Henri Fournier

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Henri Fournier 1914

Henri Fournier (born April 14, 1871 in Le Mans , † December 18, 1919 in Paris ) was a French racing driver .

Career

Fournier began his career on two or three wheels (back then, in addition to motorcycles , so-called tricycles were quite common in races). In 1901 he came to the Mors racing stable and became the most successful driver of that year, winning Paris – Bordeaux in 1901 and Paris – Berlin in 1901 in times that were considered to be “fabulous times”. In addition to his racing career, he also competed in speed tests and achieved a new record for the mile with his vehicle in the USA . In the 1902 Paris – Vienna race , he also dominated the first stage with an average speed of 114 km / h, but later had to give up with a gearbox damage. In the autumn of the same year he then improved the official speed record to 123 km / h.

He then retired from motorsport for the time being to become a car dealer , first for the Hotchkiss cars, then for the Italian Italas . With these he returned to the racetracks in 1907 , but he was no longer granted great successes.

Together with his brother Achille Fournier, he founded the company Établissements Fournier for the manufacture of automobiles . His younger brother Maurice (* 1880) was also a racing driver and was killed in a racing accident at the French Grand Prix in 1911 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Henri Fournier  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maurice Fournier. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed February 10, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Fournier, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Le Mans
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1919
Place of death Paris