Career
Born in 1871 in Le Mans, Fournier began his career on motorcycles and tricycles. In addition to his racing career, he did well in speed tests and in the United States set a new record for the mile with his car. At the 1902 Paris-Vienna race he also dominated the first leg with an average speed of 114 km/h, but later had to give up with transmission failure.
In the autumn of that year he set the then land speed record at 123 km/h.
He then retired for the time being from motorsport to run a car dealer, for first Hotchkiss, then for the Italian marque Itala.