Fernand Tavano
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The Ferrari 250 GT LWB Spyder California with the Fernand Tavano at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans was the start
Fernand Tavano (born May 21, 1933 - July 6, 1984 ) was a French racing driver .
Career
Fernand Tavano was primarily active as a sports car driver in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1956 to 1964 he competed nine times in a row in the Le Mans 24-hour race . He only drove racing cars from Ferrari . In 1961 and 1963 he was part of the Scuderia works team . He achieved his best placement in 1960 with fourth place overall. In 1959, he finished fifth in the North American Racing Team's Ferrari 250GT.
One of the grandstands on the home straight of the Circuit de la Sarthe is named after him today.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1956 |
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Ferrari 500TR |
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failure | accident |
1957 |
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Ferrari 500TRC |
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failure | Engine failure |
1958 |
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Ferrari 250TR |
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failure | Ignition damage |
1959 |
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Ferrari 250 GT California |
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Rank 5 | |
1960 |
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Ferrari 250 GT SWB |
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4th place and class win | |
1961 |
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Ferrari 250GT / TR SWB Experimental |
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failure | Engine failure |
1962 |
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Ferrari 250 GTO |
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failure | Differential damage |
1963 |
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Ferrari 250 GTO |
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failure | accident |
1964 |
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Ferrari 250 GTO |
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Rank 9 |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1961 |
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Ferrari 250 GT LWB |
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failure | differential |
1962 |
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Ferrari 250 GT |
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failure | Engine failure |
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 |
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1957 | Fernand Tavano | Ferrari 500TRC |
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1958 | North American Racing Team | Ferrari 250TR |
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1959 | North American Racing Team | Ferrari 250 GT |
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1960 | Fernand Tavano | Ferrari 250 GT |
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1961 |
Scuderia Serenissima Scuderia Ferrari |
Ferrari 250 GT |
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1962 |
Scuderia Serenissima Fernand Tavano |
Ferrari 250 GT Ferrari 250 GTO |
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1963 |
Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Serenissima |
Ferrari 250 GTO |
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1964 |
North American Racing Team Fernand Tavano |
Ferrari 250 GTO |
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9 | DNF |
Web links
Commons : Fernand Tavano - collection of images, videos and audio files
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SURNAME | Tavano, Fernand |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1933 |
DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1984 |