Jean-Claude Lagniez

The Porsche 911S (car number 37) by Pierre Mauroy and Jean-Claude Lagniez before the start of the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans

Jean-Claude Lagniez (born September 12, 1947 in Paris ) is a French racing car driver and racing team owner.

Career

Jean-Claude Lagniez began his career in the late 1960s and made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1970 , when he was almost 23 years old . By 1975 he competed at the Sarthe six times in a row. The best place was 14th overall in 1974. After his last Le Mans start in 1975, the name Lagniez disappeared from the starting lists of motorsport for two and a half decades, with one exception: in 1983 he competed in a season in the French touring car championship. Thirteen years later he returned to sports car racing as a racing driver and team manager.

In 1997 he made a comeback at Le Mans and finished ninth in the overall standings with a Porsche 911 GT2 from the Swiss Haberthur team, his best place in this endurance race , in which he participated as a driver until 2002. In 1999 he came in second overall in the French touring car championship and since 2009 he has been involved in the International GT Open as both a driver and team principal .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1970	Raymond Touroul	Porsche 911S	Claude Swietlik			Not classified
1971	Pierre Mauroy	Porsche 911S	Pierre Mauroy			failure	Gearbox damage
1972	Jean Egreteaud	Porsche 908/2	Raymond Touroul			failure	no petrol
1973	Jean Égreteaud	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Jean Égreteaud			failure	Power transmission
1974	Jean-Claude Lagniez	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Gerard Meo			Rank 14
1975	Christian Poirot	Porsche 908/2	Christian Poirot	Gérard Cuynet	Guillermo Ortega	failure	drive shaft
1997	Eleven Haberthur Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Michel Neugarten	Guy Martinolle		9th place and class win
1998	Eleven Haberthur Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Michel Neugarten	David Smadja		failure	Power transmission
1999	Paul Belmondo Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Emmanuel Clérico	Guy Martinolle		Rank 16
2000	Paul Belmondo Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Boris Derichebourg	Guy Martinolle		failure	Engine failure
2001	Paul Belmondo Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Grégoire de Galzain	Anthony Kumpen		failure	accident
2002	Larbre Compétition	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Jean-Luc Chéreau	Carl Rosenblad		Rank 25

Web links

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