About: Luis Fontés

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Luis Fontés (26 December 1912 – 12 October 1940) was a British racing driver of Brazilian parentage who, along with John Stuart Hindmarsh, won the 1935 24 Hours of Le Mans for the Lagonda automobile company and won the inaugural Limerick Grand Prix in 1935 in an Alfa Romeo. He also held a pilot's licence after learning to fly at , Berkshire, UK, and entered his own Miles Hawk Speed Six racing aeroplane (registered G-ADGP) in the prestigious King's Cup Air Race in 1935.

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  • Luis Concelvis Fontés (* 26. Dezember 1912; † 12. Oktober 1940) war ein englischer Autorennfahrer und Flieger. (de)
  • Luis Fontés (26 December 1912 – 12 October 1940) was a British racing driver of Brazilian parentage who, along with John Stuart Hindmarsh, won the 1935 24 Hours of Le Mans for the Lagonda automobile company and won the inaugural Limerick Grand Prix in 1935 in an Alfa Romeo. He also held a pilot's licence after learning to fly at , Berkshire, UK, and entered his own Miles Hawk Speed Six racing aeroplane (registered G-ADGP) in the prestigious King's Cup Air Race in 1935. On 6 October 1935, Fontés was taking part in an illegal road race on public roads while drunk, when he was involved in a head-on collision with a motorcyclist, Reg Mordike. Mordike died the next day and as a result Fontés was charged with manslaughter, and after being convicted, was sentenced to three years in prison. He was released from prison in February 1938 and soon resumed air racing, taking part in the 1938 King's Cup, finishing 13th, while also taking up powerboat racing. Fontés later briefly served as an Air Transport Auxiliary ferry pilot during World War II but was killed on 12 October 1940 while delivering a Vickers Wellington Mk1C bomber to an RAF Aircraft Storage Unit at RAF Llandow in South Wales. The Le Mans Lagonda M45R ('BPK 202') survives in the Dutch National Automobile Museum (Louwman Museum) at The Hague and the aeroplane was owned and raced for many years postwar by the late Ron Paine but is now owned by The Shuttleworth Collection, UK. (en)
  • Luis Fontés (né le 26 décembre 1912, décédé le 12 octobre 1940) est un pilote automobile britannique, né d'un père brésilien en Angleterre, qui avec Johnny Hindmarsh remporta les 24 Heures du Mans 1935 au volant d'une Lagonda M45R Rapide. (fr)
  • Luis Goncalves Fontès (ur. 26 grudnia 1912 w Londynie, zm. 12 października 1940 w ) – brytyjski kierowca wyścigowy i pilot brazylijskiego pochodzenia. Zginął w samolocie RAFu w czasie II wojny światowej (pl)
  • Luis Goncalves Fontés, född den 26 december 1912, död den 12 oktober 1940, var en brittisk racerförare och pilot. Fontés körde flera Grand Prix-lopp i mitten av 1930-talet, men hans främsta merit är vinsten i Le Mans 24-timmars tillsammans med Johnny Hindmarsh i en 4½ Litre Lagonda Rapide. Under andra världskriget flög han leveransflygningar åt Royal Air Force och omkom vid en olycka med en Vickers Wellington. (sv)
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  • Luis Fontés at the 1935 24 Hours of Le Mans (en)
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  • Luis Concelvis Fontés (* 26. Dezember 1912; † 12. Oktober 1940) war ein englischer Autorennfahrer und Flieger. (de)
  • Luis Fontés (né le 26 décembre 1912, décédé le 12 octobre 1940) est un pilote automobile britannique, né d'un père brésilien en Angleterre, qui avec Johnny Hindmarsh remporta les 24 Heures du Mans 1935 au volant d'une Lagonda M45R Rapide. (fr)
  • Luis Goncalves Fontès (ur. 26 grudnia 1912 w Londynie, zm. 12 października 1940 w ) – brytyjski kierowca wyścigowy i pilot brazylijskiego pochodzenia. Zginął w samolocie RAFu w czasie II wojny światowej (pl)
  • Luis Goncalves Fontés, född den 26 december 1912, död den 12 oktober 1940, var en brittisk racerförare och pilot. Fontés körde flera Grand Prix-lopp i mitten av 1930-talet, men hans främsta merit är vinsten i Le Mans 24-timmars tillsammans med Johnny Hindmarsh i en 4½ Litre Lagonda Rapide. Under andra världskriget flög han leveransflygningar åt Royal Air Force och omkom vid en olycka med en Vickers Wellington. (sv)
  • Luis Fontés (26 December 1912 – 12 October 1940) was a British racing driver of Brazilian parentage who, along with John Stuart Hindmarsh, won the 1935 24 Hours of Le Mans for the Lagonda automobile company and won the inaugural Limerick Grand Prix in 1935 in an Alfa Romeo. He also held a pilot's licence after learning to fly at , Berkshire, UK, and entered his own Miles Hawk Speed Six racing aeroplane (registered G-ADGP) in the prestigious King's Cup Air Race in 1935. (en)
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  • Luis Fontés (de)
  • Luis Fontés (fr)
  • Luis Fontés (en)
  • Luis Fontés (nl)
  • Luis Fontès (pl)
  • Luis Fontés (sv)
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