Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier

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Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier in the Bugatti T 37 A after her victory at the Trophée de Provence in Nîmes in 1932

Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier (born July 31, 1890 in Pomeys , † March 23, 1980 in Cannes ) was a French racing driver .

Career as a racing driver

Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier (née Itier) began motorsport in 1926 after divorcing herself from a destructive marriage. Like many women of her time, she had to struggle with hostility and prejudice, as only a few competitors could get along with successful female racing drivers. In the 1920s she drove hill climbs and competed in rallies . In 1929 she got into circuit racing and competed in voituretter races on a rally .

She became known as a Bugatti driver in the 1930s . After being denigrated as a driving chicane in her first outings , she quickly got to know the characteristics of the Bugatti T 37 and became more competitive from race to race. At the Grand Prix de la Marne in 1931 , she reached 11th place and a year later won the Trophée de Provence .

Her sports car era began in 1934 with her debut at the Le Mans 24-hour race , in which she competed regularly until 1939 . Her best placement in the final ranking was 12th in 1938 with Claude Bonneau in the MG PA Midget Special . In 1937 she drove in Le Mans with Fritz Huschke von Hanstein , who was also her rally co-driver again and again. She was particularly attached to the future Porsche race director after he rescued her from a life-threatening situation in 1937 because she was stranded in the desert without fuel or water at the Morocco Rally . They were also said to have had an affair during these years. Her greatest success in sports car racing was at the end of the decade third overall in the 1938 Paris 12 Hours , with Germaine Rouault in the Delahaye 135CS .

During the Second World War she worked as an escape helper for the Resistance and protected Jewish children from deportation . She resumed her racing activities with the Monte Carlo Rally in 1948 before ending her career in 1953. She remained connected to motorsport until the 1960s. Through a company founded in 1935 with Germaine Rouault , Hellé Nice and Jacques Delorme , she looked after racing drivers without a works contract in administrative matters.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1934 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier MG PA Midget Third French RepublicThird French Republic Charles Duruy Rank 17
1935 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier Fiat 508S Balilla Sport Third French RepublicThird French Republic Robert Jacob Rank 18
1937 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier Adler Trumpf racing sedan German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Fritz Huschke from Hanstein failure Engine failure
1938 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Claude Bonneau MG PA Midget Special Third French RepublicThird French Republic Claude Bonneau Rank 12
1939 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier Simca 8 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Suzanne Largeot failure accident

literature

  • Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 (French).
  • Jean François Bouzanquet: Fast Ladies - Female Racing Drivers 1888 to 1970 . Veloce Publishing, Dorchster, United Kingdom 2009, ISBN 978-1-84584-225-3 (English).

Web links

Commons : Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Grand Prix de la Marne 1931
  2. ^ Trophée de Provence 1932
personal data
SURNAME Rose-Itier, Anne-Cécile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Pomeys
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1980
Place of death Cannes