Bernard Salam

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Bernard Salam (born April 11, 1943 ) is a French racing car driver .

Career in motorsport

Bernard Salam already competed regularly in national sports car races in France when he entered the sports car world championship in 1978 as a partner of Christian Bussi and André Gahinet . The 6-hour race in Dijon , which was the third round of the world championship in 1978 and ended with the overall victory of Bob Wollek and Henri Pescarolo in a Kremer - Porsche 935 / 77A , finished the trio in eleventh place in the overall standings. A year later, Salam made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , again as a partner of Christian Bussi. The two French could not finish the race after driving 182 laps because of an accident by Bussi.

Further appearances in the sports car world championship followed in 1980 and 1981 , where he competed sporadically until 1986 . As early as 1979 , when he finished ninth overall at the 6-hour race in Vallelunga, he achieved his best overall ranking in a world championship race, a position he was able to repeat at the 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps in 1987 . This 24-hour race counted in this year is not, however, a sports car, but for the World Touring Car Championship .

The French competed five times in the endurance race at Le Mans. His best final result was 17th overall in 1981 . In a race of the Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell on a plant - Porsche 936 was recovered, the three Frenchmen assured Thierry Perrier , Valentin Bert Lachapelle and Salam class victory for racing cars in the group. 4

Salam has been active in the Gran Turismo scene since the beginning of the 2010s . In 2012 he drove in the Gentlemen Trophy of the Blancpain Endurance Series , but could not achieve a podium.

Entrepreneur and President

Apart from racing, Salam runs a clothing retail company in Verdun together with his wife and son .

For several years Salam was a partner and president of the rugby club FC Auch . In 2009 he resigned from these functions.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1979 FranceFrance Christian Bussi Porsche 934 FranceFrance Christian Bussi failure accident
1980 FranceFrance ASA Cachia Porsche 934 FranceFrance Christian Bussi FranceFrance Cyril Grandet failure Engine failure
1981 FranceFrance Thierry Perrier Porsche 934 FranceFrance Thierry Perrier FranceFrance Valentin Bertapelle 17th place and class win
1982 FranceFrance Thierry Perrier Lancia Beta Montecarlo FranceFrance Thierry Perrier ItalyItaly Gianni Giudici failure Gearbox damage
1983 FranceFrance AS École Supérieure de Tourisme Lancia LC1 / 82 FranceFrance Thierry Perrier FranceFrance François Hesnault not classified

literature

  • Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissedre: 24 hours of mans . 1923-1992. 2 volumes. Édition d'Art JB Barthelemy, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 6-hour race of Dijon 1978
  2. ^ 24 Hours of Le Mans 1979
  3. ^ Vallelunga 6-hour race in 1979
  4. ↑ Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race 1987
  5. ^ Entrepreneur in Verdun
  6. ↑ Salam resigns as President (French)
personal data
SURNAME Salam, Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1943