Didier Cottaz

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Didier Cottaz (born May 23, 1967 in Bourgoin-Jallieu ) is a former French racing driver and entrepreneur.

Career in motorsport

Cottaz had his first successes in motorsport in the French Formula Renault championship, where he was sixth overall in the championship in 1990 on a Swift FR90 ( Emmanuel Collard won the overall standings ahead of Franck Lagorce ). After an 8th place in 1992, he secured the overall ranking of the French Formula 3 Championship in 1993 . In 1994 he finished fifth in the International Formula 3000 Championship and in 1995 switched from monoposto to sports car racing .

His greatest successes were the overall victories at the 4 Hours of Le Mans in 1997 and at the 2 Hours of Jarama in the same year. His best place at the 24 Hours of Le Mans was fourth overall in 1997 .

Entrepreneur

During his motorsport career, Cottaz founded an event agency - Didier Cottaz Management - which he still operates today. Cottaz mainly organizes sports events and large public events. The company originally had the task of raising sponsorship money for the races.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1996 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Courage C36 FranceFrance Philippe Alliot FranceFrance Jérôme Policand failure accident
1997 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Courage C41 BelgiumBelgium Marc Goossens FranceFrance Jérôme Policand Rank 4
1998 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Courage C51 BelgiumBelgium Marc Goossens FranceFrance Jean-Philippe Belloc failure Gearbox damage
1999 JapanJapan Nissan Motorsports Courage C52 BelgiumBelgium Marc Goossens SwedenSweden Fredrik Ekblom Rank 8
2000 FranceFrance SMG Compétition Courage C60 South AfricaSouth Africa Gary Formato FranceFrance Philippe Gache failure suspension
2001 FranceFrance Pescarolo sport Courage C60 FranceFrance Emmanuel Clérico FranceFrance Boris Derichebourg failure accident
2002 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Courage C60 DenmarkDenmark Thed Bjork FranceFrance Boris Derichebourg Rank 15

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ French Formula Renault Championship 1990
  2. ^ French Formula 3 Championship 1993
  3. ^ 4 Hours of Le Mans 1997
  4. ↑ 2-hour race of Jarama 1997
personal data
SURNAME Cottaz, Didier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing car driver and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Bourgoin-Jallieu