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Marius Eugène Chaboud (12 April 1907 – 28 December 1983) was a French
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.
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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
racing driver
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. He participated in three Formula One
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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 race, where they failed to finish. The following year however the partnership won the race in a Delahaye. In 1939 he won the Paris-Nice road race for Ecurie France and after the Second World War he won the 1946Belgian Grand Prix
The Belgian Grand Prix ( French: ''Grand Prix de Belgique''; Dutch: ''Grote Prijs van België''; German: ''Großer Preis von Belgien'') is a motor racing event which forms part of the Formula One World Championship.
The first national race of ...
at Bois de la Cambre in a Delage.
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
( key) :''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
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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