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Guy Moll (left) 1934

Moll in his victory in Monaco in 1934 ahead of Howe and Balestrero .

Guillaume Laurent "Guy" Moll (born May 28, 1910 , † August 15, 1934 near Pescara ) was an Algerian automobile racing driver .

Career

Guy Moll appeared like a comet in motorsport in the 1930s when he was just under 21. As early as 1933, due to his fearless driving style and his remarkable successes (including leading the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1933 in an Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 for a long time before failing due to a defective alternator), he fell to the then Alfa Romeo team boss Enzo Ferrari , who promptly brought the young Algerian into his Scuderia in 1934 . Moll now sat in the Alfa Romeo P3 and became team mate of Tazio Nuvolari , Achille Varzi and Louis Chiron .

At the Monaco Grand Prix in 1934 he celebrated a surprising victory, and the trade press was already cheering about a new star in motorsport. This was followed by a victory at the AVUS race in Berlin . The run of success seemed to continue in the next race. Moll resulted in wet and windy conditions, the Coppa Acerbo in 1934 before Mercedes-Benz - works driver Manfred von Brauchitsch at than when lapping of Ernst Henne (also on Mercedes) came to a momentous collision. Moll touched Henne's vehicle and sped into the lane. He died at the scene of the accident.

Enzo Ferrari said decades later of Guy Moll: "He could have become one of the greatest racing drivers in history if he hadn't been killed by a little carelessness."

statistics

Pre-war grands prix results

season	team	dare	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	Points	position
1933	Private	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 "Monza"							-
				5	DNF	8th
1934	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3							-
			1	3 1	DNF

Legend
colour	meaning		EM points
gold	victory		1
silver	2nd place		2
bronze	3rd place		3
green	Classified, covered more than 75% of the race distance		4th
blue	not entitled to points, covered between 50% and 75% of the race distance		5
violet	not eligible for points, covered between 25% and 50% of the race distance		6th
red	not eligible for points, covered less than 25% of the race distance		7th
colour	abbreviation	meaning	EM points
black	DSQ	disqualified	8th
White	DNS	did not start
	DNA	did not arrive
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)

¹Moll took over Carlo Felice Trossi's car during the course of the race , as he did not want to continue driving due to damage to the gearbox - the first gear could no longer be engaged.

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1933	Pierre Louis-Dreyfus	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 LM	Guy Cloitre	failure	disqualified

Web links

Commons : Guy Moll  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Guy Moll at Grand Prix History
• On the death of Guy Moll
• Guy minor. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed on February 28, 2020 (English). 
• Leif Snellman, Felix Muelas: Guillaume Laurent "Guy" Moll (F / DZ). www.kolumbus.fi, November 26, 2019, accessed on February 28, 2020 (English).