Ernst Friedrich
Ernest ( Jules ) Friederich ( Ernst Friedrich) ( born October 23, 1886 in Paris, † January 22, 1954 in Nice ) was a mechanic and race car driver.
When Emil Mathis in Strasbourg, he worked with Ettore Bugatti. In 1910 he was a partner of Bugatti in establishing its automobile factory in Molsheim in Alsace, where a street is named after him. They were supported by de Vizcaya of the Darmstadt database.
1914, at the Indianapolis 500, he led the first 125 miles. After 375 miles, he was dropped to third place, as a ball bearing at the rear axle gave up. In 1920 he won the T13 the Grand Prix for Voiturettes in Le Mans ( ahead of three other Bugattis ) and in 1921 in Brescia.
With a sales concession for the South of France he founded in 1923 in Nice a Car Dealership, and committed Louis Chiron, who drove his cars from Molsheim to Nice.
His daughter Renée Friederich ( born November 16, 1911 in Luneville, † February 24, 1932 in Pougues -les -Eaux ) had learned their driving skills from her father to lightweight flexible Bugatti. She died at the Rally Feminin Paris - Saint Raphael when she lost control of her Delage in a curve. His son Paul went 1946-1947 and race.