Eugène Chaboud Explained

Eugène Chaboud
Nationality: French
Birth Date:12 April 1907
Birth Place:Lyon, France
Death Place:Montfermeil, France
Years: –
Races:3
Championships:0
Wins:0
Podiums:0
Points:1
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:0

Marius Eugène Chaboud (12 April 1907 – 28 December 1983) was a French racing driver. He participated in three Formula One 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 aged 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 1946 Belgian Grand Prix 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 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)

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678WDCPoints
1950Ecurie LutetiaTalbot-Lago T26CTalbot
Straight-6
GBRMON500SUIBEL
20th1
Philippe ÉtancelinTalbot-Lago T26C-DAFRA
5 *
ITA
1951Eugène ChaboudTalbot-Lago T26C-GSTalbot
Straight-6
SUI500BELFRA
GBRGERITAESPNC0

* Indicates shared drive with Philippe Étancelin. Chaboud had entered his Ecurie Lutetia Talbot-Lago but did not race this car.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
1937 Eugéne Chaboud
(private entrant)
Jean TrémouletDelahaye 135CS5.09DNF
1938 Eugène Chaboud / Jean Trémoulet
(private entrant)
Jean TrémouletDelahaye 135CS5.02351st1st
1949 Ecurie Charles Pozzi
(private entrant)
Charles PozziDelahaye 175SS5.052DNF
(Electrics / fire)
1951 E. Chaboud
(private entrant)
Lucien VincentTalbot-Lago T26 GS BiplaceS5.033DNF
(Radiator)
1952 E. Chaboud
(private entrant)
Charles PozziTalbot-Lago T26 GS SpyderS5.0?DNF
(Accident)

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