He began racing in 1938, and won the 1939 Grand Prix des Frontières, but his career was interrupted by the Second World War, during which his own Bugatti was stored in a barn.
Comezou a competir en 1938, e gañou o Grand Prix des Frontières, de 1939 pero a súa carreira viuse interrompida pola Segunda Guerra Mundial, durante a cal o seu propio Bugatti foi almacenado nun alpendre.