Raphaël Manso de Zuñiga

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24-hour race of Le Mans 1925 , the Chenard-Walcker Z1 Spéciale by Raphaël Manso de Zuñiga and Raymond Glaszmann (start number 50, lower picture)

Raphaël Manso de Zuñiga y Montesinos (born January 7, 1898 in Aiara , † 1962 ) was a Spanish racing car driver .

Career

De Zuñiga was the first Spaniard to take part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . In the second races in Le Mans history he was registered as a partner of Christian Dauvergne on a factory- Henard & Walcker 2-liter 10 / 12CV. He finished the race in fifth place overall. In 1925 , a class win followed with tenth place. Together with Raymond Glaszmann , this time on a Chenard & Walcker tank, he won the 1st Biennial Cup and thus the Index of Performance .

His greatest success in motorsport was winning the 1926 Guipúzcoa Grand Prix , a touring and sports car race on the Circuito Lasarte in Donostia-San Sebastián . Again as a factory driver from Chenard & Walcker, the racing event with partner René Léonard won ahead of teammates André Lagache and André Pisart .

He also entered the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race three times, in 1925 , 1926 and 1928 . The best place in the final classification was seventh in 1926.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1924 FranceFrance Chenard & Walcker Chenard & Walcker 2-liter 10 / 12CV FranceFrance Christian Dauvergne Rank 5
1925 FranceFrance Chenard & Walcker Chenard-Walcker Z1 Spéciale FranceFrance Raymond Glaszmann Rank 10 and class win

literature

  • Moity / Teissedre: 24 Hours of Le Mans 1923–1992 . Edition D'Art JP Barthelemy, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

Commons : Raphaël Manso de Zuñiga  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guipúzcoa Grand Prix 1926
  2. ^ 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps 1926
personal data
SURNAME Zuñiga, Raphaël Manso de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish car racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Aiara
DATE OF DEATH 1962