François Sérvanin

Auverland A3

François Sérvanin (born September 20, 1941 ) is a former French racing driver and entrepreneur.

Racing career

François Sérvanin was active in sports car racing between 1973 and 1985 . He celebrated his greatest successes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in western France, where he competed a total of twelve times. He also drove regularly in the sports car world championship . He made his debut at Le Mans in 1974 , and had his first finish in the following year with 24th place in the final classification. 1979 he was with his partners Laurent Ferrier and François Trisconi on a Kremer - Porsche 935 / 77A third overall after 1978 had reached twelfth place. Another place in the top field he drove in 1982 with fifth place overall.

A fifth finish was also his best place in the sports car world championship, which he achieved in 1981 in the 6-hour race in Mugello .

Auverland

In 1980, Sérvanin founded a company in Saint-Germain-Laval Auverland that manufactures military off-road vehicles.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1974	Racing Organization Course	Lola T292	Robert Mieusset	Fred Stalder	failure	Petrol injection
1975	Société ROC	Lola T294	Albert Dufrene	Jacques Henry	Rank 24
1976	Société ROC	Chevron B36	Laurent Ferrier		failure	Constant velocity joint
1977	Schiller Racing Team	Porsche 934	Laurent Ferrier	Franz Hummel	failure	Gearbox damage
1978	BP Racing Anne-Charlotte Verney	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Xavier Lapeyre	Anne-Charlotte Verney	Rank 12 and class win
1979	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 935 / 77A	Laurent Ferrier	François Trisconi	Rank 3
1980	BMW Zol car	BMW M1	Laurent Ferrier	Pierre-François Rousselot	failure	Engine failure
1981	BMW Zol'Auto	BMW M1	Laurent Ferrier	Pierre-François Rousselot	failure	Clutch and transmission damage
1982	Cooke Racing - BP	Porsche 935K3	René Metge	Dany Snobeck	Rank 5
1983	Cooke Racing	Lola T610	Ralph Kent-Cooke	Jim Adams	failure	Cylinder overheated
1984	John Bartlett Racing	Lola T610	Steve Kempton	François Migault	failure	accident
1985	Primagaz	Rondeau M382	Pierre Yver	Pierre-François Rousselot	failure	Engine failure

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

• François Sérvanin at the Driver Database
• François Sérvanin at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mugello 6-hour race in 1981