Guy Verrier
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Guy Verrier (born July 28, 1928 - October 31, 2019 ) was a French rally driver and circuit driver as well as head of motorsport for Citroën .
Career
Guy Verrier contested his first car races in national rallies in France. In 1960 and 1961 he took part in the Tour de France for automobiles with a privately registered Citroën ID19 , but was not rated on both occasions. At the end of 1961, Verrier became a works driver at Citroën and drove national and international rallies for the French brand.
Parallel to his rally activities, the Frenchman also had a career as a circuit racing driver. In 1962 he was on a CD Dyna for the first time at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . His partner was the future Matra designer Bernard Boyer . The race ended prematurely after an engine failure. In 1963 Verrier became a works driver at Renault Alpine , where he was responsible as a test driver for the development of the M63 , M64 and A210 racing prototypes . In 1964, he was released from Alpine to compete in Le Mans with the first prototype developed by Charles Deutsch after his separation from René Bonnet . In the CD 3 , however, the race ended after 124 laps driven by a gearbox failure.
After the end of the works contract with Alpine, at the end of the 1966 season, Verrier only competed in a few circuit races and turned increasingly to rallying again. The involvement of Citroën with the SM was noteworthy . In the early 1970s, both a rally and a circuit version of this vehicle were created. In 1972 Le Mans failed to qualify, but the heavy car achieved a few placings in rallies. Verrier was involved in this project as a driver.
After the end of his active career, he became head of motorsport at Citroën in 1980, and in this role launched the Total Trophée Visa International competition , in which the rally versions of the Citroën Visa also competed .
statistics
Le Mans results
| class = "wikitable" style = "font-size: 85%;" | - bgcolor = "# ABBBDD"! Year ! Team ! Vehicle! Teammate! Teammate! Placement! Failure reason | - | 1962
| Panhard & Levassor
| CD Dyna
| Bernard Boyer
| | Failure | Engine damage | - | 1963
| Société des Automobiles Alpine
| Alpine M63
| Bernard Boyer | | Failure | Engine damage | - | 1964
| SECA CD
| CD 3
| Pierre Lelong
| | Failure | Gearbox damage | - | 1965
| Société des Automobiles Alpine | Alpine M64
| Roger Masson
| | Failure | Coupling damage | - | 1966
| Société des Automobiles Alpine | Alpine A210
| Robert Bouharde
| | Rank 12 | | - | 1970
| Wicky Racing Team | Porsche 911TH
| Sylvain Garant
| | not classified | | - | 1971
| AGACI | Porsche 911S | Gérard Foucault
| | Rank 11 | | - | 1975
| Guy Verrier | Porsche 911 Carrera RS | Florian Vetsch
| Jean-Robert Corthay
| Failure | Cylinder damage |}
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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1962 | Panhard & Levassor | CD Dyna |
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1963 | Alpine |
Alpine M63 Alpine A108 |
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1964 |
Charles German PIF |
CD 3 Citroën DS19 |
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1965 | Alpine | Alpine M64 |
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1966 | Alpine | Alpine A210 |
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1970 | Wicky Racing Team | Porsche 911 |
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1971 | AGACI | Porsche 911 |
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ eWRC-results.com: Guy Verrier - rally profile eWRC-results.com. Retrieved May 5, 2020 .
- ^ Retired at Le Mans 1964
- ↑ Verrier fails with the SM in qualifying for the 1972 Le Mans race
- ↑ Verrier Motorsport Director at Citroën ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Verrier, guy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1928 |
DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 2019 |