László Hartmann

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Start of the AVUS race in 1932

László Hartmann (born August 17, 1901 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary , † May 16, 1938 in Tripoli , Italian-Libya ) was a Hungarian racing car driver .

Career

The son of wealthy parents began motorsport in the late 1920s. He contested his first official Grand Prix race in 1932 with a Bugatti T35B at the AVUS race on the Berlin AVUS , but retired after just one lap with engine failure.

On May 15, 1938, at the Gran Premio di Tripoli , a race endowed with 4 million Italian lire in the Autodromo della Mellaha , the Maserati 4CM from Hartmann and the Alfa Romeo Tipo 312 Giuseppe Farina came into contact on the eleventh lap . In the resulting accident, both cars rolled over and Hartmann broke his spine . Farina was injured in the accident as well as some spectators. Hartmann died the next morning in the hospital in Tripoli from his injuries. A few laps earlier, the Italian Eugenio Siena also had a fatal accident.

After a funeral speech by the Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio , Hartmann's body was transferred to Hungary and buried in the Jewish cemetery in the Budapest district of Rákoskeresztúr .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The day of death is often given as May 15, but he died one day after the race.
  2. ↑ kolumbus.fi: II AVUSRENNEN (English)
  3. ↑ motorsportmemorial.org: László Hartmann (English)
  4. ↑ kolumbus.fi: László Hartmann (English)
  5. ↑ Rákoskeresztúr - Kozma Street Cemetery in Budapest Hungary (English)
personal data
SURNAME Hartmann, László
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1938
Place of death Tripoli