Claude Dubois

This article is about the automobile racing driver Claude Dubois. On the writer and illustrator, see Claude K. Dubois .

Claude Dubois (born December 26, 1932 ) is a former Belgian racing driver .

Career

Claude Dubois began his racing career in the early 1950s. He first made a name for himself internationally in 1956, when he was Gilberte Thirion's partner in the 1000 km race in Kristianstad in a Porsche 550 of the Equipe Nationale Belge and finished twelfth overall in the sports car world championship . Dubois now started regularly for the team in international sports car races. In 1957 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . The race ended prematurely for him because the mechanics of the team did not fill the Porsche 550 with petrol that did not comply with the regulations and the car was disqualified after 70 laps. His best result at Le Mans was tenth overall in 1966 , which he achieved together with Pierre Noblet for the Ecurie Francorchamps.

In 1962 he was eleventh in the Berlin Grand Prix , third in the Coppa Cittá di Enna and seventh in the Tour de France for automobiles .

In addition to his racing activities, the Belgian built a middle-class existence. In the mid-1960s, a Belgian Ford importer became a Ford dealership through a first Ford dealership. After the end of his own racing career in 1967, he had built his own racing team and supported the racing activities of many Belgian racing drivers.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1957	Equipe Nationale Belge	Porsche 550A RS	Georges Hacquin	disqualified
1958	Equipe Nationale Belge	Lister LM	Freddy Rousselle	failure	no oil pressure
1959	Standard triumph	Triumph TR3S	Ninian Sanderson	failure	Engine failure
1962	Equipe Nationale Belge	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	Georges Harris	14th place and class win
1963	Jean-George's branch	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	Jean-George's branch	disqualified
1964	Rootes Group	Sunbeam Tiger Thunderbolt	Keith Ballisat	failure	Engine failure
1965	Standard Triumph Ltd.	Triumph Spitfire	Jean-François Piot	Rank 14
1966	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 275 GTB	Pierre Noblet	Rank 10
1967	Claude Dubois	Shelby Mustang GT350	Chris Tuerlinx	failure	Valve damage

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
1956	Equipe Nationale Belge	Porsche 550	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
							12
1957	Equipe National Belge	Porsche 550 Jaguar D-Type	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
						17th	DNF	5
1958	Claude Dubois Equipe Nationale Belge	Peugeot 403 Lister LM	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
						30th	DNF
1959	Standard Motor Company	Triumph TR3	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
						DNF
1962	Equipe Nationale Belge	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Claude Bobrowski Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
								11	26th	14th		2					DNF
1963	Jean-George's branch	Fiat-Abarth 850TC 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
												DNF											DNF
1964	Rootes group Auguste Veuillet Ecurie Francorchamps Equipe Nationale Belge	Sunbeam Tiger Porsche 904 Ferrari 250 GTO	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
											DNF	13							13			13
1965	Standard Motor Company	Triumph Spitfire	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
														14th
1966	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 275 GTB	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
									10
1967	Claude Dubois	Shelby Mustang	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
									DNF

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 .
• Claude Dubois: Une vie sur quatre roues. Préface de Paul Frère. Editions du Palmier, Nîmes 2004, ISBN 2-914920-40-7 (autobiography).

Web links

• Claude Dubois at Racing Sports Cars