Le Grand Prix de l’ACF et la Coupe de l’Auto. 1 – La Vie automobile – 6 July 1912
The 1912 Grand Prix de l’Automobile Club de France this year ran on the triangular course of Dieppe, near to the North Sea. This article in La Vie Automobile, written by Charles Faroux, will be posted in two separate parts. The complete article covers their eintire race report. In this first part, a brief summary […]
Le Grand Prix de l’ACF et la Coupe de l’Auto. 2 – La Vie automobile – 6 July 1912
The 1912 Grand Prix de l’Automobile Club de France this year ran on the triangular course of Dieppe, near to the North Sea. This article in La Vie Automobile, written by Charles Faroux, will be posted in two separate parts. The complete article covers their eintire race report. In this second part,the defeated, as they […]
Le Grand Prix de l’ACF. 1 – La Vie automobile – 22 June 1912
The 1912 Grand Prix de l’Automobile Club de France this year ran on the triangular course of Dieppe, near to the North Sea. This article in La Vie Automobile, written by Charles Faroux, will be posted in two separate parts. The complete article may be considered as an introduction to the coming Grand Prix. In […]
Le Grand Prix de l’ACF. 2 – La Vie automobile – 22 June 1912
The 1912 Grand Prix de l’Automobile Club de France this year ran on the triangular course of Dieppe, near to the North Sea. This article in La Vie Automobile, written by Charles Faroux, will be posted in two separate parts. The complete article may be considered as an introduction to the coming Grand Prix. In […]
A Propos du Grand Prix – La Vie automobile – 22 June 1912
In this introducing article of La Vie Automobile on the 1912 Grand Prix de l’Automobile Club de France, the new and open rules are questioned. The range of engine capacity goes from just slightly over 6 liters up to about 15 liters! A factor of about 2.5. It is questioned whether these would indeed benefit […]
Boillot, Peugeot, Grand Prix Winner – Motor Age – 27 June 1912
The 1912 Grand Prix de l’ACF was held over two days in June at the triangular circuit of Dieppe near the North Sea coast. Georges Boillot in the new Peugeot L76 won the race. It marks the first of so many tace wins of the car with the novel engine that was to become the […]
Réflexions sur les Grands Prix de l’ACF – La Vie automobile – 10 August 1925
The 1925 Grand Prix de l’Automobile Club de France was held for the first time on the newly built circuit of Linas-Monthléry near Paris. It consisted of a short high-speed banked oval and two long streches, winding through the landscape. Sadly however, Antonio Ascari in his Alfa Romeo was killed in an accident. The race […]
Grande Premio di Belgica- l’Illustrazione Italiana – 19 luglio 1925
The 1925 European Grand Prix was the first international race on the Spa-Francorchamps track. The race was won by Antonio Ascari in the Alfa-Romeo P2, laying the foundation for their 1925 world chanmpionship, which he himself sadly was not to whitness. This article shows the enthousiasm of the Italian press for their industry. Text and […]
Grande Premio di Italia- l’Illustrazione Italiana – 13 settembre 1925
The 1925 Italian Grand Prix was the decisive race for that year’s championship. Alfa-Romeo made a one-two finish with count Brilli-Peri a winner, claiming the 1925 championship, but having lost their famous driver Antonio Ascari. Text and fotos with courtesy of Internet Archive, www.archive.org compiled by motorracinghistory.comL’Illustrazione Italiana, Anno LII, N. 37, 13 settembre 1925 […]
American Cars prove they are Match for fastest in Europe – Automotive Industries – 2 October 1925
This article was written by the well known American reporter William F. Bradley. Being stationed in Paris, he wrote for several US automotive magazines, already since beginning of the 1900’s. Here it is described how much American- and European engines differ. Athough Alfa Romeos made a one-two finish, thereby clinching the championshipt; he American Duesenbergs […]