Alexandre Constantin

Alexandre "Alexis" Constantin (* July 16, 1909 ; † May 31, 1983 ) was a French racing car driver and designer.

Career as a driver

In connection with the racing driver Alexandre Constantin, a few appearances are known before and after the Second World War . In 1938 he was sixth at the Bol d'Or in Montlhéry . After the war he competed three times in the Le Mans 24-hour race . He finished 13th in the 1953 12-hour race in Reims .

Constantin Barquette

In the 1950s, Constantin developed simple aluminum spyder bodies, which he built on Peugeot 203 chassis. The engines used were 1.3-liter 4-cylinder in- line engines with superchargers . One of them was the Barquette from 1954. The car was used a number of times and is now fully restored in the Musée Automobile de Vendée .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1952	Alexandre Constantin	Constantin C	Jacques Poch	failure	accident
1953	Alexandre Constantin	Constantin	Michel Aunaud	not classified
1954	Alexandre Constantin	Constantin Barquette	Edmond Mouche	failure	Gearbox damage

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	Alexis Constantin	Constantin	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
					DNF
1954	Alexandre Constantin	Constantin Barquette	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
						DNF

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

• Alexandre Constantin at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bol d'Or 1938
2. ↑ 1953 Reims 12-hour race
3. ↑ The Constantin Barquette in its original form ( Memento from December 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ The Barquette today