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Robert Manzon

Robert Manzon, French racing driver (died 2015)

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Born
April 12, 1917
Died
January 19, 2015
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1917

About Robert Manzon

Robert Jean Joseph Manzon was a French racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956. At the time of his death, Manzon was the last surviving driver to have taken part in the first Formula One World Championship in 1950. Earning a contract with the Gordini team for 1948, Manzon won some minor races although his machinery was not always reliable. Outside the Championship, he won the 1956 Naples Grand Prix and a sports car race at Pescara.

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Robert Manzon timeline

  1. Earning a contract with the Gordini team for 1948, Manzon won some minor races although his machinery was not always reliable.
  2. At the time of his death, Manzon was the last surviving driver to have taken part in the first Formula One World Championship in 1950.
  3. Outside the Championship, he won the 1956 Naples Grand Prix and a sports car race at Pescara.

The world when Robert Manzon was born

Robert Manzon was born in 1917. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1917

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" – H.G. Wells

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentProfessional sports curtailed as America enters World War I
  • Top headlineUS enters World War I
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical military use of sonar
  • World population~1.77B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population100.8M

1917 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Robert Manzon's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19172026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Population100.8M341 million

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