Guy Verrier
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 | DAY | SEB | SEB | MAY | TAR | BER | ONLY | LEM | TAV | CCA | RTT | ONLY | BRI | BRI | PAR | |||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963 | Alpine |
Alpine M63 Alpine A108 |
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 |
Charles German PIF |
CD 3 Citroën DS19 |
DAY | SEB | TAR | MON | SPA | CON | ONLY | ROS | LEM | REI | FRE | CCE | RTT | SIM | ONLY | MON | TDF | BRI | BRI | PAR | ||
DNF | 25th | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1965 | Alpine | Alpine M64 | DAY | SEB | BOL | MON | MON | RTT | TAR | SPA | ONLY | MUG | ROS | LEM | REI | BOZ | FRE | CCE | OVI | ONLY | BRI | BRI | ||
DNF | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1966 | Alpine | Alpine A210 | DAY | SEB | MON | TAR | SPA | ONLY | LEM | MUG | CCE | HOK | SIM | ONLY | ZEL | |||||||||
12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1970 | Wicky Racing Team | Porsche 911 | DAY | SEB | BRH | MON | TAR | SPA | ONLY | LEM | WAT | ZEL | ||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971 | AGACI | Porsche 911 | BUA | DAY | SEB | BRH | MON | SPA | TAR | ONLY | LEM | ZEL | WAT | |||||||||||
11 |
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 |