Jean-Claude Vidilles
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
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1954 |
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DB HBR |
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failure | Gearbox damage |
1956 |
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DB HBR |
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Rank 11 | ||
1957 |
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DB HBR |
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failure | accident | |
1958 |
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DB HBR4 |
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Rank 13 | ||
1959 |
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Lotus Elite Mk14 |
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failure | Cylinder overheated | |
1960 |
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DB HBR4 |
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failure | accident | |
1961 |
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DB HBR5 Coupé |
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Rank 19 | ||
1962 |
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René Bonnet Djet |
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failure | Cylinder overheated |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
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1954 | German & Bonnet | DB HBR |
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1955 | Aston Martin DB2 |
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1956 | François Picard | Ferrari 750 Monza |
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1957 | German & Bonnet | DB HBR |
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1958 | German & Bonnet | DB HBR4 |
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1959 | Los Amigos team | Lotus Elite |
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1960 | German & Bonnet | DB HBR4 |
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1961 | German & Bonnet | DB HBR5 |
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1962 | Automobiles René Bonnet | René Bonnet Djet |
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1963 | Alfa Romeo 2600 |
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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
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Vidilles, Jean-Claude |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1928 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Levallois-Perret |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1997 |
Place of death | Bordeaux |