Claude Storez

DB HBR from 1955; René Bonnet and Claude Storez retired with this car at the 24 Hours of Le Mans after ignition damage in the ninth hour of the race

Claude Tonin Horace Storez (born November 7, 1927 in Paris , † February 7, 1959 in Reims ) was a French racing driver .

Career

The versatile Claude Storez was active both as a rally and circuit racing driver in the 1950s . In 1957 he won the French rally championship in a Porsche and in 1958 he was the overall winner of the French Formula 2 championship.

He started his career in 1951; first successes came two years later when he finished fourth in the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race and fifth in the Tour de France for automobiles of that year . He contested these two races as a works driver for Deutsch & Bonnet ; his team mate in both cases was his compatriot Marc Gignoux . At the Tour de France he was able to achieve two more top positions. In 1954 he finished second with Herbert Linge in a Porsche 550 and in 1957 with Robert Buchet sixth in a Porsche 356 Carrera . In 1956 , as a team partner of Richard von Frankenberg, he won the class for sports cars with a displacement of up to 1.5 liters at the 12-hour race in Reims . He competed five times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans , but dropped out at all five starts for various reasons.

Claude Storez had a fatal accident in February 1959 at the Rallye des Routes du Nord . During a special stage on the Reims race track , he had a serious accident and died a little later in a hospital.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1954	Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet	DB HBR	Jean-Claude Vidilles	Jean Lucas	failure	Gearbox damage
1955	Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet	DB HBR	René Bonnet		failure	Ignition damage
1956	Gonzague Olivier	Porsche 550/4 Spyder	Helmut Polensky		failure	Ignition distributor
1957	Porsche KG	Porsche 550A RS	Ed Crawford		failure	no petrol
1958	Porsche KG	Porsche 718 RSK	Richard von Frankenberg		failure	accident

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	German & Bonnet	DB HBR	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
						5
1954	German & Bonnet	DB HBR	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
					65	DNF
1955	German & Bonnet	DB HBR	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
					35	DNF	19th
1957	Porsche	Porsche 550	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
							DNF
1958	Porsche	Porsche 718 RSK	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
							DNF

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissedre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Edition D'Art JP Barthelemy et al., Besançon et al. 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

Commons : Claude Storez  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Race results at Racing Sports Cars