Bugatti 13

1922

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The Bugatti brand entered the history of Czechoslovak motorsport with Robert Patočka, who on 13 April 1913 won with his Bugatti 13 the category of 1.5-litres in the Zbraslav-Jíloviště race.

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Czech automobile racing history was shaped also by the Bugatti 13 'Brescia' exhibited here, with which nine years later, on 30 April 1922, Jean Haimovici, the Rumanian consul in Czechoslovakia, competed in the same race. He got to the finish but due to a technical problem ended behind his training mates. Even so, his small and highly dynamic car charmed the viewers as well as other competitors.

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Among those thus charmed were Miss Alžběta Pospíšilová and Mr Vincenc Junek, who five months later went to the Parisian Motor Show to meet Ettore Bugatti with the intention of buying a racing car from him.

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But by that time, they were married and Alžběta Pospíšilová would henceforth be known as Eliška Junková. Racing car with water-cooled four-stroke four-cylinder OHC engine placed lengthwise behind the front axle and with rear-wheel drive. Engine displacement 1496 cc, output 36.8 kW (50 hp), maximum speed 145 km/h. Producer: Ettore Bugatti, Molsheim, France. This car is owned by Mr Jakub Stauch.

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One week before the Zbraslav race, Jean Haimovici took part in an acceleration test, which took place as a supplementary part of programme of the Prague Motor Show in Holešovice fairgrounds.
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Haimovici at the start of Zbraslav-jiloviště hill-climb on 30 April 1922. He won the category of racing cars up to 1.5 litres. Here, too, his codriver was his wife.