László Hartmann

Despite showing little aptitude while training for his road licence, Hartmann was on one of Hungary's leading competition drivers of the pre-World War II period.

His performances caught the attention of the Bugatti factory and they occasionally lent him a more powerful Type 51, with which he won the hillclimb events at Guggenberg in 1932 and 1933.

Again he posted respectable top class results for a privateer entrant, but by this time the German state-funded Silver Arrows program was beginning to take a stranglehold on European racing leaving only the lower positions as realistic targets for individuals such as Hartmann.

His successes even prompted the Maserati works team to offer him a few drives as a semi-works entry, earning a salary for his racing for the first time.

This confusion continued throughout the race, with the speed differential between the two classes causing a number of accidents, including a fatal crash for Italian Alfa Romeo works driver Eugenio Siena.