Alain de Cadenet Obituary

Alain de Cadenet was a television presenter and racing driver. After a career om sports car endurance racing, he hosted numerous shows and broadcasts for the Speed Channel, ESPN, the Velocity Channel, and the Petrolicious website.

Alain hosted Legends of Motorsport for Speed between 1996 and 2000, as well as the network coverage of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. During the 2000s, he hosted Speed’s Victory By Design, in which he drove vintage racing cars and discussed their history.

In 2012, de Cadnet hosted Renaissance Man for the Velocity Channel (now called the Motor Trend Network), covering cars, motorcycles, the Rolls Royce Merlin engine and racing at Monaco.

Alain was divorced from Anna de Cadenet, with whom he had two children. He was later married to Alison de Cadnet with who he has a son, Aidan.