Henri Fournier
Henri Fournier (14 April 1871 – 18 December 1919) was a French racing driver born in Le Mans. He began his career on motorcycles and tricycles. In 1901 he joined the Mors racing team and became the team’s most successful driver that year, winning both the Paris–Bordeaux and Paris–Berlin races.
Fournier also did speed tests, and in the United States he set a car speed record for the mile. In the 1902 Paris–Vienna race he led the first leg with an average speed of 114 km/h, but he had to retire due to transmission failure. Later that autumn he set a land speed record of 123 km/h.
He then retired briefly from racing to run a car dealership, first for Hotchkiss and then for Itala. He returned to racing in 1907, and in four races his best result was eighth place in the 1908 American Grand Prize. With his brother Achille, he founded the Établissements Fournier company to manufacture automobiles.
Henri Fournier died on 18 December 1919 at the age of 48.
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