Fernand Bachmann (6 June 1886 – 22 May 1965) was a car dealer, administrator of the

Chenard & Walcker Chenard-Walcker, also known as Chenard & Walcker, was a French automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer from 1898 to 1946. Chenard-Walcker then designed and manufactured trucks marketed via Peugeot sales channels until the 1970s. The facto ...

establishments and French racing driver. In 1923, Fernand Bachmann finished 7th in the first edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Biography

Fernand Bachmann was born on 6 June 1886 in

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, France, and died on 22 May 1965 in

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. He was a car dealer, administrator of the Chenard and Walcker establishments, and a French car driver with Chenard & Walcker race team. Fernand Bachmann was a car dealer in France at La Madeleine, in the

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, near

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. He represented the Chenard & Walcker cars, and he was the administrator of the brand's establishments in France.

24 Hours of Le Mans

In 1923, Fernand Bachmann participated in the first edition of the

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organized on the

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the 26 and 27 May 1923 by the

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, on board one of the three

Chenard et Walcker Chenard-Walcker, also known as Chenard & Walcker, was a French automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer from 1898 to 1946. Chenard-Walcker then designed and manufactured trucks marketed via Peugeot sales channels until the 1970s. The facto ...

3.0L S4 cars. The team Fernand Bachmann and Raymond Glaszmann (#11) finished the race in 7th place, while his brother Raoul and Christian Dauvergne (#10) placed 2nd. The victory went to the third Chenard–Walcker 15 HP Tourism team (n°9) piloted by

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and

René Léonard René Auguste Maxime Léonard (23 June 1889 – 15 August 1965) was a French racing driver who, along with André Lagache, won the inaugural running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in . Career Léonard and Lagache were both engineers for the Chenard ...

, and thus form the first hat-trick of the historic race of Le Mans 24 Hours. The following year, he participated at

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with his brother on the new Chenard & Walcker Type TT 12CV 2-litres. However, because of a spectacular road exit, they did not finish the race. Fernand Bachmann then continued his racing career by participating in numerous international races such as the

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in 1925 and the 24 Hours of

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in 1926.

Bibliography

* Clausager, Anders (1982) Le Mans London: Arthur Barker Ltd * Laban, Brian (2001) Le Mans 24 Hours London: Virgin Books * Spurring, Quentin (2015) Le Mans 1923–29 Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing

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