Bernard de Dryver

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The Kremer Porsche 962CK6 with starting number 11; Bernard de Dryver, Patrick Gonin and Philippe Alliot were 16th overall with this car at Le Mans in 1990

Bernard de Dryver (born September 19, 1952 in Brussels ) is a former Belgian racing driver .

Beginnings in motorsport

Bernard de Dryver began his career in the early 1970s in national Formula Ford races in Belgium. He contested his first international races in 1975 when he entered the Formula 2 European Championship . Although the Belgian still had few successes, he tried to get into the Formula 1 World Championship in 1977 .

In Formula 1

The British Formula One Racing Team , founded in 1977 by British racing driver Brian Henton and journalist Don Shaw, had a free cockpit for the Belgian Grand Prix . De Dryver managed to raise the necessary sponsorship funds and tried to qualify for the race with the March 761 . In qualifying, he missed participating in the race by just under a second.

In 1979 he played a full season in the British Formula 1 Championship . On a Fittipaldi F5A , he finished fourth overall behind Rupert Keegan , Dave Kennedy and Emilio de Villota .

Long career in sports car racing

After some unsuccessful attempts at monopostor races, the Belgian turned to sports car racing in the late 1970s. Until his retirement in 2008, he competed in almost all major European sports car races. In 1983 he finished fourth overall in the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race and in 1987 third there.

He celebrated his greatest international success in 1987 when he finished second overall in the Le Mans 24-hour race .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1979 BelgiumBelgium Jean Blaton Ferrari 512BB / LM United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nick Faure United KingdomUnited Kingdom Steve O'Rourke BelgiumBelgium Jean Blaton Rank 12
1982 FranceFrance Bussi team Rondeau M382 BelgiumBelgium Pascal Witmeur FranceFrance Christian Bussi Rank 15
1983 FranceFrance Primagaz Rondeau M382 FranceFrance Lucien Guitteny FranceFrance Pierre Yver Disqualified
1984 FranceFrance Primagaz Rondeau M382 FranceFrance Pierre-François Rousselot FranceFrance Pierre Yver failure Electrics
1985 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Cheetah Automobiles Switzerland Cheetah G604 BelgiumBelgium Claude Bourgoignie United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Cooper failure accident
1987 FranceFrance Primagaz Compétition Porsche 962C GermanyGermany Jürgen Lässig FranceFrance Pierre Yver Rank 2
1988 FranceFrance Noël del Bello Racing Clean C8 FranceFrance Noël del Bello SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bernard Santal failure Engine failure
1989 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Cougar C22LM FranceFrance Patrick Gonin SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bernard Santal failure Electrics
1990 GermanyGermany Porsche Kremer Racing Porsche 962CK6 FranceFrance Patrick Gonin FranceFrance Philippe Alliot Rank 16

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Training for the Belgian Grand Prix 1977 ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.motorsportarchiv.de
  2. ^ 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps 1983
  3. ↑ Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race 1987
personal data
SURNAME Dryver, Bernard de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels