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Élie Marcel Bayol was born in 28 February 1914 in
Marseille, in the South of France. His racing career started in 1950 driving
in DB-Panhards. He was amongst
the quickest of the DB pilots, finishing second to
Ken Carter's Cooper at
Montlhery in April, a respectable fourth at
Monaco in May (Stirling Moss won), second at
Angouleme in June and fourth at Rouen behind the Coopers of
Whitehouse, John Cooper and Eric Brandon. He returned to Formula 3
occasionally thereafter including a second place at
Draguignan in May 1952.
For 1952, he ran his own OSCA F2 car, built by the
Maserati Brothers, and finished fourth at Pau. In 1953 he was fourth again
at Pau and got a pole position at Albi.
Bayol's Formula One career consisted of 8 races over five years. After
two years with an OSCA, he joined the Gordini team in 1954 with Jean Behra,
his best results being fifth in Argentina and fourth at the a
non-championship event at Pau. In 1956 he only raced
occasionally and then retired. Elie Bayol died on the 25th May 1995 at
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