Bruno Besson

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Bruno Besson (born September 26, 1979 in St-Germain-en-Laye ) is a former French racing driver .

Career

Bruno Besson began his karting career in 1990 . He was French champion several times in various formulas and only switched to the French Formula Renault series late - after almost six years in kart racing . From 1997 he competed in races in this formula and won the European Championship in 1998. The change to Formula 3 was seamless. First in the French championship on Dallara , from 2001 active in the European championship, he was able to celebrate some successes. In 2001 he was third in the championship, a success that he was able to confirm in 2002 with fifth place overall.

After a year in the Formula Nissan became the single-seater -Career to a halt.

The lack of sponsorship money had a negative impact and he had to look elsewhere for a free cockpit. He found a new field of activity in sports cars and has been driving regularly in the FIA GT Championship since 2004 . In the same year he made his debut at the Le Mans 24 Hours on a Reynard , but retired at halftime with engine failure. In 2007 he reached 26th place overall with team partners Jonathan Cochet and Alexander Frei on a Courage LC70-Aer and thus saw the checkered flag.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2004 FranceFrance Noël del Bello Racing Reynard 2KQ FranceFrance Sylvain Boulay FranceFrance Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière failure accident
2007 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Courage LC70 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Alexander Frei FranceFrance Jonathan Cochet Rank 26

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