George Christian von Lobkowicz
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| Complete name: Kníže Jiří Kristián von Lobkowicz (a.k.a. "Hyta") |
| Birth date: 22.Feb.1907 |
| Birth Place: Turnov, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Czech Republic) |
| Death date: 22.May.1932 |
| Death Place: Berlin, Germany |
| Nationality: Czechoslovakia |
| Gender: male |
| Age at death: 25 |
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| Event date: 22.May.1932 |
| Series: Grand Prix - non-championship |
| Race: Internationales AVUS Rennen |
| Event type: race |
| Country: Germany |
| Venue: AVUS (Automobil-Verkehrs-und-Übungs-Straße) |
| Variant: 19.569-kilometer, counter-clockwise, public roads course (1921-1936) |
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| Role: driver |
| Vehicle type: car |
| Vehicle sub-type: single seater |
| Vehicle brand/model: Bugatti T54 |
| Vehicle number: 38 |
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Notes:
A well-known successful sportsman and automobile racer, Kníže Jiří Kristian Lobkowicz (Prince George Christian von Lobkowicz), who sometimes raced under the pseudonym of "Hyta", died in his Bugatti T54 on the racetrack AVUS (Automobil-Verkehrs-und-Übungs-Straße) in Berlin.
During the first lap of the 1932 Avusrennen, just before the Südkurve, the car swerved, crossed the back straight, cut through three trees and crashed into a railway wall, killing the driver instantly.
The newspaper Journal de Genčve, issue of Monday, 23 May 1932, erroneously reported that Lobkowicz' unnamed riding-mechanic was also killed in the accident. But this is not true, there were no passengers or riding-mechanics allowed at the AVUS race.
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Sources:
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Magazine Autosprint, issue 21, May 1986.
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Newspaper Journal de Genčve (Genčve, Switzerland), issue of Monday, 23 May 1932, article "Le Prince Lobtkowicz victime d'un accident d'automobile", page 6, by website http://www.letempsarchives.ch/Default/Skins/LeTempsEn/Client.asp?Skin=LeTempsEn&enter=true&AppName=2&AW=1233841511968 [incorrect surname: Lobtkowicz].
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Website "The F.1 Homepage of Grand prix results and history" by Quintin Cloud, page http://members.fortunecity.com/quintin_cloud/19261949/1932avus.htm .
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Website Genealogy.eu, page http://genealogy.euweb.cz/lobkow/lobkow6.html .
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Website Atlas F1, bulletin boards, "The Nostalgia Forum", thread "Speed's Ultimate Price: The Toll", page 46, posting by "Hugo Boecker", message http://forums.atlasf1.com/showthread.php?postid=1909857#post1909857 citing four books: "Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing" by Paul Sheldon and Duncan Rabagliati, St Leonards Press, Bradford 1988, vol 3; "Automobil und Motorrad Weltalmanach 1935" by S.v.Déván; "Die großen Rennjahre 1919-1939" by E.Tragatsch; and "Männer Frauen und Motoren" by Alfred Neubauer/ Rowe.
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Website Atlas F1, bulletin boards, "The Nostalgia Forum", thread "Speed's Ultimate Price: The Toll", page 65, posting by "Hugo Boecker", message http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?postid=3485219#post3485219 .
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Website The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing 1934-1940 by Leif Snellman, page http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp3201.htm .
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