Alain Couderc

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Alain Couderc contested the 1974 Le Mans 24-hour race on a NART - Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione

Alain Couderc (born June 22, 1947 in Bordeaux ; † April 13, 2020 there ) was a French racing car driver .

Racing career

Monoposto

The Monopostokarriere of Couderc began in 1973 in the Formula Renault , where he remained active until 1978 in the Eurocup. In 1973 he was on a Martini Mk11 behind René Arnoux and Patrick Tambay third overall in the then still young championship. In 1974 (overall winner Didier Pironi ) he was overall seventh and in 1975 (champion René Arnoux again) overall eighth of this championship.

In addition to appearances in the French Formula 3 championship and the Formula 2 European championship , Couderc drove a race in the Aurora AFX Formula 1 series in 1979 . During the race on the Circuit Paul Armagnac he drove an AGS JH15 , but retired after a clutch damage.

Sports car racing

In addition to the starts in the monoposto, Alain Couderc competed five times in the Le Mans 24-hour race . He made his debut in 1973 for Automobiles Ligier on a JS2 that had to be parked after an engine failure. Team partner was Jean-Pierre Paoli , with whom he drove a Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione for the North American Racing Team the following year . The best place in the final classification was the 16th place in 1983 together with Pascal Fabre and Roger Dorchy in the World Championship P83 of Welter Racing .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1973 FranceFrance Automobiles Ligier Ligier JS2 FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Paoli failure Engine failure
1974 United StatesUnited States North American Racing Team Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Paoli failure accident
1982 FranceFrance WM Esso WM P82 FranceFrance Guy Fréquelin FranceFrance Roger Dorchy failure accident
1983 FranceFrance WM Secateva WM P83 FranceFrance Pascal Fabre FranceFrance Roger Dorchy Rank 16
1984 FranceFrance WM Secateva WM P83B FranceFrance Gérard Patté FranceFrance Roger Dorchy failure Gearbox damage

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on Alain Couderc in Fichier des personnes décédées , accessed on June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Formula Renault Eurocup 1973
  3. ^ Formula Renault Eurocup 1974
  4. ^ Formula Renault Eurocup 1975
  5. ^ Aurora AFX Formula 1 Series 1979
personal data
SURNAME Couderc, Alain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordeaux
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 2020
Place of death Bordeaux