Noël del Bello

Noël del Bello (born December 25, 1942 in Nantua ) is a former French racing driver and racing team owner.

Racing career

Noël del Bello began his career in the 1960s at small racing events for GT vehicles in France. His first major international race was the 6-hour race in Dijon in 1979 , a race of the sports car world championship that year . Del Bello drove a Chevron B36 together with Bernard Verdier and dropped out of the race after finishing 13th (out of 27 starters).

In the same year he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans ; he finished this race in 22nd place overall. He achieved his best result in Le Mans in 1986 with 17th place. His most successful race in the World Sports Car Championship was the 1000 km race in Dijon in 1980 , which he finished fifth. Del Bello was active as a driver until 1991, when he concentrated entirely on his work as a racing team owner.

Racing team owner

Noël del Bello founded a racing team - Noël del Bello Racing - in the 1980s , which entered racing vehicles in GT and sports car races until the 2010s. Among other things, a Sauber C8 , a Reynard 2KQ , GT-Porsche and racing cars from Yves Courage were used.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1979	Racing Organization Corse	Chevron B36	Bernard Verdier	Albert Dufrene	Rank 22
1983	Hubert Striebig	Sthemo SM01	Hubert Striebig	Jacques Heuclin	failure	Engine failure
1984	Hubert Striebig	Sthemo SMC2	Hubert Striebig	Jacques Heuclin	failure	Gearbox damage
1985	Ecurie Blanchet Locatop	Rondeau M379	Hubert Striebig	Michel Dubois	failure	suspension
1986	Lucien Rossiaud	Rondeau M379C	Lucien Rossiaud	Bruno Sotty	Rank 17
1988	Noël del Bello Racing	Clean C8	Bernard de Dryver	Bernard Santal	failure	Engine failure
1989	Porto Kaleo team	Tiga GC289	Jean-Claude Justice	Jean-Claude Ferrarin	failure	Engine failure

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1979	Racing organization	Chevron B36	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
							DNF				22nd
1980	Société ROC	Lola T298	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
																		5
1983	Hubert Striebig	Sthemo SM01	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	FUJ	KYA
						DNF
1984	Hubert Striebig	Sthemo SMC2	MON	SIL	LEM	ONLY	BRH	MOS	SPA	IMO	FUJ	KYA	SAN
					DNF	DNF
1985	Ecurie Blanchet	Rondeau M379	MUG	MON	SIL	LEM	HOK	MOS	SPA	BRH	FUJ	SEL
						DNF	DNF
1986	Lucien Rossiaud	Rondeau M379	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	JER	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
					17th		DNF			20th
1987	Noël del Bello	Clean C8	JAR	JER	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
										DNF
1988	del Bello Racing	Clean C8	JER	JAR	MON	SIL	LEM	BRÜ	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ	SAN
						DNF	DNF		DNF

Web links

• Noel del Bello at the Driver Database
• Noel del Bello at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 6-hour race of Dijon 1979
2. ^ Dijon 1000 km race in 1980