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gerrit · **Joined:** Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:58 pm **Posts:** 2810

Uwe,
een super mooie foto met Jean.
Weet je meer van deze foto :?:

Uwe · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:12 pm **Posts:** 2285

Gerrit,

Grand Prix de Monaco 12 April 1934
#8 René Dreyfus
Type 59 #54212

Uwe · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:12 pm **Posts:** 2285

Jean Calcianu

gerrit · **Joined:** Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:58 pm **Posts:** 2810

Jean Calcianu

Was born in Dobrogea, in 1893. In 1914 he decided to go to France, where he became an employee of Renault company. Calcianu was obsessed by a certain automobile he had seen and which was built in a small plant in Molsheim village, Alsace. It was a Bugatti, an automobile including many brilliant mechanical solutions. He managed to maintain two such cars, owned by Dubonnet, and as a reward he was offered the type 37, of 1.5 liters, in order to compete on the Miramas Autodrome. Calcianu was working hard, during nights, to upgrade the automobile performances. He gave a special attention to air glide, replacing the coachwork screws with embedded ones, and polishing the paint. The day of the race: Ettore Bugatti was contesting with three of his famous drivers, Constantini, Jules Groux, and Friederich. Calcianu puts on his cap with its peak back, and goes. The result: a new record established: 173.6 km/h. Bugatti hires him at the test stand of the factory. He remained loyal to this trade mark for six years, until he completed his studies at Ecole Superieure Technique. However, at Bugatti he was not allowed to compete. Nevertheless, he managed to run in 2-3 local races, on a Talbot, and succeeded a first place in the Laffrey coast, and a first place on the Miramas circuit. At his return to Romania he brought back three Bugatti automobiles. In 1934, he ranks first at 2 liters category in the Lemberg Grand Prix.
*In 1934, together with IAR he organized the first closed circuit race in the country: Brasov Grand Prix.
*Considering competition, Calcianu sets one more record on Feleac, where he defeats the coast expert, Hans Stuck. Calcianu's most beautiful victory came in 1939, in Belgrade Grand Prix, where he defeated all the elite of German and French drivers. He won this victory on board an Alfa Romeo which had been driven by Tazio Nuvolari.

Uwe · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:12 pm **Posts:** 2285

Michael Müller · **Posted:** Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:43 pm

gerrit wrote:

He managed to maintain two such cars, owned by Dubonnet, and as a reward he was offered the type 37, of 1.5 liters, in order to compete on the Miramas Autodrome. Calcianu was working hard, during nights, to upgrade the automobile performances. He gave a special attention to air glide, replacing the coachwork screws with embedded ones, and polishing the paint. The day of the race: Ettore Bugatti was contesting with three of his famous drivers, Constantini, Jules Groux, and Friederich. Calcianu puts on his cap with its peak back, and goes. The result: a new record established: 173.6 km/h.

Besides the typos in Costantini, Goux, and Friderich these 3 drivers never had been team mates. Friderich retired at the end of 1924 and was replaced by Goux. The Miramas Autodrome was used for racing only from 1924 to 1927, but mainly for cyclecars (1100 cc). The only really important race which attracted the Bugatti works team was the GP de l'ACF in 1926, where it - strange enough - was the only contender. A boring race with 3 cars only - Goux, Costantini, and de Vizcaya. Fastest lap by Goux with the T39A at 2:24 equivalent to 125 kph. At the opening race in 1924 Martin d'Alzaga with a Sunbeam GP car managed a fastest lap at 1:59.6 = 150.5 kph, a car much more powerful than a T37.

So how much of this story is true? It appears on various Romanian websites and is copied over and over again. Seems to be a national fairy tale that a "local hero" defeated the Bugatti works team....

gerrit · **Joined:** Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:58 pm **Posts:** 2810

Thanks for the superior information :wink:

Uwe · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:12 pm **Posts:** 2285

geen informatie

gerrit · **Joined:** Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:58 pm **Posts:** 2810

De informatie die ik weet;
-foto staat in het boek"From Milan to Molsheim"blz:756
-foto is genomen in Molsheim bij de Factory nabij het paarden verblijf tussen 1926 en 1930
-de foto toont 4xT44 en op de achtergrond een prototype Royale