Alain Levié

Alain Levié (born August 6, 1938 ) is a former French racing driver and entrepreneur.

Career in motorsport

Alain Levié was active in sports car racing in the 1970s . In addition to appearances in various French championships, he competed internationally, especially in the Le Mans 24-hour race . His long-time friend Jean-Marie Lemerle was his team-mate at all of his races at Le Mans . He made his debut in 1975 with 22nd place in the final ranking. This remained his best result in this 24-hour race , where he took part in the race six times.

Apart from Le Mans, his best international result was 17th overall at the 1979 6-hour race in Dijon , a race in the sports car world championship of that year .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1975	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Lola T292	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Patrick Daire	Rank 22
1976	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Lola T294	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Patrick Daire	not classified
1977	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Lola T294	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Pierre-François Rousselot	failure	Power transmission
1978	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Lola T294	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Pierre-François Rousselot	failure	Chassis broken
1979	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Lola T298	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Jean-Pierre Malcher	failure	Oil pump
1981	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Lola T298	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Max Cohen-Olivar	failure	Electrics

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

• Alain Levié at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 6-hour race of Dijon 1979