Freddy Rousselle
Freddy Rousselle (born May 15, 1927 - March 25, 2016 ) was a Belgian racing driver .
Career in motorsport
Freddy Rousselle was active as a sports car racing driver in the 1950s . In 1956 he came to the 24-hour race of Le Mans for the first time as a substitute driver for the Equipe Nationale Belge . A few minutes before the start, Roger Laurent , Jacques Swaters ' team partner , decided not to start after a dispute with the team leadership and left the race course. Rousselle had to step in, even though he had never competed in a Jaguar D-Type before. The two Belgians finished fourth overall. So far, Rousselle had mainly driven Ferrari vehicles in the 3-liter class . Three weeks before the 24-hour race on the Sarthe, he finished tenth at the Rouen Grand Prix in a Ferrari 750 Monza .
In 1957 he came back to Le Mans; this time he was partner of Paul Frère . In the race he was unlucky when the ignition on the D-Type failed at Les Hunaudières. Rousselle lost almost an hour trying to get the car running again. A time that was missing in the end to make it onto the podium in the top three. Rousselle was fourth again.
His last known race was the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in 1964 , which he finished tenth overall.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1956 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Jaguar D-Type | Jacques Swaters | Rank 4 | |
1957 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Jaguar D-Type | Paul Brother | Rank 4 | |
1958 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Lister LM | Claude Dubois | failure | no oil pressure |
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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1956 | Equipe Nationale Belge |
Triumph TR2 Ferrari 750 Monza |
BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | KRI | |||||||||||||||||
83 | DNF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1957 | Ecurie Nationale Belge Antonio Creus |
Jaguar D-Type Ferrari 750 Monza |
BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | LEM | KRI | CAR | |||||||||||||||
DNF | 4th | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1958 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Lister LM | BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | ||||||||||||||||
DNF |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ L'ex-pilote verviétois Freddy Rousselle est décédé
- ↑ Freddy Rouselle 57 years later ( memento of the original from October 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rousselle, Freddy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1927 |
DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 2016 |