Emmanuel Clérico

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Emmanuel Clérico (born December 30, 1969 in Paris ) is a former French racing car driver .

Career in motorsport

Emmanuel Clérico began his career in the French Formula Renault championship and finished the 1991 season in fourth place behind Olivier Couvreur , Christophe Tinseau and Pierre Derode . In 1992, when he was runner-up behind Franck Lagorce, he successfully switched to the French Formula 3 championship . Clerico remained another year in the 1993 Formula 3 and became 1994 test driver in Larrousse - Formula 1 Team . This year he drove in the International Formula 3000 Championship with little success .

In 1995 he started sports car racing and left the monoposto scene at the end of the year after another test driver contract with Larrousse and a fifth place in Formula 3000 and a few races in Formula 3 in 1996 . In 1995 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , where he competed a total of six times by the end of his active career in 2004. He achieved the best placement in the final classification in 2000 when he finished fourth overall. With his partners Olivier Grouillard and Sébastien Bourdais , he only had to admit defeat to the three superior factory Audi R8s in the Courage C52 reported by Henri Pescarolo . In 1997 he was overall seventh and achieved a second time a final result among the top ten of the rating.

In 2001 he finished third overall in the French GT Championship and ended his career in this racing series in 2004. He contested a total of 60 GT and sports car races, of which he was able to win one and was placed in the top three eight times. He celebrated his only victory in the 1999 Homestead 3-hour race , a race in the 1999 FIA GT Championship .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1995 FranceFrance BBA Compétition Venturi 600LM SwitzerlandSwitzerland Laurent Lécuyer FranceFrance Bernard Chauvin failure Wagon fire
1997 FranceFrance La Filière Elf Courage C36 FranceFrance Henri Pescarolo FranceFrance Jean-Philippe Belloc Rank 7
1999 FranceFrance Paul Belmondo Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R FranceFrance Jean-Claude Lagniez FranceFrance Guy Martinolle Rank 16
2000 FranceFrance Pescarolo sport Courage C52 FranceFrance Olivier Grouillard FranceFrance Sébastien Bourdais Rank 4
2001 FranceFrance Pescarolo sport Courage C60 FranceFrance Didier Cottaz FranceFrance Boris Derichebourg failure accident
2002 FranceFrance DAMS Lola B98 / 10 FranceFrance Philippe Gache BelgiumBelgium Michel Neugarten not classified

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ French Formula Renault Championship 1991
  2. ↑ French Formula 3 Championship
  3. ↑ French GT Championship
  4. ↑ Homestead 3-hour race in 1999
personal data
SURNAME Clérico, Emmanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris