Bernard Béguin

Bernard Béguin (born September 27, 1947 in Grenoble ) is a former French rally and circuit racing driver .

Career

Bernard Béguin was best known as a rally driver. He started rallying in 1971. First on the road as an amateur, he raced professionally from the mid-1970s. Four times - 1979, 1991, 1992 and 1993 - he won the overall ranking of the French rally championship. His greatest international success was his victory in the Tour de Corse in 1987 on a BMW M3 . He contested his last rally in 1996 when he took part in the Monte Carlo Rally in a Subaru Impreza .

Three times - in 1975, 1977 and 1980 - Béguin also competed as a driver in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . The Porsche 935 , which he shared with Claude Haldi and Volkert Merl in 1980, failed after 37 laps with engine failure. Five years before that he reached 15th place in the overall ranking. In 1977 he failed because of an overheated cylinder.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1975	Porsche Club Romand	Porsche 911 Carrera	Claude Haldi	Peter Zbinden	15th place and class win
1977	Bernard Béguin	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Robert Boubet	Jean-Claude Briavoine	failure	overheated cylinder
1980	Meccarillos Racing	Porsche 935	Claude Haldi	Volkert Merl	failure	Engine failure

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
1975	Porsche Club Romand	Porsche Carrera RSR	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SPA	BY	ONLY	ZEL	WAT
						DNF	4th	20th
1980	Meccarillos Racing Mazda Motul Team	Porsche 935 Mazda RX-7	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
										DNF	DNF			21st				2
1982	Claude Haldi	Porsche 935	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH
					DNF

Web links

• Bernard Béguin at Racing Sports Cars