Henri Greder
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Henri Greder (born November 30, 1930 in Nancy ; † August 14, 2012 in Tournai ) was a French rally and circuit racing driver who also ran his own racing team in the 1970s.
Career
Henri Greder, born in Nancy , was one of the most versatile international racing drivers from the 1950s to the 1980s. He has participated in countless rallies , mountain races and circuit races. He made his debut in 1953 at the Rallye de Lorraine. He contested his last race in 1999 when he took part in the Tour Auto, which has since been revived as a historic rally .
Three times - in 1964, 1965 and 1966 - he secured the overall standings in the touring car class of the French rally championship. In 1974 he became French touring car champion. Greder was a works driver for Alpine , Ford and Alfa Romeo . A works contract with General Motors secured him the support of the US automobile company in the use of the Chevrolet Corvettes for his own racing team in the 1970s . He bought the Chevrolet Corvette from Scuderia Filipinetti, with which he competed in the 1968 and 1969 Le Mans 24-hour races . 1970 - when he got a new Corvette from Zora Arkus-Duntov , the chief engineer at Chevrolet , he sold the Filipinetti car to Jean-Claude Aubriet and his Ecurie Léopard.
Greder celebrated many successes in international motorsport as a driver. He competed 20 times in the Tour de Corse and 18 times in the Monte Carlo Rally and was able to celebrate class victories each time. In 1969 he finished second overall in the Tour de France for automobiles, a racing event across France, where he competed eleven times.
In 1952 he attended the Le Mans 24-hour race for the first time as a spectator. From then on he came to the Sarthe every year until he made his debut as a driver there in 1967. He competed ten times by 1975, with the best placement in 1973 when he finished twelfth. In 1990 he returned to Le Mans to drive the safety car for four years .
After his active career, Henri Greder worked as a consultant and advisor for US racing teams in Le Mans.
statistics
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 |
 Ford France SA
|
Ford GT40 |
Pierre Dumay
|
failure | overheated cylinder |
| 1968 |
 Scuderia Filipinetti
|
Chevrolet Corvette |
 Umberto Maglioli
|
failure | overheated cylinder |
| 1969 |
Scuderia Filipinetti
|
Chevrolet Corvette C3 |
 Pure Wisell
|
failure | Gearbox damage |
| 1970 |
Greder Racing
|
Chevrolet Corvette C3 |
Jean-Pierre Rouget
|
not classified | |
| 1971 |
Greder Racing
|
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray |
Marie-Claude Charmasson
|
failure | Engine failure |
| 1972 |
Greder Racing Team
|
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray |
Marie-Claude Charmasson
|
failure | accident |
| 1973 |
Greder Racing Team
|
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray |
Marie-Claude Charmasson
|
Rank 12 and class win | |
| 1974 |
Greder Racing Team
|
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray |
Marie-Claude Charmasson
|
18th place and class win | |
| 1975 |
Henri Greder
|
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray |
Alain Cudini
|
failure | Oil pump |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jean-Marc Teissedre, Christian Moity: 24 Hours of Le Mans 2000. Group C Motorsport, Duisburg 2000, ISBN 3-928540-26-2 , p. 30
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greder, Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nancy |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 2012 |
| Place of death | Tournai |