Franz Pesch (racing driver)

Porsche 911 from Georg Loos / Franz Pesch in the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1970 ; 18th place in the overall standings, winner of the GT class up to 2 liters displacement

Franz Pesch is a former German racing car driver .

Career in motorsport

Franz Pesch was active in sports car racing between 1968 and 1975 . In 40 race starts he celebrated one overall and five class wins. He competed in the German racing championship and the Interserie and was a member of Georg Loos' racing team in the early 1970s . For the Gelo Racing Team he drove in the sports car world championship in 1970 , 1971 and 1972 .

Pesch entered the Le Mans 24-hour race three times . All three missions ended prematurely after engine damage.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1971	Gelo Racing Team	Ferrari 512M	Georg Loos		failure	Engine failure
1972	Gelo Racing Team	Porsche 911S	Georg Loos	Jean Sage	failure	Engine failure
1974	Polifac Gelo Racing Team	Porsche Carrera RSR	Jürgen Barth		failure	Engine failure

Web links

• Franz Pesch at the Driver Database