Boris Ivanovsky

Iwanowski (at the wheel) and Attilio Marinoni after their victory in the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in 1928 .

Ivanovsky at Spa in 1930 at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 .

Boris Iwanowski ( Russian Борис Ивановский , scientific transliteration Boris Ivanovskij ; bl. 1920s and 1930s ) was a Russian racing car driver .

Career

Boris Ivanovsky was an officer in the life guard of Tsar Nicholas II . He had to leave his country after the outbreak of the Russian Revolution and went into exile in France . Ivanovsky, who came from a wealthy family, retained his Russian citizenship and began to drive car races in the 1920s.

1928 he won together with Attilio Marinoni on a Alfa Romeo 6C 1500S the Spa 24 Hours and 1929 the Grand Prix of Ireland . In 1931 he finished second overall in the Le Mans 24-hour race . Iwanowski used his private Mercedes-Benz SSK and shared the wheel with the Frenchman Henri Stoffel .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1931	Valery Tatarinoff	Mercedes-Benz SSK	Henri Stoffel	Rank 2 and class win

literature

• RM Clarke: Le Mans - The Bentley & Alfa Years 1923-1939 Brocklands Books 1999, ISBN 1-85520-4657 .

Web links

Commons : Boris Iwanowski  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Leif Snellman, Felix Muelas: Boris Ivanowski (RUS / F). www.kolumbus.fi, June 11, 2014, accessed July 30, 2014 . 
• Boris Ivanowski, Russian Federation. www.racingsportscars.com, accessed July 30, 2014 (English).