Jacques Coulon

On a March 732, Jacques Coulon competed in the Formula 2 European Championship in 1973

Jacques Coulon (born January 15, 1942 in Mareil-en-France ) is a former French racing driver .

Career

Jacques Coulon studied in the 1960s, mathematics and worked as a university lecturer before he went into motorsports. He started in 1968 in the newly created Formula France and was a teammate of François Laccarrau in the young Martini team in 1970 . Behind his team mate, he finished the season on a Martini MK4 in second place in the overall standings. In 1971 he switched to Formula 3 . After a season with Martini, he signed a contract with the Swiss racing team Filipinetti for 1972 . It was a successful year that ended with third place behind Roger Williamson and Colin Vandervell in the Shell F3 series of the British Formula 3 Championship .

The 1973 Formula 2 year was severely disrupted by the end of the Scuderia Filipinetti. The unexpected death of Georges Filipinetti in May 1973 caused the breakup of the racing team and Coulon had to look for a new team for the rest of the season. With Brian Lewis Racing he contested the remaining races and finished fifth in the championship behind Jean-Pierre Jarier , Jochen Mass , Patrick Depailler and Vittorio Brambilla .

In autumn 1973 there was speculation in the French specialist press about Coulon's entry into Formula 1 . The mentioned engagement with March Engineering for the automobile world championship 1974 did not materialize. Instead, he drove for another year in Formula 2 for March . After the disappointing 13th place finish and with no prospect of Formula 1 involvement, Coulon drove again in Formula 3 and Formula Renault races in the following years.

He was also registered in some sports car races . The best place was second overall with Jean-Louis Lafosse in a Lola T290 at the 1000 km race in Paris in 1972 . After the end of his driving career at the end of the 1979 season, he returned to his traditional job as a lecturer.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1977	Jean-Claude Giroix	BMW 3.0 CSL	Jean-Claude Depince		failure	Engine failure
1979	WM AEREM	WM P79	Michel Pignard	Serge Saulnier	failure	suspension

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
1979	Welter Racing	WM P79	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
											DNF

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

• Jacques Coulon at Motorsport Magazine
• Jacques Coulon at Historic Racing
• Jacques Coulon at Racing Sports Cars
• Jacques Coulon at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Formula France 1970
2. ↑ British Formula 3 Championship 1972
3. ^ Formula 2 European Championship 1973