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Monaco Grand Prix, 14, 15, 18, 19
Moto Club de Nice, 9
paper company, 8–9, 12
in Paris, 262, 263
personal character, 8–9, 65, 169
postwar life, 264–65, 269–70
raincoat business, 67
Vichy Grand Prix, 100
World War I, 8
Dreyfus, René, 2
ACF dinner, 119, 203
anti-Semitism against, 116
AVUS, 3–5, 21–23
Belgian Grand Prix, 76, 100, 110–11
bicycling with other drivers, 206–7
Bugatti Brescia, 5–7, 10–11
Bugatti T35B, 13–19
Bugatti T59, 94
as Bugatti team driver, 66–67, 75–76, 102
childhood, 8
Chou-Chou and, 76, 102–3
conversion to Catholicism, 103, 118, 270
Cork Grand Prix, 260
Costantini and, 102, 228
Czaykowski and, 79
as daredevil, 5, 8
death, 270–71
on death, 64–65
Delahaye 145, 161, 165–67
desire to win, 114, 130
Dieppe Grand Prix, 111
as “divine avenger,” 228, 262
divorce, 264
Capt. Dreyfus and, 77, 292 n77
driving style, 102, 141
Écurie Bleue, commitment to, 149–51
Écurie Bleue recruitment efforts, 141–43
Eifel race, 24, 41
European Championship, 117
on Fascists, 76–77
French Grand Prix, 93–96, 129–30, 167–68, 262
in French transport corps, 263
friendship with Chiron, 65, 109, 161
friendship with Hoffmann, 109, 161
friendship with other drivers, 65–66
friendship with Stuck, 183, 260
German Grand Prix, 262–63
grandfather, 9, 11
Grand Prix du Comminges, 63–65, 64, 130–31
Indianapolis 500, 263
Italian Grand Prix, 116
Jewish heritage, 4, 77, 118, 142, 228, 270
La Turbie hill climb, 5–7, 87–88
Le Mans, 270
life in America, 263–64
love of driving, 66
marital difficulties, 263
Marne Grand Prix, 19, 111, 130, 168–69
as Maserati driver, 20–22
Mille Miglia, 158, 226
Million Franc prize, 159, 169, 173–77, 179, 180, 182–200, 189, 194, 201, 203, 271–72, 309 n190
Monaco Grand Prix (1929), 12
Monaco Grand Prix (1930), 12–19, 20
Monaco Grand Prix (1932), 21
Monaco Grand Prix (1933), 73, 75–76
Monaco Grand Prix (1934), 91
Monaco Grand Prix (1935), 109
Monaco Grand Prix (1980), 270
Monte Carlo Rally, 152–56, 153, 218–20
Monza Grand Prix and, 78–79
Moto Club de Nice, 9–10
My Two Lives, 270
nickname, 100
paper company, 8–9, 12
Pau Grand Prix (1937), 157–58
Pau Grand Prix (1938), 200–201, 227–32, 234–36, 238–39, 242–57, 249, 259–60
physical appearance, 3
plans to settle in Paris, 262
postwar life, 269–70
as Racing Champion of France, 261
restaurant business, 264, 269
rituals and superstitions, 15, 187, 242–45
Rosemeyer’s death and, 219
Roxy bar, Berlin, 3–5
Lucy Schell and, 87–88, 141–43, 150, 156, 227
Scuderia Ferrari, 104, 111–12, 117–18
sense of direction, 155
Swiss Grand Prix, 100–102, 263
Talbot-Lago team, 126–31
Three Hours of Marseilles, 128–29
Tripoli Grand Prix, 104, 160–61, 261
Tunis Grand Prix, 20–21
24 Hours of Le Mans, 165
in US Army, 264, 270
Vanderbilt Cup, 207
Vichy Grand Prix, 100
Wimille rivalry, 159
World War I, 8
Dreyfus, Suzanne (sister), 5, 8, 15, 264–65, 269–70
Dreyfus Affair, 77
Dunlop tires, 169, 192, 193
Écurie Bleue (Team Blue)
car design, 125–26
Cork Grand Prix, 260
Delahaye 145, 140, 164–67, 166
Delahaye 155, 262
drivers, 141–43, 150–51
formation, 123–24
French Grand Prix, 167–68
goals, 123–24, 169
Marne Grand Prix, 168–69
mascot, 157
Maserati cars, 263
Mille Miglia, 158
Million Franc prize, 173–77, 179, 180, 182–200, 194
Monte Carlo Rally, 152–56, 153, 218–20
Pau Grand Prix (1937), 157–58
Pau Grand Prix (1938), 200–201, 227–32, 234–36, 238–39, 242–57, 249, 259–60
press announcement, 151
Lucy Schell’s dedication to, 123–24, 140–41
Swiss Grand Prix, 263
Vanderbilt Cup, 207
E
Eifel race, 24–25, 41, 108–9, 133–35, 134, 162
English Racing Automobiles, 208
European Championship, 12, 41, 117, 133, 171, 203
Eyston, George, 207
F
Fafnir Auto Works, 25, 26
Fagioli, Luigi
European Championship, 117
French Grand Prix, 95
Italian Grand Prix, 100
as Mercedes team driver, 80, 91, 104
Monaco Grand Prix, 109
Tripoli Grand Prix, 104, 106, 162
Fangio, Juan Manuel, 267
Faroux, Charles
on 1937 Grand Prix formula, 122
French Grand Prix, 109–10
French Grand Prix, efforts to save, 123
on Hitler’s war buildup, 203
Monaco Grand Prix, 15, 19
Pau Grand Prix, 243, 244, 245, 256, 259
Fascists, 76–77, 78, 116
Fateful Years (François-Poncet), 68
Faure, Félix, 30
Ferrari, Enzo
background, 111
Italian Grand Prix, 116
physical appearance, 111
Scuderia Ferrari drivers, 79, 102, 117, 118, 208
Ferrari cars, 270
Ferrari team. See Scuderia Ferrari
Feuereissen, Karl, 131–32, 208–9, 214, 215
Figoni, Joseph, 88, 93, 115
Filippini, Corrado, 76–77
Flying Start Kilometer Record, 204–5, 209
Foch, Ferdinand, 247
Fonds de Course, 122, 151–52, 158, 196–97, 235, 261, 263
Ford, Henry, 40, 138–39
Ford cars, 120–21
Fraichard, Georges, 100, 110, 149–50, 166
Franay (coach-builder), 271
France
1930s, 53–54
anti-Semitism, 77
auto industry, 53–55, 151
Écurie Bleue Grand Prix car design, 126
German invasion, 263–64
government chaos (1934), 84–85
status of women, 85
strikes (1936), 129
surrender to Germany, xxii
war on Germany, 263
Franco, Francisco, 218–19, 229
François, Jean
background, 90
death, 268
Delahaye 135, 115
Delahaye 138, 88–90
Delahaye 145, 138–41, 150, 159, 161, 165–68, 220, 226
Delahaye 155 monoposto, 235, 260
Delahaye design (1933), 57–58, 60
French Grand Prix, 167–68
Million Franc prize, 174–75, 182, 187, 192, 194, 194, 196, 200
Pau Grand Prix, 230, 238, 243–44
V12 engine, 138–40, 159, 173, 174
François-Poncet, André, 68
Freiburg hill climb, 147
French Grand Prix (1914), 26
French Grand Prix (1925), 175
French Grand Prix (1934), 41, 93–96, 151
French Grand Prix (1935), 109, 110, 119, 122
French Grand Prix (1936), 110, 128, 129–30, 141
French Grand Prix (1937), 167–68, 232
French Grand Prix (1938), 261
French Grand Prix (1939), 262
Friderich, Ernest, 11–15, 18, 19, 20
G
Gast, Camille du, 85
German Grand Prix (1926), 32–35, 33, 37
German Grand Prix (1932), 41
German Grand Prix (1934), 96–99
German Grand Prix (1935), 112–14, 114
German Grand Prix (1936), 136, 149
German Grand Prix (1937), 169–71
German Grand Prix (1938), 225, 261
German Grand Prix (1939), 262–63
Germany. See also Hitler, Adolf; Nazi Party
anti-Semitism, 77, 116–17
invasion of France, 263–64
invasion of Poland, 263
World War I, 8
World War II, xix–xxii, xxii
Girod, Armand, 89
Goebbels, Joseph
AVUS, 162
Berlin Motor Show, 221
on Caracciola, 172
German Grand Prix, 170–71
ministry of propaganda, 104
Olympic Games, 137
plebiscite, 237
on Rosemeyer’s death, 216
Gonnot, Mademoiselle, 84
Goodrich tires, 169
Gordon Bennett Cup, 14
Göring, Hermann, 137, 204
Grande Corniche, 6
Grand Prix
formula (1934), 70–71, 81–82
formula (1937 to 1939), 121–22, 126
formula determination, 12
formule libre, 21
nationalism and, 116
Grand Prix de la Marne, 19, 111, 128, 130, 168–69
Grand Prix du Comminges, 63–65, 64, 128, 130–31
Grover-Williams, William, 17, 268
Guernica, Spain, 229
H
Hansi (Neubauer), 37
Hanussen, Erick Jan, 4, 21
Hemingway, Ernest, 46–47
Henne, Ernst, 69, 91
Herzing, Director, 27–28
Hess, Rudolf, 40
Himmler, Heinrich, 135, 164
Hindenberg, Paul von, 4, 67, 68
Hitler, Adolf
annexation of Austria, 220–21, 222–23
annexation of Saar territory, 117
anti-Jewish fervor, 116–17
Berlin Motor Show, 68–69, 171, 220–22
Caracciola and, 39–41, 69, 172, 286 n39
“Cavalry of the Future,” 69
Chiron and, 118
consolidation of power (1938), 220
Delahaye 145 and, xx, 271
election (1930), 39
first acts as chancellor, 68
France’s surrender, xxii
German Grand Prix, 171
Hühnlein and, 97, 266
Mercedes as personal cars for, 39–41, 70, 286 n39
Mercedes support for, 237–38
military rearmament, 98, 105
“The Night of the Long Knives,” 95
Nuremberg rally, 116–17
overlooking Jewish heritage when convenient, 118
parades, 68
plebiscite, 223, 226, 237, 242, 259
Rhineland occupation (1936), 123
Rosemeyer’s death and, 216, 221
state support for automobile industry, 68–69, 78, 80, 204
Summer Olympic Games, 136–37
Hoffman, Alfred, 72
Hoffmann, Alice “Baby”
friendship with Chou-Chou Dreyfus, 109
friendship with Rudi, 72–73, 91, 104, 132
marriage to Rudi, 161, 162–63
Monaco Grand Prix, 73–74
Pau Grand Prix, 244, 245, 253
personality, 72–73
Rudi’s leg injury and, 75, 91, 267
Rudi’s love for, 132, 149, 156, 161
on Rudi’s rituals, 242
Rudi’s speed records and, 209, 210, 213
World War II, 265
Holocaust, 266
Hotchkiss, 10, 269
Hotchkiss AM2, 52
Hühnlein, Adolf
Berlin Motor Show, 69, 69
death, 266
on French sports car races, 167
German Grand Prix, 71, 97, 99, 114, 136
Hitler and, 97
on motor racing, 104–5
NSKK command, 69, 97, 266
speed records and, 205, 206, 217
Vanderbilt Cup, 162, 164
I
Indianapolis 500, 263, 266–67
internal-combustion engine, 29
Italian Grand Prix, 99–100, 116, 148, 261
Italy
Abyssinia, invasion of, 117, 128
Fascists, 76–77, 78
Libya as protectorate of, 106
support for automobile industry, 78
J
Jano, Vittorio, 41, 208
Jeantaud electric car, 204
Jellinek, Emil, 31
Jellinek, Mercedes, 31
Jolly, François, 56–57
Journée Féminine de L’Automobile, 47
Junek, Elisabeth, 86
K
Kershaw, Ian, 222
Kissel, Wilhelm
Caracciola and, 171, 265
Hitler, praise for, 237–38
Hitler and, 39, 68, 69–70, 71
Mercedes team, 35–38, 70–72, 81, 181
Pau Grand Prix, 234, 236, 237–38
speed records and, 206, 217
Klemperer, Victor, 137–38
Kling, Karl, 267
Kristallnacht, 262, 266
Kudorfer, Karl, 252, 255, 260
L
Lafferentz, Bodo, 163
Lago, Anthony “Tony”
1938 race schedule, 208–9
Fonds de Course, 158, 235–36
French Grand Prix, 129–30
Marne Grand Prix, 130
Million Franc prize, 152, 173
personal character, 127–28
Talbot-Lago, 127–30
Three Hours of Marseilles, 128
V16 engine, 207
Lamblin, Alexandre, 88
land-speed record, 203–4
Lang, Hermann
AVUS, 162, 254–55
Monza training, 223–25
Pau Grand Prix, 231, 232, 234, 236–37, 239, 242, 243, 252, 254–56
postwar life, 267
rituals, 242
Tripoli Grand Prix, 161, 254–55
World War II, 265
Lanza, Dioscoride, 235, 250, 253
La Turbie hill climb, 5–7, 31, 87–88, 121
Lautenschlager, Christian, 26
Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor, 116–17
League of Nations, 117, 119, 128
Le Bègue, René, 156, 232
Lebrun, Albert, 202
Le Mans, France, 31–32, 129, 165
Leonardo da Vinci, 29
