Jean-Denis Delétraz

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Jean-Denis Delétraz
Jean-Denis Delétraz 2012
Nation: SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Formula 1 world championship
First start: 1994 Australian Grand Prix
Last start: 1995 European Grand Prix
Constructors
1994  Larrousse 1995 Pacific
statistics
World Cup balance: no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR
3 - - -
World Cup points : -
Podiums : -
Leadership laps : -
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Jean-Denis Delétraz (born October 1, 1963 in Geneva ) is a Swiss racing driver . His son Louis Delétraz is also a racing car driver.

Career

As the costs in Formula 1 continued to rise in the mid-1990s, the door was opened wide to racing drivers who paid for their starts. One of the pilots who made it into the world's highest monoposto class in this way was Delétraz. His qualification to compete with the fastest racing drivers remained questionable. He made his Formula 1 debut in 1994 at the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide for Gérard Larrousse's Tourtel-Larrousse team . This race went down in the history of this sport thanks to the decisive collision between Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher . Delétraz himself retired after a poor race with a gearbox failure.

Two races for the Pacific team followed in 1995 . With lap times that were consistently around ten seconds slower than those of the top drivers, Delétraz followed the field in Portugal and at the European Grand Prix . After the retirement at Estoril he was not classified at the Nürburgring because he was seven laps behind the winner Michael Schumacher at the finish.

He showed a completely different picture of his skills in the sports car. For more than a decade he has been a driver in the Le Mans Series , the American Le Mans Series and the FIA GT Championship . When it comes to endurance, consistency and team spirit, the Swiss is a sought-after pilot in various factory and private teams. He is a welcome guest at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , where he won the LMP2 class in 2001 and 2002 , and drove vehicles as diverse as the McLaren F1 GTR as well as the works Lotus GT and the Ferrari 333SP . In 2007 he drove a Lola B07 / 10 for the Swiss Spirit team together with Marcel Fässler and Iradj Alexander . The end came after 62 driven laps due to engine failure.

The Swiss had his last start at Le Mans in 2012 . The race ended prematurely for him after an accident with one of his teammates.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1995 FranceFrance Giroix Racing Team McLaren F1 GTR FranceFrance Olivier Grouillard FranceFrance Fabien Giroix Rank 5
1996 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing McLaren F1 GTR BrazilBrazil Maurizio Sandro Sala FranceFrance Fabien Giroix failure Engine failure
2000 FranceFrance Racing Organization Course Reynard 2KQ-LM FranceFrance David Terrien GermanyGermany Ralf Kelleners failure Engine failure
2001 FranceFrance ROC car Reynard 2KQ-LM SpainSpain Jordi Gené FranceFrance Pascal Fabre 5th place and class win
2002 FranceFrance Noël del Bello Racing Reynard 2KQ-LM SwitzerlandSwitzerland Christophe Pillon AustriaAustria Walter Lechner junior 19th place and class win
2004 NetherlandsNetherlands Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575 GTC NetherlandsNetherlands Mike Hezemans FranceFrance Ange Barde failure Electrics
2007 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Swiss Spirit Lola B07 / 10 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marcel Fässler SwitzerlandSwitzerland Irady Alexander failure Electrics
2012 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Gulf Racing Middle East Lola B12 / 80 JapanJapan Keiko Ihara FranceFrance Marc Rostan failure accident

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2002 FranceFrance Noël del Bello Racing Reynard 2KQ United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mark Smithson SwitzerlandSwitzerland Christophe Pillon failure Engine failure
2004 United StatesUnited States Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC NetherlandsNetherlands Mike Hezemans FranceFrance Ange Barde failure suspension
2011 MonacoMonaco Luxury racing Ferrari 458 Italia MonacoMonaco Stéphane Ortelli FranceFrance Frédéric Makowiecki Rank 28

literature

  • Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .

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