Jacques Savoye

Singer 9 Le Mans Replica Savoye Special

Jacques Adrien Savoye (born November 12, 1905 , † March 17, 1998 ) was a French entrepreneur and racing car driver .

Singer and Morgan

Jacques Savoye was a sales representative for the British car brand Singer in France in the 1930s . Jacques Savoye Automobile in Paris also sold Alvis models in addition to Singer vehicles . Singer 9 Le Mans were converted in small numbers to Singer 9 Le Mans Replica Savoye Spezial . In 1954, Savoye became France's first Morgan importer. In 1995 his grandson Pierre-Henri Mahul took over the company.

Racing career

Jacques Savoye was active as a racing driver for several decades, mostly at the start of the Le Mans 24-hour race . He made his debut in 1935 together with Guy Lapchin on a Singer 9 Le Mans and finished 23rd in the final ranking. Before the Second World War , he only drove in Le Mans with Singer models that were prepared for racing in his workshop in Paris. In 1938 he was overall eighth and celebrated a class victory

After the Second World War, Savoye resumed racing in 1949 and competed in the 24-hour race until 1955 . He had his last races in 1969. At the age of 64 he drove a Morgan Plus 8 in the Tour de France for automobiles and was 17th overall.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1935	Guy Lapchin	Singer 9 Le Mans	Guy Lapchin	Rank 23
1937	Jacques Savoye	Singer 9 Le Mans Replica	Pierre Pichard	failure	Ignition damage
1938	Jacques Savoye	Singer 9 Le Mans Replica	Pierre Savoye	Rank 8 and class win
1939	Jacques Savoye	Singer 9 Le Mans Replica Savoye Special	Pierre Savoye	failure	malfunction
1949	Jacques Savoye	Singer 9 Le Mans	Marcel Renault	failure	Clutch damage
1950	Jacques Savoye	Monopole X84 tank	Eugène Dussous	failure	Oil leak
1952	Automobiles Panhard et Levassor	Panhard Dyna X84 Sport	Raymond Lienard	failure	Engine failure
1954	Automobiles Panhard et Levassor	Panhard X84	Eugène Dussous	failure	accident
1955	Alexis Constantin	Constantin C Barquette	Jacques Poch	failure	Power transmission

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
1954	Panhard & Levassor	Panhard X84	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
						DNF
1955	Alexandre Constantin	Constantin C Barquette	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
						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

Commons : Jacques Savoye  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jacques Savoye at Motorsport Magazine
• Jacques Savoye at Racing Sports Cars
• Jacques Savoye at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About Mahul Cars