- Stock: In Stock
- Author: Daniel Cabart / Sebastein Faures Fustel de Coulanges
- ISBN: 9782815106115
- Publisher: Orep Editions
- Publication Year: 2021
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Language: English and French
- Pages: 416
- Illustrations: Black and White
- Format: Hardback published without dust jacket
- Condition Book: Fine
- Dimensions: 290.00mm x 240.00mm
In 2017, Delage Champion du Monde told the story
of the Delage team’s successes in the 1926 and 1927
Grand Prix seasons – and now, here at last is the first full
account of the journey that led to the world title.
Delage’s official return to racing in 1922 was followed
by four years of intense activity during which
the Courbevoie firm pulled out all the stops, competing
in hill climbs, endurance races, Grand Prix and land
speed records. Rarely in the history of motor racing has
a marque contested so many disciplines at once.
Even more remarkably, the factory entries for these
events all employed different technologies: four, six and
twelve cylinders, pushrod ohv, single and twin
overhead camshafts, two and four valves per cylinder,
supercharging, high performance two-strokes – there
were no limits to the design options explored.
Profiles of all the protagonists, the genesis of each model
and its development, the achievements of the designers
and drivers, stillborn prototypes, detailed test records,
technical data sheets and a comprehensive list
of specifications, records and race results, all supported
by the largest collection of photographs of Delage cars in competition ever assembled – these are what you
find in this exceptional account, in a fitting tribute
to the glory years of motor racing.
Daniel Cabart is a leading Delage specialist
whose passion for the marque stretches back thirty
years, during which he has collected everything
he could on the subject. Sébastien Faurès Fustel
de Coulanges is an ardent devotee of 1920s motor
racing, which he has chronicled by examining
the participation of several marques. The authors’
respective works – Delage La belle voiture française,
Fiat en Grand Prix, Farman, Delage Champion
du monde, Lorraine-Dietrich and Ballot, have won
many prizes and are regarded as classics
of automobile literature.