Lucien Desvaux
Lucien Louis Charles Desvaux (born December 2, 1894 in Montrouge , † unknown) was a French racing driver .
Career
Lucien Desvaux competed in sports car races for Salmson and Lombard in the 1920s . In 1923 he won the Bol d'Or, a race for cyclecars in Paris, on a Salmson . He had to share the overall victory with Robert Benoist . In 1923 it made its debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished the race in twelfth place overall. He achieved his best placement in Le Mans in 1927 with fourth place in the overall standings.
The Frenchman was also able to achieve success in the monoposto . At the French Grand Prix in 1928 he finished fourth.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1923 | Société des Moteurs Salmson | Salmson VAL3 | Georges Casse | Rank 12 and class win | |
1925 | Grand Garage Saint-Didier Paris | Chrysler 70 six | Henri Stoffel | not classified | |
1927 | Société des Construction Automobile Parisienne | SCAP Type O | Fernand Vallon | Rank 4 | |
1928 | Automobiles Lombard SA | Lombard AL3 Grand Air Sport | Pierre Goutte | Rank 13 | |
1929 | Bollack, Netter et Cie | BNC Acacias | Auguste Caralp | failure | Power transmission |
literature
- Moity / Teissedre: 24 Hours of Le Mans 1923–1992 . Edition D'Art JP Barthelemy, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .
Web links
Commons : Lucien Desvaux - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Desvaux, Lucien |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Desvaux, Lucien Louis Charles |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1894 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Montrouge |
DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |