Daniel Brillat

Daniel Brillat (born July 27, 1945 in Vieu ) is a former French racing driver .

Racing career

Daniel Brillat was active in sports car racing in the 1970s . He had his first international start at the Tour de France for automobiles in 1969 , where he finished 37th overall on a Renault R8 . He competed in the World Sports Car Championship and the European Touring Car Championship . He contested the Le Mans 24-hour race four times . He made his debut in 1974 . He achieved his best result a year later when he and Giancarlo Gagliardi and Michel Degoumois finished 27th in the final ranking in a BMW 2002 TI and won the touring car class.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1974	Michel Dupont Scato	Chevron B23 / 26	Michel Dupont	Gregor Fischer	failure	Cylinder damage
1975	Heidegger Racing Team	BMW 2002 TI	Giancarlo Gagliardi	Michel Degoumois	Rank 27 and class win
1976	Chuck Graeminger	Cheetah G601	Jean-Claude Depince	Michel Degoumois	failure	Constant velocity joint
1979	Daniel Brillat	Cheetah G601	Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann		failure	Power transmission

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
1974	Michel Dupont	Chevron B23 / 26	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
					32		DNF			20th
1976	Charles Graemiger	Cheetah G601	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
															9
1977	Daniel Brillat	Cheetah G601	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SIL	ONLY	VAL	BY	WAT	EST	LEC	MOS	IMO	SAL	BRH	HOK	VAL
					DNF	DNF							DNF		12
1979	Daniel Brillat	Cheetah G601	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
							DNF				DNF	4th				DNF		13
1980	Chuck Graemiger	Cheetah G602	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
																		8th

Web links

• Daniel Brillat at the Driver Database
• Daniel Brillat at Racing Sports Cars