Paul of Guilleaume

Paul von Guilleaume (born November 11, 1893 in Cologne ; † December 16, 1970 ) was a German automobile racing driver and motorsport official .

Career

Paul von Guilleaume won the Harz mountain race in the Harz Mountains on a Steyr in 1925 . On July 11, 1926 , he started at the Berlin AVUS on Austro-Daimler at the German Grand Prix, which was held for the first time . On August 15 of the same year he won the race at the Hohen Eule near Breslau in the 12-tax horsepower class (= 3144 cm³), and on October 3, 1926, von Guilleaume won the field hill climb on the Großer Feldberg im Taunus in the automobile class from 3 to 5 liters displacement (12 tax horsepower) with a Steyr . He also won a hill climb in Siebertal near Goslar in 1926 , also in the 12-tax-horsepower class.

In 1927 Paul von Guilleaume won the Buckower triangle race in the racing car class up to 3 liters on Steyr. Ten years later. In 1937 , he finished ninth and fifth overall in the 2-liter class with Otto Löhr at the Le Mans 24-hour race with the new Adler-Trumpf 1.7-liter racing sedan , in 1938 overall seventh and winner of the 1st 5 liter class.

In 1951 a class win followed in the long-distance Liège - Rome - Liège race together with Heinz Graf von der Mühle in a Porsche .

After his racing career, Paul von Guilleaume was ADAC sports president for a few years . He died on December 16, 1970 at the age of 77.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1937	Adlerwerke	Adler Super Trumpf racing sedan	Otto Lohr	Rank 9
1938	Eagle	Adler Trumpf racing sedan	Otto Lohr	Rank 7 and class win
1939	Eagle	Eagle trump	Otto Lohr	failure	Cylinder damage

References

Web links

• Paul from Guilleaume, Germany. In: www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020 . 
• Paul Von Guilleaume. In: www.24h-en-piste.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hansjörg Meister: Feldberg - mountain price for automobiles. In: www.feldbergrennen.de. October 9, 2019, accessed March 24, 2020 .