On 6 October 1935, Fontés was taking part in an illegal road race on public roads while drunk, when he was involved in a head-on collision with a motorcyclist, Reg Mordike. Mordike died the next day and as a result Fontés was charged with manslaughter, and after being convicted, was sentenced to three years in prison.[2][3] He was released from prison in February 1938 and soon resumed air racing, taking part in the 1938 King's Cup, finishing 13th, while also taking up powerboat racing.[4] Fontés later briefly served as an Air Transport Auxiliary ferry pilot during World War II but was killed on 12 October 1940 while delivering a Vickers Wellington Mk1C bomber to an RAF Aircraft Storage Unit at RAF Llandow in South Wales.[5] The Le Mans Lagonda M45R ('BPK 202') survives in the Dutch National Automobile Museum (Louwman Museum) at The Hague and the aeroplane was owned and raced for many years postwar by the late Ron Paine but is now owned by The Shuttleworth Collection, UK.
luis, fontés, luis, goncelvis, fontés, december, 1912, october, 1940, british, racing, driver, brazilian, parentage, along, with, john, stuart, hindmarsh, 1935, hours, mans, lagonda, automobile, company, inaugural, limerick, grand, prix, 1935, alfa, romeo, als. Luis Goncelvis Fontes 26 December 1912 12 October 1940 1 was a British racing driver of Brazilian parentage who along with John Stuart Hindmarsh won the 1935 24 Hours of Le Mans for the Lagonda automobile company and won the inaugural Limerick Grand Prix in 1935 in an Alfa Romeo He also held a pilot s licence after learning to fly at Reading Aerodrome Berkshire UK and entered his own Miles Hawk Speed Six racing aeroplane registered G ADGP in the prestigious King s Cup Air Race in 1935 Luis FontesLuis Fontes at the 1935 24 Hours of Le MansNationalityBritishBorn 1912 12 26 26 December 1912London EnglandDied12 October 1940 1940 10 12 aged 27 Llandow Wales24 Hours of Le Mans careerYears1935TeamsArthur W FoxBest finish1st 1935 Class wins1 1935 On 6 October 1935 Fontes was taking part in an illegal road race on public roads while drunk when he was involved in a head on collision with a motorcyclist Reg Mordike Mordike died the next day and as a result Fontes was charged with manslaughter and after being convicted was sentenced to three years in prison 2 3 He was released from prison in February 1938 and soon resumed air racing taking part in the 1938 King s Cup finishing 13th while also taking up powerboat racing 4 Fontes later briefly served as an Air Transport Auxiliary ferry pilot during World War II but was killed on 12 October 1940 while delivering a Vickers Wellington Mk1C bomber to an RAF Aircraft Storage Unit at RAF Llandow in South Wales 5 The Le Mans Lagonda M45R BPK 202 survives in the Dutch National Automobile Museum Louwman Museum at The Hague and the aeroplane was owned and raced for many years postwar by the late Ron Paine but is now owned by The Shuttleworth Collection UK Racing record editComplete 24 Hours of Le Mans results edit Year Team Co Drivers Car Class Laps Pos ClassPos 1935 nbsp Arthur W Fox amp Charles Nicholl nbsp Johnny Hindmarsh Lagonda M45R Rapide 5 0 222 1st 1stReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luis Fontes Motorsport Memorial Luis Fontes Motorsport Memorial Retrieved 23 March 2023 Riley 2021 p 87 Manslaughter By Car The Times 2 December 1935 p 11 Retrieved 7 November 2011 Riley 2021 pp 87 88 Riley 2021 p 89 Boddy Bill January 2002 Fontes of Youth Motor Sport Retrieved 14 September 2021 Riley Gordon October 2021 Sibling Rivalry Aeroplane Vol 49 no 10 pp 82 89 ISSN 0143 7240 Sporting positionsPreceded byLuigi ChinettiPhilippe Etancelin Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans1935 with Johnny Hindmarsh Succeeded byJean Pierre WimilleRobert Benoist nbsp This biographical article related to British motor racing is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Luis Fontes amp oldid 1146132193, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
