Claude-Yves Gosselin

Claude-Yves Gosselin (born December 19, 1961 in Caen ) is a French racing driver and entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur

Claude-Yves Gosselin is CEO of Gosselin , a French family company that operates on every continent and that has its headquarters in Lille and produces laboratory equipment.

Career in motorsport

Via the national Formula Opel Championship , Gosselin entered the International Formula 3000 Championship in 1995 with his own racing team . The season was not very successful and Gosselin switched to GT racing the following year . He drove in the Porsche Supercup , the French GT championship and from 1999 for Paul Belmondo's team in the FIA GT championship .

Between 1998 and 2015 Gosselin competed in 94 GT and sports car races. His best place was second overall, which he and Belmondo achieved in 1999 at the 500 km race in Valencia , part of the French GT Championship . There were also six third places in the overall rankings and two class wins.

In 2004 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , where he achieved the best overall position in 2005 with 21st place. After a few racing seasons in the European Le Mans Series , he has been active in the Blancpain Endurance Series since 2012 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2004	Paul Belmondo Racing	Courage C65	Paul Belmondo	Marco Saviozzi	failure	accident
2005	Paul Belmondo Racing	Courage C65	Karim Ojjeh	Adam Sharpe	Rank 21
2006	Paul Belmondo Racing	Courage C65	Karim Ojjeh	Pierre Ragues	failure	Engine failure
2007	PSI Experience	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	David Hallyday	Philipp Peter	Rank 28
2008	Trading performance	Zytek 07S / 2	Karim Ojjeh	Adam Sharpe	failure	accident
2009	GAC Racing Team	Zytek 07S / 2	Karim Ojjeh	Philipp Peter	failure	malfunction

Web links

• Gosselin's website
• Claude-Yves Gosselin at the Driver Database
• Claude-Yves Gosselin at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Valencia 500 km race in 1999