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Lasarte GP Guipúzcoa 1929-07-28-1111785 o

The Circuito Lasarte was an

Grand Prix motor racing Grand Prix motor racing, a form of motorsport competition, has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as early as 1894. It quickly evolved from simple road races from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car an ...

road course at Lasarte-Oria, Guipúzcoa, Spain in the

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near the city of

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

on the

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. The counterclockwise layout was used between 1923 and 1935 but racing ended with the eruption of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 and after the war auto racing resumed at new tracks near Barcelona. The Circuito Lasarte played host to the San Sebastian Grand Prix, Spanish Grand Prix and the 1926 European Grand Prix. No longer operational for auto racing, in 1965 the layout was used for the World Cycling Championship.

Grand Prix results

San Sebastian Grand Prix

1923 Albert Guyot driving a

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1924 Henry Segrave driving a

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1925

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André Morel André Paul Victor Morel (3 August 188417 July 1961) was a French racing driver. Life and career Morel was born on 3 August 1884 in Troyes, France. His father died when he was 11. His parents at that time expected him Morel to become a pries ...

driving a

Delage Delage was a French luxury automobile and racecar company founded in 1905 by Louis Delâge in Levallois-Perret near Paris; it was acquired by Delahaye in 1935 and ceased operation in 1953. On 7 November 2019, the association "Les Amis de Dela ...

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European Grand Prix

1926 Jules Goux driving a

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Spanish Grand Prix

1926

Bartolomeo Costantini Bartolomeo "Meo" Costantini (14 February 1889 in Vittorio Veneto – 19 July 1941 in Milan) was an Italian aviator and racing car driver, known for being the sporting manager of the Bugatti car manufacturer. Military service He joined the Italo-Tu ...

driving a

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1927 Robert Benoist driving a

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San Sebastian Grand Prix

1927 Emilio Materassi driving a

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1928 Louis Chiron driving a

1929 Louis Chiron driving a

Bugatti T35B The Bugatti Type 35 was the most successful of the Bugatti racing models. Its version of the Bugatti arch-shaped radiator that had evolved from the more architectural one of the Bugatti Type 13 Brescia, was to become the one that the marque is ...

1930

Achille Varzi Achille Varzi (8 August 1904 – 1 July 1948) was an Italian Grand Prix driver. Career Born in Galliate, province of Novara (Piedmont), Achille Varzi was the son of a textile manufacturer. As a young man, he was a successful motorcycle ra ...

driving a

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Spanish Grand Prix

1933 Louis Chiron driving an Alfa Romeo Type B/P3
1934 Luigi Fagioli driving a Mercedes-Benz W25/34
1935 Rudolf Caracciola driving a Mercedes-Benz W25/35

References

The Golden Age by Leif SnellmanLasarte auto racing photos

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