Jean Trasenster (nicknamed ''Ginet'') was a
Belgian driver of
rally
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Sport ...
marathons.
Biography
In 1931 he became famous in the
Liège-Rome-Liège (''Marathon of the Road'') rally, with Baron Orban on a Bugatti 3000.
He also participated in numerous events of the
Total 24 Hours of Spa before and after the war with
Franz Breye, first with
Bugatti
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(2000 and 3000), then on a
Delage
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On 7 November 2019, the association "Les Amis de Dela ...
D6-3L.
Awards
* Hill Climb La Sauvenière in
Spa, Belgium
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, with distance: 1929, in a Bugatti Torpédo 15 HP;
* Quintuple winner of
Liège-Rome-Liège (''Marathon de la route''): 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939 all on Bugatti with Alphonse Evrard (1) et Franz Breyre (3)), ten in 1953 with
Lancia
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on a
Lancia Aurelia
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B20 GT, with co-driver
Johnny Claes
Octave John Claes (; 11 August 1916 – 3 February 1956) was a British-born racing driver who competed for Belgium. Before his fame as a racing driver, Claes was also a jazz trumpeter and successful bandleader in Britain.
Early life and jazz ...
in the first
European Rally Championship
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The champion ...
;
*3rd in
Rally of Morocco in 1934 with female copilot
Max Thirion, in a
Bugatti Type 44
The early Bugatti 8-cylinder line began with the 1922 Type 30. The same basic design was used for the 1926 Type 38 as well as the Type 40, Type 43, Type 44, and Type 49.
Type 30
Produced from 1922 through 1926, the Type 30 used the 2 L (199 ...
.
Jean Trasenster
(eWRC-results.com).
References
External links
Belgian racing drivers
Belgian rally drivers
Date of death missing
Date of birth missing
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