Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat

Gaston de Chasseloup - Laubat (* 1867, † November 20, 1903 in Paris) was a French racing driver.

The French nobles denied numerous races in the pioneer era of the automobile. His greatest achievements included the victory of the race Marseille -La Turbie in 1897 and third place in the Tour de France Automobile 1899.

Chasseloup - Laubat was the first to set a securitized automobile speed record: On 18 December 1898, he reached a Jeantaud electric car a top speed of 62.78 km / h In the duel with Camille Jenatzy he revised in spring 1899 this performance with his vehicle up to 92.16 km / h