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![Barnato and Birkin at the 1929 24 Hours of Le Mans.](https://hiconium.dev/_derived/images/people/woolf-barnato/portrait.jpg.w1920.q75.webp)

People

# Woolf Barnato

Bentley chairman and works driver

Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Bentley chairman and works driver credited with approving the Blower programme and sharing Speed Six victories at Le Mans in 1929 and 1930.

Barnato became chairman of Bentley Motors in 1926 while the company was short of capital. When W.O. Bentley opposed Tim Birkin's supercharger proposal, Barnato approved the project, enabling the 4½ Litre Blower programme credited in this register.

He drove a Speed Six with Tim Birkin to victory at Le Mans in 1929 and took his third Le Mans victory in 1930. In March 1930, Barnato completed the Blue Train run in a Speed Six, reaching the Conservative Club in London four minutes before the train reached Calais.

The house

[![Bentley](https://hiconium.dev/images/marques/full/bentley.svg)](https://hiconium.dev/manufacturers/bentley)

Credited through Bentley Motors.

In the register

## 2 files carry this name

- [Bentley 4½ Litre "Blower" Bentley chairman · Bentley Motors 1929–1931 €6M 1929–1931 €6M Rating 97.0](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/bentley/41-2-litre-blower)
- [Bentley Speed Six Chairman and works driver · Bentley Motors 1928–1930 €4.5M 1928–1930 €4.5M Rating 96.0](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/bentley/speed-six)

The files above are the register's own record of this name. [The people index](https://hiconium.dev/people) holds everyone the register credits.

Sources

- [bentleymotors.com](https://www.bentleymotors.com/en/about-bentley/history-and-heritage/bentley-story.html)
- [bentleymotors.com](https://www.bentleymotors.com/uk/en/models/mulliner/coachbuilt.html)