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Talbot Lago domination

07. May 2022 
by Ziv Knoll
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Belgian André Pilette at the wheel of the Écurie Belgique Talbot Lago T26C 4.5 on the Zandvoort circuit, during the non-World Championship 1951 Dutch Grand Prix (picture above).

It was the second Dutch Grand Prix set to Formula One rules. The race was won for the second year in a row by French driver Louis Rosier in a Talbot Lago. André Pilette set the fastest lap of the race, but was forced to retire on lap 84, and was still classified seventh. Second was Étancelin (Talbot-Lago) and third was Moss (HWM).

André Pilette (1918-1993), son of former Indy 500 participant Théodore Pilette, was a racing driver from Belgium. He participated in 14 Formula One Grand Prix, scoring two championship points. His son Teddy Pilette, had a long career in F5000, in Sports Car racing and even briefly in F1.

Picture below: Rudolf Fischer, Ferrari 212 leads future winner Louis Rosier in his Talbot-Lago T26, at the 1951 Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort.

Source: DR

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