Henri Grandsire
Henri Grandsire (born January 27, 1936 in Istres ) is a former French racing driver and actor.
Career
Henri Grandsire began his motorsport career in Formula Junior in the early 1950s . With a Stanguellini he was fifth in 1959 and seventh in 1960 in the European Cup. In 1963 he became a works driver at Alpine and in 1964 secured the title in the French Formula 3 championship with four race wins . Until the mid-1960s he drove Formula 3 and Formula 2 races for the French racing team, then he switched more and more to sports car racing.
In 1965 he finished seventh in the 12-hour race in Reims and together with Lucien Bianchi won the class up to 1.3 liters in an Alpine A210 . His best placings at the 24 Hours of Le Mans were ninth places in the overall classification, in 1966 with Leo Cella and in 1967 with José Rosinski , which also meant class victory.
At the 1000 km race in Paris he was able to celebrate a class win in 1964 (with Rosinski) and in 1968 he was fourth overall with Jean Guichet . In 1968 he had a serious accident while training for the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring . The Alpine A220 got under air on a bump in the Döttinger Höhe section and took off. The car overturned and slid on the roof nearly a hundred yards before coming to a stop. As the cockpit was hardly damaged, the Frenchman suffered only minor injuries.
Grandsire - who ended his racing career in 1969 - became known to a broad French audience in 1967 when he played the cartoon character Michel Vaillant in 13 episodes in the television series The Adventures of Michel Vaillant .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1964 | Société des Automobiles Alpine | Alpine M64 | Philippe Vidal | failure | Gearbox damage |
1965 | Société des Automobiles Alpine | Alpine M65 | Mauro Bianchi | failure | Gearbox damage |
1966 | Société des Automobiles Alpine | Alpine A210 | Leo Cella | 9th place and class win | |
1967 | Société des Automobiles Alpine | Alpine A210 | José Rosinski | 9th place and class win | |
1968 | Société des Automobiles Alpine | Alpine A220 | Gérard Larrousse | failure | Brake defect |
1969 | Société des Automobiles Alpine | Alpine A220 | Jean-Claude Andruet | failure | Overheated cylinder |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1968 | Societé Alpine | Alpine A211 | Mauro Bianchi | failure | malfunction |
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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1963 |
Alpine Henri Grandsire |
Alpine A108 Alpine M63 Alfa Romeo 2600 |
DAY | SEB | SEB | TAR | SPA | MAY | ONLY | CON | ROS | LEM | MON | WIS | TAV | FRE | CCE | RTT | OVI | ONLY | MON | MON | TDF | BRI |
DNF | 15th | DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1964 | Alpine |
Alpine M63 Alpine M64 |
DAY | SEB | TAR | MON | SPA | CON | ONLY | ROS | LEM | REI | FRE | CCE | RTT | SIM | ONLY | MON | TDF | BRI | BRI | PAR | ||
DNF | DNF | 19th | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1965 | Alpine | Alpine M65 | DAY | SEB | BOL | MON | MON | RTT | TAR | SPA | ONLY | MUG | ROS | LEM | REI | BOZ | FRE | CCE | OVI | ONLY | BRI | BRI | ||
DNF | DNF | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1966 | Alpine |
Alpine A210 Alpine A110 |
DAY | SEB | MON | TAR | SPA | ONLY | LEM | MUG | CCE | HOK | SIM | ONLY | ZEL | |||||||||
DNF | DNF | 9 | DNF | |||||||||||||||||||||
1967 | Alpine |
Alpine A210 Alpine A110 |
DAY | SEB | MON | SPA | TAR | ONLY | LEM | HOK | MUG | BRH | CCE | ZEL | OVI | ONLY | ||||||||
DNF | 16 | DNF | 9 | 39 | DNF | |||||||||||||||||||
1968 | Alpine |
Alpine A211 Alpine A220 |
DAY | SEB | BRH | MON | TAR | ONLY | SPA | WAT | ZEL | LEM | ||||||||||||
DNF | DNF | 13 | DNF | |||||||||||||||||||||
1969 | Alpine | Alpine A220 | DAY | SEB | BRH | MON | TAR | SPA | ONLY | LEM | WAT | ZEL | ||||||||||||
DNF | DNF |
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Grandsire, Henri |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing car driver and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Istres |