Claude Bobrowski

Claude Bobrowski ( May 18, 1931 - May 1, 2011 ) was a French racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Claude Bobrowski was active as a sports car driver in the late 1950s and early 1960s . He denied the Targa Florio in 1959 and has been in the sports car world championship in 1962 scoring Grand Prix of Berlin ninth overall. He finished third overall at the Spa-Francorchamps Grand Prix of that year. At the end of the year he finished 14th in the Paris 1000 km race .

He drove his only 24-hour race at Le Mans in 1963 . Together with Jean-Pierre Beltoise he finished eleventh overall on a René Bonnet Aerodjet LM6 and won the racing class for prototypes from 1001 to 1150 cc.

After the end of his career, he opened a company for used merchandise.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1963	Automobiles René Bonnet	René Bonnet Aerodjet LM6	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	11th place and class win

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	21st	22nd
1959	Paris	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
				21st
1962	Abarth Claude Bobrowski	Fiat-Abarth 1000	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
								9	26th		20th						14th
1963	René Bonnet Automobiles René Bonnet	René Bonnet Djet Fiat-Abarth 1000 René Bonnet Aerodjet LM6 Jaguar Mark 2	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
						20th		DNF				11			26th								DNF
1964	AGACI	Jaguar Mark 2	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
																			DNF

Web links

• Claude Bobrowski at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grand Prix of Spa 1962
2. ↑ Information on Claude Bobrowski's company (French)