László Hartmann
Hungarian racing driver (1901–1938)
László Hartmann (17 August 1901 – 16 May 1938) was a Hungarian Grand Prix motor racing driver.
Biography
Despite showing little aptitude while training for his road licence, Hartmann was on one of Hungary's leading competition drivers of the pre-World War II period. He began his racing career in the late 1920s, driving his own privately entered Hupmobile in local circuit and hillclimb events. He later bought a Bugatti Type 35B from compatriot Count Tivadar Zichy in 1929, and a Type 37A sports car bought in 1930. Following this, he began to enter more challenging European events in addition to those in his home country. Hartmann regularly featured in the top five finishers at most European hillclimb events in the following few years, and in 1930 he took second place overall in the European Mountain Championship series. His performances caught the attention of the Bugatti factory and they occasionally lent him a more powerful Type 51, with which he won the hillclimb events at Guggenberg in 1932 and 1933.
Grands Prix
In addition to racing against the clock Hartmann also participated in a number of Grand Prix circuit races during this period, never failing to finish in the top 10 when mechanical maladies or accidents didn't prevent him from finishing at all.
For 1935 Hartmann moved to Italian manufacturer Maserati and replaced his Bugattis with a Maserati 8CM, that he painted in the national red, white and green racing colours of Hungary. It was with this car that year that Hartmann recorded some of the best international circuit racing results of his career: third place in the Grand Prix du Comminges, and fourth place in the Grand Prix des Frontières.
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