Léonce Girardot
French racing driver and co-founder of C.G.V.
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Léonce Girardot was a French racing driver who competed for Panhard & Levassor. He won the 1901 Gordon Bennett Trophy race and later co-founded the Charron, Girardot et Voigt (C.G.V.) car company. His career ended after a serious accident in the 1905 Gordon Bennett Cup trials.
Quick Facts
- Born
- 30 April 1864
- Died
- 7 September 1922
- Nationality
- French
- Team
- Panhard & Levassor
- Major win
- 1901 Gordon Bennett Trophy
- Co-founded
- Charron, Girardot et Voigt (C.G.V.)
- Patented
- Improved friction-clutch (US Patent 787031, 1905)
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- Wikipedia: Léonce Girardot (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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