Christian Poirot

The Porsche 910 (in the foreground) owned by Jean-Claude Andruet and Christian Poirot before the start of the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1971

Christian Poirot (born January 14, 1930 in Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont , † September 6, 1979 in Denpasar ) was a French racing driver and racing team owner.

Career

Christian Poirot began motorsport in the early 1950s and was a driver until 1977. After a few touring car races in France, his first international appearance was at the 1955 Mille Miglia , where he retired due to a technical defect in a Panhard Dyna . A year later he was 171st in the overall standings in this classic Italian road race and a few weeks later in the 12-hour race in Reims , eleventh in the small VP of his compatriot Just-Émile Vernet .

However, Poirot became internationally known in the 1960s, above all through the successes he achieved with vehicles of the Porsche brand . In 1964 , he and Claude Marbaque finished fifth in a Porsche 904 GTS in the Tour de France for automobiles and eighth overall in the Le Mans 24-hour race .

Poirot had his last start at Le Mans in 1976 when he finished 23rd in the overall standings in a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR owned by the Alméras brothers.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1965	Christian Poirot	Porsche 904/4 GTS	Rolf Stommelen			failure	Gearbox damage
1967	Christian Poirot	Porsche 906 Carrera 6	Gerhard Koch			Rank 8
1968	Christian Poirot	Porsche 906 Carrera 6	Pierre Maublanc			failure	Engine failure
1969	Christian Poirot	Porsche 910	Pierre Maublanc			9th place and class win
1970	Christian Poirot	Porsche 910	Ernst Kraus			failure	Engine failure
1971	Christian Poirot	Porsche 910	Jean-Claude Andruet			failure	accident
1972	Christian Poirot	Porsche 908/2	Philippe Farjon			not classified
1974	Christian Poirot	Porsche 908/2	Jean Rondeau			Rank 19
1975	Christian Poirot	Porsche 908/2	Jean-Claude Lagniez	Gérard Cuynet	Guillermo Ortega	failure	drive shaft
1976	Alméras Fréres	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Robert Boubet			Rank 23

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	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
1955		Panhard Dyna	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
					DNF
1956		Panhard Dyna	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
					171
1957		Porsche 356	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
					84
1964	Porsche France	Porsche 904	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
																			5
1965	Christian Poirot	Porsche 904	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
														DNF
1967	Christian Poirot	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
									8th
1968	Christian Poirot	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
												DNF
1969	Christian Poirot	Porsche 910	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
										9
1970	Christian Poirot	Porsche 910	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
										DNF
1971	Christian Poirot	Porsche 910	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
											DNF
1972	Christian Poirot	Porsche 908	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
											DNF
1974	Christian Poirot	Porsche 908	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
							19th

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 : Christian Poirot  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Life data on GénéaFrance.com. Retrieved June 2, 2020 .