Guy Verrier

The number 45 Alpine A210 , with which Guy Verrier and Robert Bouharde finished twelfth in the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1966

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
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

Commons : Guy Verrier  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Guy Verrier at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ eWRC-results.com: Guy Verrier - rally profile eWRC-results.com. Retrieved May 5, 2020 . 
2. ^ Retired at Le Mans 1964
3. ↑ Verrier fails with the SM in qualifying for the 1972 Le Mans race
4. ↑ Verrier Motorsport Director at Citroën  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )