Charles Plantivaux

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Charles Plantivaux (born February 10, 1908 in Boussais , † June 9, 1993 ) was a French racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Charles Plantivaux, who worked as a perfumer in Niort , was active as a sports car racing driver in France in the decades before and after the Second World War . His greatest success was fourth place in the Tour de France for automobiles in 1953 . In 1938 he made his debut with a class win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , where his best place in the overall classification was 12th in 1952 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1938 FranceFrance Amédée Gordini Simca Cinq FranceFrance Maurice Aimé 14th place and class win
1939 FranceFrance Gordini Simca Huit FranceFrance Guy Lapchin Rank 13
1950 FranceFrance Guy Lapchin Panhard Dyna X84 Sport FranceFrance Guy Lapchin failure Ignition damage
1952 FranceFrance Automobiles Panhard et Levassor Panhard Dyna X86 Coupe FranceFrance Robert Chancel Rank 12
1953 FranceFrance Automobiles Panhard et Levassor Panhard X89 FranceFrance Guy Lapchin Rank 20

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th
1953 Panhard & Levassor Panhard X89 United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT MexicoMexico CAP
20th

literature

  • RM Clarke: Le Mans. The Jaguar Years 1949-1957. Brooklands Books, Cobham 1997, ISBN 1-85520-357-X .
  • Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Plantivaux, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Boussais
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1993