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Georges Boillot (August 3,
1884–April 21,
1916) was a
France Grand Prix motor racing driver and World War I fighter pilot.
Born in
Valentigney, Doubs, Boillot was a mechanic by training who began automobile racing in 1908. He went on to join drivers
Paul Zuccarelli and Jules Goux to help create a novel range of racing cars as part of the
Peugeot team. He debuted with them in 1909 in the
Coupe de l'Auto at Rambouillet and in 1910, went to Italy to compete in the Targa Florio.
At Dieppe, France, on
June 26,
1912, Georges Boillot won the
French Grand Prix, in his Peugeot L76, a vehicle designed by the young Swiss engineer Ernest Henry in association with Zuccarelli, Goux and Boillot. This was the first motorcar in the world to have an engine with two overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder. Boillot won the
Coupe de l'Auto in 1913 and became the darling of French racing fans when he won his second straight French Grand Prix at
Amiens, France, becoming the first driver to win it twice.
That same year, his Peugeot teammate, Jules Goux became the first Frenchman to win the
Indianapolis 500. The following year, France sent a number of competitors to the Indiana speedway where on
May 27, during qualifying, Boillot came tantalizing close to breaking the 100 mile-an-hour (161 km/h) barrier when he set a new speed record of 99.86 mph (160.70 km/h). Much faster than any other driver, Boillot would most likely have won the race with ease had it not been for repeated tire trouble. He ended up finishing 14th while his fellow Frenchmen finished in the top four positions with René Thomas (France) getting the win.
In what would turn out to be his last race, the 1914 French Grand Prix at
Lyon, his Peugeot was literally falling apart at the end. After demonstrating his tremendous skills by keeping the vehicle running and near the lead, it finally overheated on the last lap and he was forced to retire.
With the outbreak of
World War I, Boillot joined the new French Air Force. He lost his life on
April 21,
1916 when his plane was shot down in a dogfight over
Verdun-sur-Meuse and crashed near Bar-le-Duc. In his honor, several places in France named a street for him and there is a George Boillot School in
Montlhéry in the Essonne
département near
Paris.
His brother
André Boillot was also a race driver and at war's end, won the 1919 Targa Florio. Georges' son, Jean, became
director-general of Peugeot Talbot cars and in 1981 was responsible for involving Peugeot in
rally racing.
Indy 500 results
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Georges Boillot (August 3, 1884–
April 21,
1916) was a
France Grand Prix motor racing driver and
World War I fighter pilot.
Born in Valentigney,
Doubs, Boillot was a mechanic by training who began automobile racing in 1908. He went on to join drivers Paul Zuccarelli and Jules Goux to help create a novel range of racing cars as part of the
Peugeot team. He debuted with them in 1909 in the
Coupe de l'Auto at
Rambouillet and in 1910, went to Italy to compete in the
Targa Florio.
At Dieppe, France, on June 26,
1912, Georges Boillot won the French Grand Prix, in his Peugeot L76, a vehicle designed by the young Swiss engineer Ernest Henry in association with Zuccarelli, Goux and Boillot. This was the first motorcar in the world to have an engine with two overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder. Boillot won the
Coupe de l'Auto in 1913 and became the darling of French racing fans when he won his second straight French Grand Prix at Amiens, France, becoming the first driver to win it twice.
That same year, his Peugeot teammate, Jules Goux became the first Frenchman to win the
Indianapolis 500. The following year, France sent a number of competitors to the
Indiana speedway where on
May 27, during qualifying, Boillot came tantalizing close to breaking the 100 mile-an-hour (161 km/h) barrier when he set a new speed record of 99.86 mph (160.70 km/h). Much faster than any other driver, Boillot would most likely have won the race with ease had it not been for repeated tire trouble. He ended up finishing 14th while his fellow Frenchmen finished in the top four positions with
René Thomas (France) getting the win.
In what would turn out to be his last race, the 1914 French Grand Prix at
Lyon, his Peugeot was literally falling apart at the end. After demonstrating his tremendous skills by keeping the vehicle running and near the lead, it finally overheated on the last lap and he was forced to retire.
With the outbreak of
World War I, Boillot joined the new French Air Force. He lost his life on April 21, 1916 when his plane was shot down in a dogfight over Verdun-sur-Meuse and crashed near Bar-le-Duc. In his honor, several places in France named a street for him and there is a George Boillot School in
Montlhéry in the
Essonne département near
Paris.
His brother André Boillot was also a race driver and at war's end, won the 1919 Targa Florio. Georges' son, Jean, became
director-general of Peugeot Talbot cars and in 1981 was responsible for involving Peugeot in rally racing.
Indy 500 results
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"|-!Year!Car!Start!Qual!Rank!Finish!Laps!Led!Retired|-!1914 Indianapolis 500|7|29|99.860 mph|style="background:green;color:white"|1|14|141|0|Broken frame|-|colspan=6|
Totals|141|0||}{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"|-!Starts|1|-!Poles|0|-!Front Row|0|-!Wins|0|-!Top 5|0|-!Top 10|0|-!Retired|1|}
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