Jean-Claude Vidilles

The DB HBR by Jean-Claude Vidilles at the 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans was the start

Jean-Claude Vidilles (born October 26, 1928 in Levallois-Perret , † August 4, 1997 in Bordeaux ) was a French racing driver .

Career

Jean-Claude Vidilles was active as a racing driver from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s. He contested his first races in a Renault 4CV , with which he also took part in the 1952 Mille Miglia . After initial successes in 1952, in the following years he also competed with more powerful sports cars such as the Osca MT4 and the Aston Martin DB2 .

He became known as a works driver at Deutsch & Bonnet . In 1960 , pictures of the shoveling vidille went around the world when it tried for hours to shovel DB HBR4 stranded in the sandbank of the Mulsanne during the Le Mans 24-hour race . He made his debut at Le Mans in 1954 , where he was denied a place in the top field over the years.

Apart from Le Mans, he won the Paris Grand Prix in 1958 and, in the same year, the 3-hour race in Pau together with Hernando da Silva Ramos .

Vidilles had some operations in Monopostosport . In 1955 he competed in a Ferrari 500 at the Gran Premio di Siracusa ; a scheduled start in the Formula 1 World Championship in 1958 scoring Grand Prix of Morocco , however, did not materialize.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1954	Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet	DB HBR	Claude Storez	Jean Lucas	failure	Gearbox damage
1956	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	DB HBR	Jean Thépenier		Rank 11
1957	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	DB HBR	Jo Schlesser		failure	accident
1958	Automobiles German & Bonnet	DB HBR4	Paul Armagnac		Rank 13
1959	Los Amigos team	Lotus Elite Mk14	Jean-François Malle		failure	Cylinder overheated
1960	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	DB HBR4	Jean Vinatier		failure	accident
1961	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	DB HBR5 Coupé	André Moynet		Rank 19
1962	Automobiles René Bonnet	René Bonnet Djet	Jean Vinatier		failure	Cylinder overheated

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	German & Bonnet	DB HBR	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
						DNF
1955		Aston Martin DB2	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
					16
1956	François Picard	Ferrari 750 Monza	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
							DNF
1957	German & Bonnet	DB HBR	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
					81		DNF
1958	German & Bonnet	DB HBR4	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
							13
1959	Los Amigos team	Lotus Elite	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
						DNF
1960	German & Bonnet	DB HBR4	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
							DNF
1961	German & Bonnet	DB HBR5	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
						19th
1962	Automobiles René Bonnet	René Bonnet Djet	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
										DNF
1963		Alfa Romeo 2600	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
																							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 : Jean-Claude Vidilles  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Jean-Pierre Vidilles at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1958 Paris Grand Prix
2. ^ 3-hour race in Pau 1958