Delage Type DH

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Delage
Delage Type DH
Delage Type DH
Type DH
Production period: 1923
Class : race car
Body versions : Phaeton
Engines: Otto engine :
10.7 liters
(280 PS)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2800 mm
Empty weight : 1500 kg
René Thomas at the wheel of the Delage Type DH

The Delage Type DH was a racing car and record-breaking car from the French brand Delage .

description

Charles Planchon and Albert Lory developed this model. It had the engine with the largest displacement of all Delage vehicles.

A V12 engine powered the vehicles. It had a 90 mm bore and 140 mm stroke . This resulted in a displacement of 10,688 cm³. The engine was rated 60  Cheval fiscal and developed 280  hp .

The chassis had a track width of 1420 mm at the front and 1380 mm at the rear . The wheelbase was 2800 mm. The curb weight was given as 1500 kg. The open body offered space for two people. The top speed was around 240 km / h. Besides René Thomas , Robert Benoist and Albert Divo drove this type.

On July 6, 1924, a land speed record was set on a country road near Arpajon . 230.55 km / h for the kilometer with a flying start and 230.63 km / h for a mile with a flying start were determined.

It was not until July 9, 1926 that the vehicle with chassis number 8392 and engine number 2 received homologation from the national registration authority.

The vehicle remained a one-off. It still exists today.

Races

date event place vehicle team Result
07.10.1923 Hill climb from Gaillon Gaillon Type DH René Thomas 1st place a
10/28/1923 Hillclimb of Griffoulet Toulouse Type DH René Thomas 1st place
March 16, 1924 Eaux Mortes (Flying Kilometer) Geneva Type DH René Thomas 1st place
04/13/1924 Hill climb from Château-Thierry Château-Thierry Type DH René Thomas 1st place
06/01/1924 Poix hill climb Amiens Type DH René Thomas fastest time
07/06/1924 Speed ​​drives of the MCF Arpajon Type DH René Thomas World record over 1 km with a flying start
World record over 1 km with a standing start
World record over 1 mile with a flying start
World record over 1 mile with a standing start
09/07/1924 Hill climb on Mont Ventoux Mont Ventoux Type DH Albert Divo 1st place
01/25/1925 Allauch-Pailladou hill climb Marseille Type DH René Thomas 1st place
March 22, 1925 Eaux Mortes (Flying Kilometer) Geneva Type DH Albert Divo 1st place
04/19/1925 Hill climb from Château-Thierry Château-Thierry Type DH Robert Benoist 1st place
May 24, 1925 Poix hill climb Poix Type DH René Thomas 1st place
06/07/1925 Prix ​​du Fay Montlhéry Type DH Albert Divo 1st place
08/16/1925 Montlhéry Montlhéry Type DH Robert Benoist World record over 5 miles with a flying start
World record over 5 km with a flying start
World record over 10 km with a flying start
lap record
10/11/1925 Speed ​​driving Arpajon Type DH Albert Divo International record over 1 mile with a flying start b
08/27/1926 Speed ​​driving La Baule Type DH Robert Benoist 1st place in the class over 8 liters
08/25/1927 Speed ​​drives
(1 km with a flying start)		 La Baule Type DH Edmond Bourlier 1st place
04/18/1928 Flying kilometer Bellinzona Type DH Albert Divo Swiss record over 1 km with a flying start
1929 Record runs Brooklands Type DH John R. Cobb International record over 5 miles
International record over 10 miles
05/25/1929 Record runs Brooklands Type DH John R. Cobb International record over 50 km
International record over 50 miles
International record over 100 km
10.1930 Record runs Brooklands Type DH John R. Cobb International record over 5 miles
International record over 10 miles
04/30/1932 British Empire Trophy Brooklands Type DH John R. Cobb 1st place
07/01/1933 British Empire Trophy Brooklands Type DH Oliver Bertram place 2

Source, unless otherwise stated:

aPlaces 2 and 3 also went to Thomas on a Delage Type DF
bOn Delage 2LCV Divo also set the international records over 1 km with a standing start, over 1 mile with a standing start, and over 1 km with a flying start

literature

  • Daniel Cabart, Claude Rouxel, David Burgess-Wise: Delage. France's Finest Car . Dalton Watson, Deerfield 2007, ISBN 978-1-85443-219-3 (English).

Web links

Commons : Delage Type DH  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel Cabart, Claude Rouxel, David Burgess-Wise: Delage. France's Finest Car . Volume 1. Dalton Watson, Deerfield 2007, ISBN 978-1-85443-219-3 , pp. 162 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c Leif Snellman, Hans Etzrodt: The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing (English, accessed on March 29, 2020)
  3. ^ Daniel Cabart, Claude Rouxel, David Burgess-Wise: Delage. France's Finest Car . Volume 2. Dalton Watson, Deerfield 2007, ISBN 978-1-85443-219-3 , pp. 14-24 (English).