Philippe Etancelin was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver who joined the new Formula One circuit at its inception.
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19 Facts About Philippe Etancelin
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Philippe Etancelin's communicated with Etancelin through French sign language as he raced around the speedway.
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Suzanne told a reporter Philippe Etancelin bought a racing car to celebrate the birth of their second child, Jeanne Alice.
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Philippe Etancelin did not intend to race the car but merely use it for pleasure driving around the countryside.
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Philippe Etancelin began racing a privateer Bugatti in 1926, entering local events and hillclimbs.
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Philippe Etancelin took a victory at the Grand Prix de la Baule and the Antibes Prix de Conseil General.
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Philippe Etancelin began the 1931 season in a Bugatti, placing behind Czaykowski at the Casablanca Grand Prix at Anfa.
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Philippe Etancelin added wins at Grenoble and the Comminges Grand Prix at St Gaudens.
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Nevertheless, Philippe Etancelin won a second consecutive Picardy Grand Prix, over a "formidable" Raymond Sommer, and placed second to an equally formidable Tazio Nuvolari at the Nimes Grand Prix, with win over Jean-Pierre Wimille at the Marne Grand Prix.
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Philippe Etancelin switched to a Maserati 8CM, earning second places at Casablanca, Montreux, and Nice, with a win at Dieppe.
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Philippe Etancelin gave Rudolf Caracciola's Mercedes a tough fight at Monaco in the little 3.
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Philippe Etancelin won only the Pau Grand Prix, and that was "against modest opposition".
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Philippe Etancelin negotiated the 100 laps in 3 hours 21 minutes 22 seconds.
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Philippe Etancelin stayed out of racing in 1937, returning in 1938 solely to share a new Talbot with Chinetti at LeMans, but did not score a win.
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Philippe Etancelin would enter the first motor race held in France postwar, failing to finish at the Bois de Boulogne in an Alfa.
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Philippe Etancelin was not able to obtain one of the scarce new racers until 1948, when he purchased a 4½ litre Talbot, and put it second at the Albi Grand Prix, behind Luigi Villoresi in the Maserati.
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Philippe Etancelin participated in twelve World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 13 May 1950.
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Philippe Etancelin retained an interest in racing, making occasional appearances in historic racing through 1974.
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