Marcel Lehoux

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Marcel Lehoux in Monza 1930

Marcel Lehoux (born April 3, 1888 or 1889 in Fougères , † July 19, 1936 in Deauville ) was a French racing driver .

Career

Lehoux was born in the Château de Fougères , then grew up in what was then the French colonies of French North Africa in what is now Algeria . He started racing in 1924 at the age of 35 and immediately won his first race in a Bugatti .

In the following years he won several Grand Prix with Bugatti, including in Algeria , Tunisia , Pau and Monza .

It wasn't until much later, in 1934, that Ferrari became aware of him and he became a works driver at Scuderia, which at the time was Alfa Romeo's works team . During this time, however, he was no longer able to build on previous successes and so Lehoux and Ferrari separated again a year later. Lehoux started as a private driver for Maserati in 1935 before becoming a works driver again in 1936; this time for ERA . But here again he couldn't drive for victories. On July 19, 1936, Lehoux had a fatal accident at the Grand Prix de Deauville when he collided with Giuseppe Farina's Alfa Romeo shortly before the end of the race and burned in the wreckage of his car. Farina suffered minor head injuries in the accident.

Trivia

  • Lehoux ′ nationality is often given as Algerian , as he spent much of his life in what was then the French colony.
  • Lehoux ′ nickname was "The Lionhearted" (Lionheart)

Web links

Commons : Marcel Lehoux  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kolumbus.fi: Marcel Lehoux
  2. ↑ historicracing.com: Marcel Lehoux ( Memento from March 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Motorsportmemorial.org: Marcel Lehoux
personal data
SURNAME Lehoux, Marcel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1888 or April 3, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Fougères
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1936
Place of death Deauville