Henri Stoffel

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Henri Stoffel (fourth from left), between his racing driver colleagues Louis Wagner , Jean Chassagne , Albert Guyot and Georges Boillot (left)

Henri Stoffel (born June 2, 1883 in Pont-d'Ain , † October 16, 1972 in Royan ) was a French racing driver .

Career

Henri Stoffel was one of the group of racing drivers who competed in the first Le Mans 24-hour race in motorsport history in 1923 . He drove a Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6 and retired after a defect. The French competed eight times at Le Mans, five times he made it onto the top three podium in the overall standings, but he never won the race. In 1924  - with Édouard Brisson in a Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6, in 1931  - with Boris Iwanowski in a Mercedes-Benz SSK  - and in 1935  - with Pierre Louis-Dreyfus in an Alfa Romeo 8C 2300  - he came second overall. In 1928 and 1937, at his last appearance, he was third each.

Stoffel was also active as a team owner. He also owned a Mercedes-Benz SSK, which he used in various sports car races in the 1930s. In 1932 the Foucret brothers drove it in the Le Mans race.

Stoffel died in Royan on the Bay of Biscay in 1972 at the age of 89 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1923 FranceFrance Société Lorraine De Dietrich et Cie Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6 FranceFrance René Labouchère failure malfunction
1924 FranceFrance Lorraine-Dietrich et Cie Lorraine-Dietrich B3-6 Sport FranceFrance Edouard Brisson Rank 2 and class win
1925 FranceFrance Grand Garage Saint-Didier Paris Chrysler 70 six FranceFrance Lucien Desvaux not classified
1928 FranceFrance Grand Garage Saint-Didier Paris Chrysler 72 six FranceFrance André Rossignol Rank 3
1929 FranceFrance Grand Garage Saint-Didier Paris Chrysler 75 Six FranceFrance Robert Benoist Rank 6
1931 Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Valery Tatarinoff Mercedes-Benz SSK Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Boris Ivanovsky Rank 2 and class win
1935 FranceFrance Pierre Louis-Dreyfus Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 FranceFrance Pierre Louis-Dreyfus Rank 2 and class win
1937 FranceFrance Ecurie Bleue Delahaye 135CS United StatesUnited States René Dreyfus Rank 3

literature

  • RM Clarke: Le Mans - the Bentley & Alfa Years 1923–1939 , Brocklands Books 1999, ISBN 1-85520-4657 .

Web links

Commons : Henri Stoffel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Henri STOFFEL. www.helenaracing.eu, July 27, 2018, accessed on March 28, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Stoffel, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Pont d'Ain
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1972
Place of death Royan