André Guilhaudin

The works CD3 with the original starting number 44, here at the Goodwood Festival of Speed ​​2006. Alain Bertaut and André Guilhaudin competed with this car in the 1964 Le Mans 24-hour race

André Guilhaudin (* 1924 in Montdragon ) is a former French racing driver .

Racing career

André Guilhaudin's father was an aviation technician by profession . In 1928 he took over a car workshop in Chambéry and moved there with his family. In the workshop, the young André Guilhaudin was confronted with technology and engines early on. As a 12-year-old, he built a steam engine to power a boat. During the Second World War he ran his parents' business as a teenager and one year after the end of the war, at the age of 21 and with the support of his father, he became the youngest Panhard dealer in France.

His first contact with motorsport came through a Panhard dealer friend from Grenoble who asked him to act as a co-driver at the 1948 Rallye du Mont Blanc . In the first half of the 1950s he was a regular co-driver of Jacques Rey . He was also a mechanic and vehicle engineer in one. His first assignment as a driver came by accident. At the 1956 Mille Miglia he jumped in for a sick driver and had a serious accident with the Panhard Dyna 54 , which he survived unharmed.

He celebrated his first successes as a driver in the Tour de France for automobiles . In 1959 he was eighth overall and in 1960 twelfth. In 1961 he celebrated a class win at the Monte Carlo Rally and in the same year made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a works driver for Deutsch & Bonnet . He achieved his greatest successes with his friend Alain Bertaut as a racing partner. Together with him he won the Index of Performance in Le Mans in 1962 . He tied the length of his career to that of his friend. After the Reims 12-hour race in 1967 , both retired from active racing. The year before , the duo finished eleventh in the 1000 km race in Paris .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1961	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	DB HBR5	Jacques Grelley	Rank 20
1962	Panhard & Levassor	CD Dyna	Alain Bertaut	16th place and class win
1963	Auto Union GmbH	CD 3	Alain Bertaut	failure	accident
1964	SECA CD	CD 3	Alain Bertaut	failure	Engine failure
1967	SEC Automobiles Charles German	CD SP66C	Alain Bertaut	failure	Power transmission

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	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1956		Panhard Dyna	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
					DNF
1961	German & Bonnet	DB HBR5	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
						20th
1962	Panhard & Levassor	CD Dyna	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
									24	16							20th
1963	Auto Union	CD 3	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
												DNF
1964	Charles German	CD 3	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
											DNF
1966	Joseph Thomas	Alpine A110	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
						22nd
1967	Charles German	CD SP66	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
									DNF

Web links

Commons : André Guilhaudin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biography (french)
• André Guilhaudin at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paris 1000 km race in 1966