- Englebert (tyre manufacturer)
Englebert was a
Belgian tyre manufacturing company founded byOscar Englebert .The company entered racing in the 1930s with Touring and Sports Car road races. In the 1950s, Englebert were the benchmark racing tyre. The performance was exceptional and many of the top
Formula One teams of the day equipped their cars with Englebert tyres, including Ferrari, Lancia andMaserati .Englebert started in Formula One at the
1950 Monaco Grand Prix , with FrenchSimca -Gordini driversRobert Manzon andMaurice Trintignant . After the deaths ofAlfonso de Portago in the 1957Mille Miglia , andStuart Lewis-Evans in the1958 Moroccan Grand Prix , Englebert decided to withdraw from motorsports competition.External links
* [http://www.englebert.com Englebert English Homepage]
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