Louis Wagner (racing driver)

Louis Auguste Wagner (5 February 1882 – 13 March 1960) was a French

Wagner was born in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, located in what is now the Seine-Saint-Denis department.

Motor racing

Wagner began racing cars while in his teens and claimed victory in 1903 driving a

Driving a

Wagner served his country during the

Wagner competed in the 1919 Indianapolis 500 driving a Ballot but went out with a broken wheel on lap 45. In 1924 he drove for the Alfa Romeo team, in a P2 alongside Antonio Ascari and Giuseppe Campari.

In 1926, after relieving Robert Sénéchal on lap 83,^[2] Wagner drove to victory in the first ever British Grand Prix. Wagner's Delage 155B had dropped out with mechanical issues on the sixth lap of the 110-lap race.

In August, Wagner won the Grand Prix de la Baule, held on a temporary beach course, in a Delage 2LCV. In addition to Grand Prix racing, Wagner also competed in the 1925 24 Hours of Le Mans together with fellow countryman Charles Flohot in a Ariès Type S GP, they finished sixth overall, and second in class 3.0. In 1927 Wagner came second overall at the Coppa Florio and won his class +3.0 in a Peugeot.

Aviation

Wagner began flying airplanes in 1910. He worked for the Hanriot company flying their monoplanes.^[3]

Later life and death

During

Wagner died on March 13, 1960, at the age of 78 in Montlhéry, France.

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

See also

• List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Aéro-Club de France in 1910

References

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External links

• Louis Wagner wins the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race (VanderbiltCupRaces.com)