Alain Peltier

Alain Peltier in the BMW 2800 CS on his way to second place overall in the 4-hour race in Monza in 1972

Alain Peltier in the BMW 3.0 CSL at the 4-hour race at the Nürburgring in 1975

Alain Peltier (born November 30, 1948 in Liège ; † January 5, 2005 in Hermalle-sous-Argenteau ) was a Belgian racing driver .

Racing career

Alain Peltier was a successful touring car driver in the 1970s . Between 1971 and 1977 he competed regularly in the European Touring Car Championship . In the 1972 Monza 4-hour race , he finished on the podium of the top three for the first time. He shared second place with his compatriot and team partner Jean Xhenceval . The emergency vehicle was a BMW 2800 CS . In Monza he also achieved his first victory in a championship run. In 1974 he won the race with Jean-Louis Lafosse in a BMW 3.0 CSL. In the same year came his greatest success in an international endurance race . In 1974 the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race was part of the Belgian touring car championship and ended with the overall victory of Jean Xhenceval, Pierre Dieudonné and Peltier in the Luigi-BMW 3.0 CSL.

He had his best championship season in 1975 . Peltier formed a successful duo with Siegfried Müller Sr. , who won the drivers' championship in the European Championship after victories in Monza and Brno as well as several other good placements.

In 1975 he achieved his best position in the sports car world championship with third place overall in the 1000 km race in Spa-Francorchamps . His only start in the 24-hour race at Le Mans ended in 1976 with a car fire on the factory BMW 3.5 CSL. In the last few years of his career he was repeatedly entered in the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps, where he once again achieved third place overall in 1978 with Patrick Nève in the BMW 530i .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1976	BMW Motorsport GmbH	BMW 3.5 CSL	Albrecht Krebs	Dieter Quester	failure	Wagon fire

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
1972	Precision Liegeoise	BMW 2800 CS	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
										DNF
1974	Jean Xhenceval	BMW 3.0 CSL	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
				10
1975	Alpina	BMW 3.0 CSL	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SPA	BY	ONLY	ZEL	WAT
							3		13
1976	Alpina Faltz	BMW 3.5 CSL	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
									DNF					9
1977	Kremer Racing	Porsche 935 Porsche 934	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SIL	ONLY	VAL	BY	WAT	EST	LEC	MOS	IMO	SAL	BRH	HOK	VAL
																	9	8th
1979	Luigi Racing	BMW 530i	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
															DNF
1981	Welter Racing	BMW 530i	DAY	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH
														14th

Web links

Commons : Alain Peltier  - Collection of Images

• Alain Peltier at Racing Sports Cars
• Alain Peltier at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 4-hour race of Monza 1972
2. ↑ Monza 4-hour race in 1974
3. ↑ 4-hour race of Monza 1975
4. ↑ Brno 4-hour race in 1975
5. ^ 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps 1978