Ange Barde

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Ange Barde won the Ferrari Challenge in 2003, 2004 and 2005 on a Ferrari 360 Challenge

Ange Barde (born February 1, 1969 in Sanary-sur-Mer ) is a French entrepreneur and former racing driver .

Racing career

Ange Barde began his career in 1994 in the French Formula Renault Championship , where he remained active for two seasons. After that, he did not contest car races for eight years and did not return to the racing slopes until 2003. For Ferrari France he won the overall ranking of the Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli . In the following years he was the overall winner of this championship in series. In 2004 he won - as in the year before - in a Ferrari 360 Challenge . In 2005 he moved to Monaco Motors and won the championship for the third time in a row. Also in 2006 - for the fourth time in a row - he secured the championship title. In 2007 he had to admit defeat to his long-time opponent Michael Cullen and finished second overall. He made further appearances in one-make cups in the Porsche Carrera Cup France and the Trofeo Maserati World Series .

In addition to appearing in the one-make cups, Barde drove selected sports car races . In 2003 and 2004 he took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race . Both participations ended prematurely due to failures. Also, the 2004 12 Hours of Sebring he could not finish. The best place in a sports car race was second place in the first race of the International GT Open 2011 race on the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours , together with Ralph Firman in a Ferrari 458 Italia .

Entrepreneur

In 2010 Barde founded a company in Plan-les-Ouates that has been producing and selling exclusive men's wristwatches under his name ever since .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2003 FranceFrance XL Racing Ferrari 550 Maranello FranceFrance Michel Ferté FranceFrance Gaël Lesoudier failure Fire
2004 NetherlandsNetherlands Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575 GTC SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jean-Denis Delétraz NetherlandsNetherlands Mike Hezemans failure Electrics

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2004 United StatesUnited States Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jean-Denis Delétraz NetherlandsNetherlands Mike Hezemans failure suspension

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli 2003
  2. ^ Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli 2004
  3. ^ Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli 2005
  4. ^ Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli 2007
personal data
SURNAME Bard, Ange
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French entrepreneur and racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH 1st February 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Sanary-sur-Mer