Fernand Vallon

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Jean-Albert Grégoire and Fernand Vallon in the Tracta A28 at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1930

Fernand Vallon (born November 5, 1896 in Vernouillet , † November 13, 1962 ) was a French racing driver .

Racing career

With the overall victory of Jean-Pierre Wimille and Pierre Veyron in the Bugatti 57C Tank at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1939 , there was a turning point in the 24 Hours of Western France. The Second World War and the first post-war years interrupted the race for a decade. When this first phase of the event came to an end, the Frenchman Fernand Vallon was the driver with the most starts at Le Mans. Between 1924 - the first race was held in 1923 - and in 1934 he competed ten times. After failures in 1924 and 1925 , he achieved fourth place overall in 1927, the best placement in all of his missions. His compatriot Lucien Desvaux was a partner in the 1.5 liter SCAP . In 1930 (with Jean-Albert Grégoire ) and 1931 (with Just-Émile Vernet ) he celebrated class victories.

His greatest success apart from Le Mans was winning the Bol d'Or in 1932 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1924 FranceFrance Société Française des Automobiles Corre Corre La Licorne V16 10CV Sport FranceFrance Joseph Paul failure Engine failure
1925 FranceFrance Société Française des Automobiles Corre Corre La Licorne V16 10CV Sport FranceFrance Albert Colomb failure malfunction
1926 FranceFrance Société Française des Automobiles Corre Corre-La Licorne V16 / G6 FranceFrance Albert Colomb failure cooler
1927 FranceFrance Société des Construction Automobile Parisienne SCAP Type O FranceFrance Lucien Desvaux Rank 4
1928 FranceFrance SA of the automobile Tracta Tracta Type A FranceFrance Jean-Albert Grégoire Rank 17
1929 FranceFrance SA of the automobile Tracta Tracta Type A FranceFrance Jean-Albert Grégoire Rank 10
1930 FranceFrance SA of the automobile Tracta Tracta A28 FranceFrance Jean-Albert Grégoire Rank 8 and class win
1931 FranceFrance Yves Giraud-Cabantous Caban Special FranceFrance Just-Émile Vernet Rank 6 and class win
1932 FranceFrance Just-Émile Vernet Salmson GS Spéciale FranceFrance Just-Émile Vernet failure Clutch damage
1933 FranceFrance Just-Émile Vernet & Fernand Vallon Salmson GS Spéciale FranceFrance Just-Émile Vernet Rank 10
1934 FranceFrance Auguste Bodoignte Bugatti type 51A FranceFrance Auguste Bodoignte failure malfunction

literature

  • Moity / Teissedre: 24 Hours of Le Mans 1923–1992 . Edition D'Art JP Barthelemy, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

Commons : Fernand Vallon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bol d'Or 1932
personal data
SURNAME Vallon, Fernand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Vernouillet
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1962