Fernand Tavano

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
1956	Pierre Meyrat	Ferrari 500TR	Pierre Meyrat	failure	accident
1957	Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 500TRC	Jacques Péron	failure	Engine failure
1958	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250TR	Edwin Martin	failure	Ignition damage
1959	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250 GT California	Bob Grossman	Rank 5
1960	Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Pierre Dumay	4th place and class win
1961	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250GT / TR SWB Experimental	Giancarlo Baghetti	failure	Engine failure
1962	Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 GTO	André Simon	failure	Differential damage
1963	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 250 GTO	Carlo-Maria Abate	failure	accident
1964	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250 GTO	Bob Grossman	Rank 9

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1961	Scuderia Serenissima	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	George Arents	failure	differential
1962	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Ferrari 250 GT	Colin Davis	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
1957	Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 500TRC	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
							DNF
1958	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250TR	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
							DNF
1959	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250 GT	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
						5
1960	Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 GT	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
							4th
1961	Scuderia Serenissima Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250 GT	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
			DNF			DNF
1962	Scuderia Serenissima Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 GT Ferrari 250 GTO	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
					DNF		DNF			DNF
1963	Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Serenissima	Ferrari 250 GTO	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
												DNF											DNF
1964	North American Racing Team Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 GTO	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
											9								DNF

Web links

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