Tribute to Moll

My tribute to Guy Moll.

Guy Moll (Rivet, 28/05/1910 - Pescara, 15/10/1934) was an Algerian racing driver.

Moll was the son of a French father and Spanish mother who had emigrated to Algeria.He had only started racing in 1930, running a Lorraine-Dietrich in sporadic local events, but in 1932 he was noticed by Marcel Lehoux, the Algerian owner of a large trade company and a successful Grand Prix driver in his own right; Lehoux was immediately convinced of Moll's talents and entered him in the Oran and Casablanca Grand Prix's in an older Bugatti he owned. Moll took the lead from the start in Oran, only to fall back to second and then retire, then retired again in Casablanca. Lehoux, undetered, brought Moll to France for his first taste of continental racing at Miramas, and he finished a sensational third.

After promising efforts in a private Alfa Romeo purchased with family funds in 1933, including a near-win in the Marne Grand Prix at Reims, and a second to Lehoux at Pau in a Bugatti, Moll was signed by Enzo Ferrari for 1934.Moll immediately scored his first major triumph at the 1934 Monaco Grand Prix when he inherited the lead after team mate Louis Chiron made a mistake at the Station Hairpin with just a lap to go. A month later, he finished a close second to team mate Achille Varzi at Tripoli amidst an accusation that Varzi had tried to force him off the road, and then he won the Avusrennen with his Alfa Romeo in streamlined configuration when a dominant performance from debutant Auto Union ended with Hans Stuck's clutch failure.

But on a wet and windy Pescara Circuit for the Coppa Acerbo in August, running second and trying to track down Luigi Fagioli for the lead, Moll lost control at high speed on a narrow straight-away, the car running into a ditch and then crashing into a bridge, and he succumbed to his injuries shortly thereafter.

Even though he had such a short career, Enzo Ferrari ranked him as one of the best drivers he had ever seen. "... a debutant. His name was Guy Moll and he was showing that he belonged to the small group of top drivers. It is true that Moll was not the first foreigner that drove for me, but I acknowledge that he was the most sensational one. That day Moll showed his champion style, established his personality as driver and proved me right when choosing him for my team."

He was buried in the Maison Carrée Alger cemetery in his native Algeria.

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[clerfayt77]

Per me Guy Moll è uno dei più grandi. Da moltissimi anni raccolgo ogni materiale su di lui. Complimenti per il bel tributo!!

[ManusPlere91]

in effetti è impressionante come questo pilota, in appena 2/3 anni, sia rimasto impresso nella mente di moltissimi appassionati. Poi le parol spese dal Drake su Guy sono solo d'elogio.

Grazie.

[1cem6n]

Foto impressionanti...bellissimo

[Kaine92]

Volevo dire brano, sorry!

[Kaine92]

Qual'è il nome del bravo in sottofondo? Grazie!! Bel video.

[981Amos]

Capii che, da quel momento, il pericolo per lui sarebbe consistito soprattutto nella classe inferiore degli altri, i quali avrebbero tentato di fare di tutto per arginare la sua superiorità, con difese anche non ortodosse. E probabilmente cos' fu." - Enzo Ferrari-

[981Amos]

Moll cambiò velocità e arrivò alla fantascienza dell'automobilismo facendomi addirittura cenno che aveva capito mente piroettava; rimise in carreggiata la vettura e ripartì, ripetendomi con la mano che aveva capito. Rimasi sbalordito. Non avevo mai visto una tale freddezza, una tale padronanza di se, da spaccare in due il ragionamento anche sotto le disumane sollecitazioni del pericolo. (continua)

[981Amos]

Decisi di segnalargli di desistere: non era buona norma di scuderia darsi una tale battaglia, cercare addirittura la provocazione. Così preparai il segnale, ma proprio nell'attimo in cui lo mostravo al sopraggiungente scatenato ragazzo, la sua auto iniziò un pauroso testacoda in piena curva. (continua)

[981Amos]

"per dire chi fosse, voglio raccontare questo fatto, che fra i tanti che ho vissuto mi è rimasto fortemente impresso. Durante la corsa del Montenero, a Livorno, Moll aveva superato Varzi, ma aveva poi bucato una gomma in prossimità dei box; Varzi lo aveva superato, ma, sostituita di furia la ruota, Moll lo aveva ripreso in un solo giro con un recupero favoloso, e già lo incalzava.in piena curva... (continua)

[wawiebeastman]

He was up there in terms of talent with the likes of Mercedes-Benz ace Rudolf Caracciola,the amazing Tazio Nuvolari and the ultra-fast Bernd Rosemeyer who also died early in his career.

[nasir7190]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY, VERY NICE.

[abruzzosvegliati]

Molto interessante ! Votato 5 stelle.