Bernard Chenevière

Bernard Chenevière at the wheel of a Porsche 908/03 at the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1973

Bernard Chenevière (born July 6, 1946 in Geneva ) is a former Swiss racing driver .

Racing career

Bernard Chenevière was successful in touring and sports car racing in the 1970s . His career began in hill climbing , where he had been active since the mid-1960s. In 1966 he took part in the Sierra-Montagna hill climb , an event that was part of the World Sports Car Championship that year . Chenevière drove a Sunbeam Chamois and finished 81st overall. In 1969 he was a teammate of his compatriot Claude Haldi at the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps . The duo started the race in a Porsche 911 and came in second overall behind Guy Chasseuil and Claude Ballot-Léna (also a Porsche 911).

In 1970 he joined the sports car world championship as a full-time driver, where he remained active until 1976 . He drove for André Wicky's team , the Porsche Club Romand and Scuderia Filipinetti . His best placings in world championship races were fourth overall, achieved at the Targa Florio in 1971 and at the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring in 1973 . At the Targa Florio - overall winners Nino Vaccarella and Toine Hezemans in the Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 - Paul Keller was his team partner. The car was a Porsche 911. At the Nürburgring (winner Jacky Ickx and Brian Redman in a Ferrari 312PB ) he drove a Porsche 908/03 . Team partner was Claude Haldi.

He competed six times in the Le Mans 24-hour race . In 1973 he reached fifth overall with the two Spaniards Juan Fernández and Francisco Torredemer , his best placement in the final classification of this 24-hour race .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1970	Rey Racing	Porsche 911S	Jacques Rey		failure	accident
1971	Écurie Jean Sage	Porsche 911S	Björn Waldegård		Rank 13
1972	Scuderia Filipinetti	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	Florian Vetsch	Gérard Pillon	failure	accident
1973	Escuderia Montjuich - Tergal	Porsche 908/03	Juan Fernández	Francisco Torredemer	Rank 5
1974	Porsche Club Romand	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Michel Dubois	Peter Zbinden	Rank 7
1976	GVEA Porsche Club Romand	Porsche 934	Nicolas Buehrer	Peter Zbinden	failure	Valve damage

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
1966	Bernard Chenevière	Sunbeam chamois	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
													81
1967	ASL Corsa	Sunbeam Imp	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
															82
1970	Wicky Racing Bernard Chenevière Rey Racing Porsche Club Romand	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
							17th	16		DNF		DNF
1971	Porsche Vaud Porsche Club Romand Jean Sage	Porsche 911	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
								DNF	4th		13
1972	Porsche Club Romand Scuderia Filipinetti	Porsche 911 Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
								DNF	DNF	21st	DNF
1973	Porsche Club Romand Escuderia Montjuich	Porsche Carrera RSR Porsche 908	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				DNF	11	9	11		4th	5
1974	Porsche Club Romand Toblerone	Porsche Carrera RSR Porsche 911	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
				9	21st		7th	17th		DNF	17th
1976	Schiller Racing Team	Porsche 934	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
														13

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 .

Web links

Commons : Bernard Chenevière  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bernard Chenevière on the 24-hour piste
• Bernard Chenevière at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps 1969
2. ^ Targa Florio 1971