Ernest Friederich
Ernest (Jules) Friederich (also Ernest Friderich , Ernst Friedrich ) (born October 23, 1886 in Paris , † January 22, 1954 in Nice ) was a French racing driver and mechanic.
Career
At Émile Mathis in Strasbourg , he worked with Ettore Bugatti . In 1910 he was a partner of Bugatti when he founded the company's automobile factory in Molsheim in Alsace , where a street is named after him. They were supported by de Vizcaya from the Darmstädter Bank .
In the Indianapolis 500 in 1914 , Friederich led the first 125 miles. After 375 miles it had dropped to third place when a ball bearing on the rear axle broke. In 1920 he won the VIII Coupe des Voiturettes in Le Mans in a Bugatti Type 13 and in 1921 the I Gran Premio delle Vetturette at the Circuito di Montichiari near Brescia, ahead of three other Bugattis - those of Pierre de Vizcaya , Michele Baccoli and Piero Marco.
With a sales concession for the south of France, Ernest Friederich founded a car dealership in Nice in 1923 and hired Louis Chiron , who drove the cars for him from Molsheim to Nice.
His daughter Renée Friederich (born November 16, 1911 in Lunéville ; † February 24, 1932 in Pougues-les-Eaux ) had learned her driving skills from her father on the lightweight, flexible Bugatti. She died in the Féminin Paris - Saint Raphael rally when she lost control of her Delage in a corner . His son Paul also raced between 1945 and 1947.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1932 | Count Stanisław Czaykowski | Bugatti Type 55 | Stanislaw Czaykowski | failure | Valve damage |
Web links
- Type 32 "tank". www.bugatti.com, accessed on May 24, 2015 (English, photo).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1920 Grands Prix. (No longer available online.) Www.teamdan.com, archived from the original on February 14, 2013 ; accessed on May 1, 2015 .
- ↑ 1921 Grands Prix. (No longer available online.) Www.teamdan.com, archived from the original on May 4, 2009 ; accessed on May 1, 2015 .
- ↑ "too fast for Mademoiselle!" ; In: Automobil & Motorrad Chronik from September 1983
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Friederich, Ernest |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friedrich, Ernst |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing car driver and mechanic |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1886 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1954 |
Place of death | Nice |