sydney
Newcastle, New South Wales |
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| Department store heir. | | (Info supplied by Richard Armstrong) |
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| | | | 1938: DNACampbell Trophy /DNACork GP |
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| Manuel José Soares Mendes (P) | | | | | | | 1936: 4Vila Real |
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| Alexander Sommer (D) | | Alexander Sommer was from Plauen, Saxonia. In the 1920's he raced NAG sport cars. Later he was an aktiv rallye driver. | | (Info supplied by Hugo Boecker) |
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| George Raymond Souders (USA) | | * 11 Sep 1900
† 26 jul 1976 | Lafayette, Indiana
Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Winner of the 1927 Indy 500 with a Duesenberg. Had a bad crash at Detroys in 1938, was unconscious six months and never raced after that. | | (Info supplied by Hugo Boecker & Graham Clayton) |
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| | | | 1927: 2Milan GP (heat) /DNFEuropean GP /DNABritish GP |
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Roger de Soussay - SEE:"Roger Res"
Bernardo Manoel Pedro de Souza-Dantas (BR) | | * 26 Jun 1912
† 4 May 2005 | Paris, France
São Paulo |
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| Born in Paris where he was registered as "Manuel Bernard Pierre" but still held a Brazil nationality. His father was Brazilian, his mother French. He was cousin toBrazil Ambassabor in France, Luis Martins de Souza Dantas even if the latter was much older. Inherted a fortune from his mother. Aeronautical engineer and pilot with his own plane. Was the first Brazilian to run the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1935 with Roger Teillac in a Bugatti T57. Lost his fortune when the company he had invested in went broke.Started working at a company that manufactured the engines for all French military aircraft. When the factory was closed by the Germans in 1940 de Souza moved to Brazil. He died in São Paulo in 2005 because of a liver tumor. | | | | | 1932: DNAComminges GP (Voiturette) |
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Otto Spandel (D) | | * ? 1905
† ? 1972 | Nürnberg
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| Son of publisher Erich Spandel, Otto competed in Mercedes-Benz cars from 1928 to 1931 at which point in time he concentrated on the family publishing business having assumed control in 1926. In 1943 he had to cede his rights to the Fränkische Tageszeitung GmbH due to Nazi pressure. From 1949 he published the relaunched Nürnberger Zeitung but in 1961, due to declining circulation, he entered into a partnership with the publishers of the rival Nürnberger Nachrichten. The Spandel family eventually sold their stake in the business in 1990. | | (Info supplied by Simon Davis) |
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1931: 9German GP |
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| Giuseppe Stacciari (I) | | * 26 Mar 1890
† 9 Sep 1981 | Gubbio, Perugia
Brescia |
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| | | | 1924: DNAMugello Circuit (1500cc) |
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| Rudolf Städtgen (D) | | From Solingen. | | | | | 1931: 9Eifel GP |
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Oscar Stahel Cortina (CH) | | * 24 Sep 1905
† 14 Apr 1999 | ?
Barcelona |
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| Oscar Stahel was the son of Swiss Hermann Stahel, who had done some racing back in 1899 and worked as Sales Manager of the La Cuadra cars in Barcelona, Spain, and Dolores Cortina from Barcelona, whose brother Jesús Cortina was the manager of the agency that imported Austin cars.The couple moved to Switzerland, where Oscar was born in Zürich in 1905. Four years later Oscar and her mother returned to Barcelona, where they would live for the rest of their lives,but Oscar would always remain a Swiss citizen. In 1925 Oscar Stahel started working at his uncle´s Austin agency, as both a salesman and mechanic. By 1928 he formed the "Peña Austin" of which owners of the cars were members and some regularity rallyes were organized. Oscar started racing in 1928 with his own Austin 7. From 1931 he started racing Bugattis (not his own). His uncle had started importing Morris in 1932 and Oscar's last race in 1934 was in a Morris. Oscar would remain associated to Morris the rest of his life through his own garage in Barcelona after the war. | | (Info supplied by Alex Verges & Felix Muelas) |
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| | | | 1932: 4Pascua GP /1Anis de Mono
1933: DNFPenya Rhin GP |
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| Reinhold Stahl (D) | | Reinhold Stahl, born in Mannheim, has been involved in motor racing since 1909. As a mechanic, he initially successfully took part in the kilometer races in Frankfurt am Main, the Semmering race, the Prince Heinrich races in 1910 and 1912, the Kaiserpreis races in 1910 and 1911 in Russia, and the North German Touring race in 1910 for BENZ. As a self-driver, he won the "Tour de France" and the Russian War Ministry race for Benz in 1912. He competed in the Avus races in 1921 and 1922 for Benz and Heim, as well as in the "Grand Prix of Europe" on the Monza track in Italy. In 1923 he won the "All-Russian Reliability Test" in the 2-litre car class and the speed race near Petersburg with Aga. In 1924 he took part in the "Targa Florio" in Sicily. | | (Info supplied by Hugo Boecker) |
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| | | | 1922: DNFItalian GP
1924: DNFTarga Florio (1500cc) |
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| Babe Stapp (USA) | | * 26 Feb 1904
† 17 Sep 1980 | San Antonio, Texas
Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| | | | | | 1930: 8Monza GP /DNAFrench GP
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Stefano - SEE:Di Stefano
Rudolf Steinweg (D) | | * 1888
† 2 Nov 1935 | ?
Budapest, Hungary |
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| Steinweg began racing in 1921 but soon departed from the racing scene. He then appeared again in 1929 as a private driver in the old 1.1-liter BNC and 1.5-liter NSU racing cars at mountain climbs. In 1930 he got a 1.1-liter 6-cylinder Amilcar. He won 21 races with this racing car over the next three years, almost all mountain climbs. Steinweg was one of the fastest drivers in those little cycle cars. In 1933 he sold the Amilcar to Willi Briem and acquired a 1927 built T35 Bugatti, which used to belong to Karl Kappler, who had sold it 1930 to Prince von Leiningen. Steinweg began racing this 2-liter car in his favorite mountain climbs but now also circuit races. In 1935 he got the T51A Bugatti, a 1.5-liter monoposto racing car and then raced both Bugattis in different classes. At the training for the Guggerberg mountain climb near Budapest, Hungary, Rudolf Steinweg had a fatal accident. He was 47 years old. | | (Info supplied by Hans Etzrodt) |
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| | | | 1930: DNFEifel (Voiturette)
1931: DNFGerman GP (1100cc)
1932: 2AVUS (Voiturette) /DNFEifel GP (Voiturette) /DNAGerman GP (Voiturette) /DNACzech GP (Voiturette)
1933: DNFAVUS GP /DNFEifel GP /DNFCzech GP
1934: DNFEifel GP
1935: 1Frontières GP /DNFEifel (Voiturette) /3Coppa Acerbo (Voiturette) /8Swiss GP (Voiturette) /
DNFCzech GP (Voiturette) |
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Harald Stenfeldt Hansén (DK) | | * 10 Jan 1902
† ? | Randers, Jylland (Jutland)
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| Danish wholesaler, living in Køpenhavn (Copenhagen). Took part in the 1931 Swedish Winter Grand Prix with a Ford. | | (Info supplied by Håkan Gelin) |
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| | | | 1931: DNFSwedish Winter GP (Ice race) |
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Sterlich - SEE:de Sterlich
George Stewart - SEE:"Leon Duray"
Stigliano - SEE:Colonna di Stigliano
Henri "Henry" Stoffel (F) | | * 2 Jun 1883
† 16 Oct 1972 | Pont-d'Ain, Ain
Royan, Charente-Maritime |
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| Stoffel was French Chrysler agent who began racing in 1923. His greatest success came at Le Mans and over the years he developed a reputation of a good, reliable long-distance sports car racer. He was seldom seen at Grand Prix races. Stoffel teamed up with Ivanowski in his Mercedes SSK for the 1931 European Championship. | | (Info supplied by André Reine) |
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| | | | 1929: DNFBurgundy GP
1930: DNFEuropean (Belgian) GP /8French GP /3San Sebastian GP
1931: 5*Italian GP /DNF*/DNAFrench GP /5*Belgian GP /DNAComminges GP
1932: ?La Baule GP
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| Hans Joachim Stoll (D) | | From Losheim. In 1932 he also raced at Rund um das Höchst race at Hüttersdorf-Buprich 1931 and 1932 | | (Info supplied by Hugo Boecker) |
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| | | | 1932: 3Eifel GP (Cyclecar)
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| Per-Helmer Stolz (S) | | * 6 Jul 1908
† 1 Jan 2003 | Nås, Dalarna
Leksand, Dalarna |
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| | | | 1936: DNFSwedish Winter GP (Ice race)
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Helmut Stolze (D) | | From Ennigerloh. | | | | | 1934: DNFEifel GP |
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Gildo Strazza (I) | | * 1899
† 12 Oct 1965 |
Gondar, Ethiopia |
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| Was born in 1899. Lancia dealer in Como, becoming friends with Vincenzo Lancia. His competitive career, mainly at the wheel of Lancias, spanned 1925-1934. Unfortunately, he had to let go of his dealership business to cover debts which arose from compulsive gambling. He moved to Italian occupied Ethiopia in 1935 and died in the city of Gondar 1965. | | (Info supplied by Simon Davis) |
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| | | | 1931: DNSItalian GP |
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Herbert Stuart Wilton (GB) | | * 26 Jan 1913
† 16 Jul 1991 | Hendon, Middlesex
Pembury, Kent |
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| | | | 1938: 2 (1100cc)JCC 200 (Voiturette + GP) |
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| Harry Stumpf-Lekisch (D) | | * 1895
† 1962
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| Engineer from Mainz. Pilot during WW1. | | (Info supplied by Hugo Boecker) |
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| | | | 1925: DNFTaunus GP (1500cc) |
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Giuseppe Sutera (I) | | A driver from Palermo active both before and after the war. | | | | | 1935: DNFTarga Florio
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| Rowland Manners Verney "Ron" Sutton (GB) | | * 9 Dec 1885
† 29 Jun 1957 | Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
Rugby, Warwickshire |
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| | | | 1926: DNFJCC 200 |
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Nestori Suurkuukka (FIN) | | * 1907
† 18 Jan 1949 | Viipuri (Viborg)
Helsinki |
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| Born in Viipuri. Moved to Hämeenlinna where he made business including opening a driver school and and a car spare parts shop. He was selected as manager for Häme car center in 1931 and manager for a car company in Pori 1937. Moved back to Hämeenlinna in 1939 where he started a toy factory. Moved to Helsinki in 1940 where he started a company selling and manufacturing car spare parts. The business became a limited company in 1946 and he stayed as manager until his death. | | | | | 1934: DNFFinnish GP
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| Alfred Verner Svensson (S) | | * 10 Jul 1892
† 8 Jun 1973 | Molkom, Nyed, Värmland
Karlstad, Värmland |
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| Made his competition debut in 1928 with an Essex. | | (Info supplied by Håkan Gelin & Simon Davis) |
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| | | | 1931: DNFSwedish Winter GP (Ice race) |
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| Jstván de Sztriha (H) | | Hungarian diplomat in Paris. Private Alfa Romeo driver. | | | | | 1938: DNFSwiss GP |
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