Hubert Patthey

Hubert Patthey won a sports car race in Lausanne on an MG TC in 1946

Hubert Patthey (born November 19, 1919 in Neuchâtel ; † November 30, 2009 ) was a Swiss racing driver , entrepreneur and automobile official.

Entrepreneur and functionary

Hubert Patthey imported French and British sports cars into Switzerland after the end of World War II . In his workshop in Neuchâtel, he sold vehicles from Alpine , AC Cars , Alvis Cars , HRG and Aston Martin for years . For many years he was a functionary of the Swiss Automobile Club ; from 1974 to 1986 he was President of the ACS branch in Neuchâtel.

Patthey had a private pilot's license , was married and the father of two daughters and one son.

Career in motorsport

1946 Hubert Patthey began hillclimb to drive and changed a few years later to the racetrack. He competed in national sports car races - in 1947 he won a sports car race in Lausanne in an MG TC - and competed twice in the 24-hour Le Mans race. 1958 he reached with partner Georges Berger on a plant - AC Ace-LM to ninth overall, in 1959 it fell by an engine failure at the Aston Martin DB4 GT from early.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1958	AC Cars Ltd.	AC Ace LM	Georges Berger	Rank 9
1959	Écurie Trois Chevrons	Aston Martin DB4 GT	Renaud Calderari	failure	Engine failure

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
1958	AC Cars	AC Ace	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
							9
1959	Écurie Trois Chevrons	Aston Martin DB4	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
						DNF

Web links

• On the death of Hubert Patthey
• Information about Hubert Patthey
• Hubert Pathhey at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sports car race in Lausanne 1947