Anne-Charlotte Verney

Anne-Charlotte Verney (born May 17, 1943 in Le Mans ) is a former French racing driver .

Career

Anne-Charlotte Verney became known beyond the borders of her home country France through two events:

In 1980 she drove the Le Mans 24-hour race together with the French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant . It was Trintignant's only appearance as a driver at Le Mans and the race ended prematurely after a gearbox failure for the Kremer Porsche 935 .

In 1982 she was Mark Thatcher's co-driver in the Paris-Dakar Rally . Verney and the son of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and a mechanic got lost in the Sahara and went undetected for five days. Only a Hercules C-130 of the Algerian Air Force sighted the Peugeot 504 50 km off the official route. The two pilots and the mechanic were recovered unharmed.

Her best placement at Le Mans - where she competed ten times - was sixth overall in 1981. In 1977 she finished fourth in the Tour de France for automobiles .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1974	Pierre Mauroy	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Pierre Mauroy	Martine Renier		Rank 13
1975	Anne-Charlotte Verney	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Yvette Fontaine	Corinne Tarnaud		Rank 11
1976	Louis Meznarie	Porsche 934	Hughes Kirschoffer	Hubert Striebig		Rank 11
1977	Anne-Charlotte Verney BP	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	René Metge	Hubert Striebig	Dany Snobeck	Rank 18
1978	BP Racing Anne-Charlotte Verney	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Xavier Lapeyre	François Sérvanin		Rank 12 and class win
1979	Anne-Charlotte Verney	Porsche 934	René Metge	Patrick Bardinon		Rank 19
1980	Malardeau Kremer Racing	Porsche 935 K3	Xavier Lapeyre	Jean-Louis Trintignant		failure	Gearbox damage
1981	Cooke-Woods Racing	Porsche 935 K3	Bob Garretson	Ralph Kent-Cooke		Rank 6
1982	Garretson Developments	Porsche 935 K3	Bob Garretson	Ray Ratcliff		Rank 11
1983	Jean Rondeau Ford France	Rondeau M379	Vic Elford	Joël Gouhier		failure	suspension

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissedre: 24 hours of mans . 1923-1992. 2 volumes. Édition d'Art JB Barthelemy, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .