Hervé Bayard
Hervé Bayard (born November 20, 1944 in Amiens ) is a former French motorcycle and car racing driver who also has Belgian citizenship.
Racing career
Hervé Bayard began his motorcycle racing career in the 1960s . The first racing motorcycle was a 175 cm³ Moto-Morini 175 Settebello. In 1963 he was runner-up in the French 175 cc championship. In the middle of the decade he switched to motor racing. In 1966 he drove in the French Renault 8 Gordini Cup and in 1969 for a season in the French Formula 3 championship . This was followed by races in the European Formula 5000 Championship in 1971 and 1972 .
Bayard celebrated great successes in mountain racing . Between 1982 and 1993 he was Belgian mountain champion ten times. Seven times he won the Mountain Championship of Luxembourg and in 1970 on a Formula 2 - Tecno French.
In the late 1970s he competed in sports car races and competed four times in the Le Mans 24-hour race . His best place in this 24-hour race was finishing 18th in 1972 .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1972 | Wicky Racing Team | Porsche 907 | Walter Brun | Peter Mattli | Rank 18 | |
1973 | Jean Sage | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | René Ligonnet | failure | Cylinder head gasket | |
1975 | Racing Team Schulthess | Lola T284 | Heinz Schulthess | failure | Chassis broken | |
1981 | Écurie Renard-Delmas | Renard-Delmas D1 | Louis Descartes | not classified |
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 |
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1972 | Wicky Racing | Porsche 907 | BUA | DAY | SEB | BRH | MON | SPA | TAR | ONLY | LEM | ZEL | WAT | ||||
4th | 18th | ||||||||||||||||
1973 | Jean Sage | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | DAY | VAL | DIJ | MON | SPA | TAR | ONLY | LEM | ZEL | WAT | |||||
DNF | |||||||||||||||||
1975 | Heinz Schulthess | Lola T284 | DAY | MUG | DIJ | MON | SPA | BY | ONLY | ZEL | WAT | ||||||
DNF | |||||||||||||||||
1981 | Écurie Renard-Delmas | Renard-Delmas D1 | DAY | SEB | MUG | MON | RIV | SIL | ONLY | LEM | BY | DAY | WAT | SPA | MOS | ROA | BRH |
DNF |
Web links
- Hervé Bayard at the Driver Database
- Hervé Bayard at Racing Sports Cars
- Hervé Bayard at the 24-hour piste
Individual evidence
- ↑ Belgian Hill Climbing Championship ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bayard, Hervé |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French motorcycle and car racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Amiens |