Marius Eugène Chaboud (12 April 1907 – 28 December 1983) was a French

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. He participated in three

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World Championship Grands Prix, scoring one championship point. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races.

Career

He completed his first car race in 1936 at age of 29 in a Delahaye sports car and partnered his mentor Jean Trémoulet in the

1937 24 Hours of Le Mans The 1937 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 14th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 19 and 20 June 1937. This race was marred by a massive 6-car accident at Maison Blanche which claimed the lives of 2 drivers. On the eighth lap of the race, the ...

race, where they failed to finish. The following year however the partnership won the

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in a Delahaye. In 1939 he won the Paris-Nice road race for Ecurie France and after the Second World War he won the 1946

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in a Delage. Talbot Lago T26 GS v

After Formula 1 was introduced in 1950, Chaboud drove a Talbot Lago T26 in several Formula 1 events, including three Grand Prix World Championship races, during 1950 and 1951, scoring only 1 championship point for a fifth place in the French Grand Prix. He retired from the sport after crashing his Talbot-Lago T26 at Le Mans during the 1952 event, when he became trapped under his car.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Philippe Étancelin Philippe Étancelin (28 December 1896 – 13 October 1981) was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver who joined the new Formula One circuit at its inception. Biography Born in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, in Normandy, he worked as a merchant in the w ...

. Chaboud had entered his Ecurie Lutetia Talbot-Lago but did not race this car.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

External links

Profile on OldRacingCars.com

1907 births 1983 deaths Sportspeople from Lyon French racing drivers French Formula One drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans winning drivers Grand Prix drivers {{F1-bio-stub