Jean-Claude Andruet

Jean-Claude Andruet 1973

Jean-Claude Andruet (born August 13, 1940 in Montreuil ) is a former French rally driver and circuit driver . Andruet's son was the chess player Gilles Andruet (1958–1995).

Career

Jean-Claude Andruet competed regularly in rallies and sports car races in the 1960s and 1970s. The Frenchman also took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race for years, where he was a works driver for Renault Alpine and Lancia . His best place in this endurance race was fifth overall in 1981 , which he achieved together with compatriot Claude Ballot-Léna in a Ferrari 512 BB owned by Charles Pozzi .

But he achieved his greatest successes as a rally driver. In 1973 he won the Monte Carlo Rally on an Alpine A110 with co-driver “Biche” (the pseudonym of the French Michèle Espinosi-Petit) . A year later, the duo won on a Lancia Stratos , the Corsica rally . He secured his third World Rally Championship victory in 1977 at the San Remo Rally . In 1970 Andruet was the overall winner of the European Rally Championship.

Andruet also won the Tour de France overall classification for automobiles three times - in 1972 , 1981 and 1982 .

His son was the chess player Gilles Andruet , who died in 1995 under unexplained circumstances.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1967	Société Automobiles Alpine	Alpine A210	Robert Bouharde		failure	accident
1968	Société Automobiles Alpine	Alpine A210	Jean-Pierre Nicolas		Rank 12 and class win
1969	Société Automobiles Alpine	Alpine A220	Henri Grandsire		failure	overheated cylinder
1970	Ecurie Intersports SA	Ligier JS1	Guy Ligier		failure	Ignition distributor
1971	Christian Poirot	Porsche 910	Christian Poirot		failure	accident
1972	Charles Pozzi	Ferrari 365 GTB4	Claude Ballot-Léna		5th place and class win
1973	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 365 GTB4	Richard Bond		Rank 20
1974	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 312P	Teodoro Zeccoli		Rank 9
1975	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 365 GTB4	Teddy Pilette	Hughes de Fierlant	Rank 12
1976	ASA Cachia	Porsche Carrera RSR	Thierry Sabine	Philippe Dagoreau	Rank 13
1978	Pozzi Thompson JMS	Ferrari 512 BB	Spartaco Dini		failure	Engine failure
1979	Charles Pozzi	Ferrari 512 BB	Spartaco Dini		failure	Engine failure
1980	JMS Racing Charles Pozzi	Ferrari 512 BB	Claude Ballot-Léna		failure	Engine failure
1981	Charles Pozzi	Ferrari 512 BB LM	Claude Ballot-Léna	Hervé Regout	5th place and class win
1982	Charles Pozzi	Ferrari 512 BB	Claude Ballot-Léna		failure	Engine failure
1983	Martini Racing	Lancia LC2	Paolo Barilla	Alessandro Nannini	failure	Engine failure
1985	World Cup Peugeot	WM P83B	Claude Haldi	Roger Dorchy	failure	accident
1988	Chamberlain Engineering	Spice Fiero S88C	Claude Ballot-Léna	Jean-Louis Ricci	failure	Engine failure
1989	Courage Compétition	Cougar C20B	Philippe Farjon	Shunji Kasuya	14th place and class win

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
1967	Alpine	Alpine A110 Alpine A210	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
						DNF			DNF
1968	Alpine	Alpine A210	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
												14th
1969	Alpine	Alpine A220	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
								21st		DNF
1970	Ligier	Ligier JS1	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
										DNF
1971	Christian Poirot	Porsche 910	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
											DNF
1972	Charles Pozzi	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
											5
1973	NART Lancia Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Lancia Stratos	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
			DNF					2		20th
1974	NART	Ferrari 312P	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
							9
1975	Ecurie Buchet	Porsche Carrera RSR	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SPA	BY	ONLY	ZEL	WAT
							5
1978	Charles Pozzi	Ferrari 512 BB	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
										DNF
1979	JMS Racing Charles Pozzi Juma	Ferrari 512 BB BMW 520	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
			53								DNF				2
1980	JMS Racing	Ferrari 512 BB	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
											DNF
1981	Charles Pozzi	Ferrari 512 BB	DAY	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH
										5
1982	Charles Pozzi	Ferrari 512 BB	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH
						DNF
1983	Lancia	Lancia LC2	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	FUJ	KYA
						DNF
1985	Welter Racing	WM P83	MUG	MON	SIL	LEM	HOK	MOS	SPA	BRH	FUJ	SEL
						DNF
1988	Chamberlain Engineering	Spice Fiero S88C	JER	JAR	MON	SIL	LEM	BRÜ	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ	SAN
							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

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• Jean-Claude Andruet at Racing Sports Cars