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[[Image:Delage-at-Montlhery,.jpg|right|frame|1928 painting of Albert Divo taking on the banking at Montlhery in a Delage torpedo]]

'''Albert Divo''' (1895-1966) was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] driver. He was born in [[Paris]], [[France]]. In 1922, Divo competed in the International Tourist Trophy endurance race on the [[Isle of Man]]. He scored his first major victory driving for [[Sunbeam]] at the 1923 [[Sitges Grand Prix]] at the [[Sitges Terramar]] circuit about 40 km outside [[Barcelona]].

Driving for [[Delage]], in 1924 he finished second behind [[Giuseppe Campari]] in the [[European Grand Prix]] at [[Lyon]]. The following year he won two major Grand Prix events for Delage. In July he captured the [[French Grand Prix]] at the [[Autodrome de Montlhéry]] after his car went out of the race and he took over from teammate [[Robert Benoist]]. In September he shared victory with teammate [[André Morel]] at the [[Spanish Grand Prix]] at [[Circuito Lasarte]]. In 1927 he finished third in the [[British Grand Prix]] at [[Brooklands]]. The next year, he drove a [[Bugatti Type 35]] to victories in the 1928 and 1929 [[Targa Florio]].

Albert Divo was a founding member of the [[Club International des Anciens Pilotes de Grand Prix F1]] in 1962 in [[Villars-sur-Ollon]], [[Switzerland]]. He died in 1966 and was buried in the [[Morsang-sur-Orge]] cemetery in the department of the [[Essonne]] near Paris.

== Major race wins ==
*1923 - [[Sitges Grand Prix]] ([[Sunbeam]])
*1925 - [[Spanish Grand Prix]], [[French Grand Prix]] ([[Delage]])
*1926 - GP du Salon ([[Talbot]])
*1927 - [[French Automobile Club|ACF Libre]] ([[Talbot]])
*1928 - [[Targa Florio]]
*1929 - Targa Florio

==Complete European Championship results==
([[:Template:EC driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Make
! 1
! 2
! 3
! EDC
! Points
|-
| [[1931 Grand Prix season|1931]]
! [[Bugatti|Usines Bugatti]]
! [[Bugatti]]
| bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| [[1931 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] 3
| bgcolor="#dfffdf"| [[1931 French Grand Prix|FRA]] 7
| bgcolor="#cfcfff"| '''[[1931 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]''' Ret
! 4=
! 12
|-
| [[1932 Grand Prix season|1932]]
! [[Ettore Bugatti]]
! [[Bugatti]]
| bgcolor="#dfffdf"| [[1932 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] 6
| bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[1932 French Grand Prix|FRA]] Ret
| [[1932 German Grand Prix|GER]] 
! 5=
! 17
|}

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[[Category:French racecar drivers]]
[[Category:Grand Prix drivers]]
[[Category:1895 births]]
[[Category:1966 deaths]]

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Albert Divo - Revision history

Herman at 18:00, 21 January 2009