Robert Brunet

Robert Brunet (8 Mar 1903–1986)[1][2] was a French racing driver between 1931 and 1951. Most of his 44 entries were Grands Prix, but he also entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He achieved a class victory and was fifth overall in the 1949 edition.

Personal life and work

1931 Bugatti Type 51

In 1926, Brunet married the Countess of Choiseul, a rich noblewoman, with whom he invested in his racing career by buying a Bugatti. However, he did not became successful until 1933, when he purchased the Bugatti T51 previously owned by Jean-Pierre Wimille. In 1934, Brunet replaced Louis Braillard as head of Ecurie Braillard and raced with Benoît Falchetto for the following two years without achieving major results. Besides racing, Brunet lead a factory which produced capacitors for cars. With the help of contracts with the French army, it had 400 employees by 1947. After the war, the firm folded rapidly and declared bankruptcy in 1950. This meant Brunet could not afford his ordered Talbot-Lago T26C and he stopped racing soon after.[2]

Racing results

No.	Year	Date	Race	Entrant	Car	Teammate(s)	Result
1	1931	July 26	Dieppe Grand Prix	R. Brunet	de Coucy	none	DNA
2	1933	February 19	Pau Grand Prix		Bugatti T51		DNF
3		March 26	Tunis Grand Prix				DNF
4		May 21	Picardy Grand Prix				DNF
5		June 4	Nîmes Grand Prix				DNA
6		August 15	Coppa Acerbo				DNF
7		September 10	Italian Grand Prix				10th
8	1934	May 20	Moroccan Grand Prix	R. Brunet		none	9th
9		May 27	Picardy Grand Prix				3rd
10		June 17	Penya Rhin Grand Prix				6th
11		July 8	Marne Grand Prix	R. Brunet		none	DNF
12		July 15	Vichy Grand Prix (Heat 2)	R. Brunet		none	DNF
13		July 22	Albi Grand Prix				6th
14		August 19	Nice Grand Prix	R. Brunet		none	9th
15		August 26	Comminges Grand Prix	R. Brunet		none	7th
16		September 9	French motorcycle Grand Prix (Car class)		Alfa Romeo		2nd
17		September 23	Spanish Grand Prix		Maserati		DNF
18	1935	February 24	Pau Grand Prix		Maserati 8CM		5th
19		May 5	Tunis Grand Prix				DNF
20		May 26	Picardy Grand Prix	Ecurie Braillard		Benoît Falchetto	DNF
21		June 2	French motorcycle Grand Prix (Car class)				5th
22		June 30	Lorraine Grand Prix	Ecurie Braillard		none	DNA
23		July 21	Dieppe Grand Prix			Benoît Falchetto	7th
24		August 4	Comminges Grand Prix			Benoît Falchetto	DNA
25		August 18	Nice Grand Prix	Scuderia Subalpina		Philippe Etancelin	DNF
26	1936	March 1	Pau Grand Prix	R. Brunet		none	DNF
27		May 24	3 Hours of Marseille		Delahaye 135	none	3rd
28		June 28	French Grand Prix			Goffredo Zehender	3rd
29		July 5	Marne Grand Prix			none	7th
30		July 12	24 Hours of Spa			Goffredo Zehender	DNF
31		August 9	Comminges Grand Prix			none	6th
32		September 5	RAC Tourist Trophy	R. Brunet/Selborne		Charlie Martin	8th
33	1937	February 21	Pau Grand Prix	R. Brunet		none	DNF
34		June 19–20	24 Hours of Le Mans	André Parguel		André Parguel	25th
35		July 18	Marne Grand Prix	R. Brunet		Daniel Porthault	DNF
36	1938	April 3	Mille Miglia		Bugatti	Gino Rovere	DNS
37	1939	June 17–18	24 Hours of Le Mans	Ecuria Francia	Delahaye 135	Marcel Contet	DNF (22nd)
38	1946	April 24	Coupe du Palais de la Méditerranée		Riley 1500/4		2nd
39		May 19	Coupe de la Ville de St Etienne				7th
40		June 9	Coupe de Conseil Municipal				DNF
41	1948	September 12	12 Hours of Paris	Henri Louveau	Delage D6	Henri Louveau	2nd
42	1949	April 24	Paris Grand Prix	R. Brunet	Ferrari 166C	none	DNA
43	1949	June 25–26	24 Hours of Le Mans	Pierre Meyrat	Delahaye 135	Georges Grignard Pierre Meyrat	5th (1st in class)
44	1951	June 23	24 Hours of Le Mans	Porsche AG	Porsche 356 SL	Rudolph Sauerwein	DNS
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

References

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[DRIVERDB-1] ttp://www.driverdb.com/drivers/robert-brunet/

[KOLUMBUS-2] ttp://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/db.htm

[RACINGSPORTSCARS-BRUNET-3] ttp://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/Robert-Brunet-F.html

[SILHOUET46-4] ttp://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1946/1946.html

[TEAMDAN35-5] ttp://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1935/1935r.html

[RACE-DATABASE-6] ttp://www.race-database.com/driver/career.php?driver_id=rbrun1

[FORIX-7] ttp://8w.forix.com/delahaye1936.html

[OLDRACINGCARS-8] ttp://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=F14904

[AUTOSPORT-9] ttp://forums.autosport.com/topic/10184-1946-grand-prix-races/

[CHICANEF1-10] ttp://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1946&gp=Conseil%20Municipal%20Cup&r=1

[RACINGSPORTSCARS-PARIS-11] ttp://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Montlhery-1948-09-12.html