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[[Image:Delage-at-Montlhery,.jpg|right|frame|1928 painting of Albert Divo taking on the banking at Montlhery in a Delage torpedo]] '''Albert Divo''' (1895-1966) was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] driver. He was born in [[Paris]], [[France]]. In 1922, Divo competed in the International Tourist Trophy endurance race on the [[Isle of Man]]. He scored his first major victory driving for [[Sunbeam]] at the 1923 [[Sitges Grand Prix]] at the [[Sitges Terramar]] circuit about 40 km outside [[Barcelona]]. Driving for [[Delage]], in 1924 he finished second behind [[Giuseppe Campari]] in the [[European Grand Prix]] at [[Lyon]]. The following year he won two major Grand Prix events for Delage. In July he captured the [[French Grand Prix]] at the [[Autodrome de Montlhéry]] after his car went out of the race and he took over from teammate [[Robert Benoist]]. In September he shared victory with teammate [[André Morel]] at the [[Spanish Grand Prix]] at [[Circuito Lasarte]]. In 1927 he finished third in the [[British Grand Prix]] at [[Brooklands]]. The next year, he drove a [[Bugatti Type 35]] to victories in the 1928 and 1929 [[Targa Florio]]. Albert Divo was a founding member of the [[Club International des Anciens Pilotes de Grand Prix F1]] in 1962 in [[Villars-sur-Ollon]], [[Switzerland]]. He died in 1966 and was buried in the [[Morsang-sur-Orge]] cemetery in the department of the [[Essonne]] near Paris. == Major race wins == *1923 - [[Sitges Grand Prix]] ([[Sunbeam]]) *1925 - [[Spanish Grand Prix]], [[French Grand Prix]] ([[Delage]]) *1926 - GP du Salon ([[Talbot]]) *1927 - [[French Automobile Club|ACF Libre]] ([[Talbot]]) *1928 - [[Targa Florio]] *1929 - Targa Florio ==Complete European Championship results== ([[:Template:EC driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! EDC ! Points |- | [[1931 Grand Prix season|1931]] ! [[Bugatti|Usines Bugatti]] ! [[Bugatti]] | bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| [[1931 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>3</small> | bgcolor="#dfffdf"| [[1931 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>7</small> | bgcolor="#cfcfff"| '''[[1931 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]'''<br /><small>Ret</small> ! 4= ! 12 |- | [[1932 Grand Prix season|1932]] ! [[Ettore Bugatti]] ! [[Bugatti]] | bgcolor="#dfffdf"| [[1932 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>6</small> | bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1932 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>Ret</small> | [[1932 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small></small> ! 5= ! 17 |} {{DEFAULTSORT:Divo, Albert}} [[Category:French racecar drivers]] [[Category:Grand Prix drivers]] [[Category:1895 births]] [[Category:1966 deaths]] [[ca:Albert Divo]] [[de:Albert Eugène Diwo]] [[sl:Albert Divo]]
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