Jean-François Malle

Jean-François Malle is a former French racing car driver .

Career

Jean-François Malle was active as a sports car racing driver in the late 1950s and early 1960s . In 1957 he and Jean Lucas finished third in the Tour de France for automobiles and in 1958 eleventh in the Sebring 12-hour race .

He competed twice in the 24 Hours of Le Mans , but was unable to finish both times.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1959	Los Amigos team	Lotus Elite Mk14	Jean-Claude Vidilles	failure	Cylinder overheated
1961	Ecurie Los Amigos	Lotus Elite Mk14	Robin Carnegie	failure	Broken petrol tank

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1958	Porfirio Rubirosa	Ferrari 500TRC	Porfirio Rubirosa	William Helburn	Rank 11
1959	Los Amigos	Cooper T49 Monaco	Jean Lucas		failure	Oil leak

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
1958	Porfirio Rubirosa	Ferrari 500TRC	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
				11
1959	Los Amigos	Cooper T49 Lotus Elite	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
			DNF			DNF
1960	Jean-François Malle	Lotus Elite	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
						DNF
1961	Los Amigos	Lotus Elite	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
						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

• Jean-François Malle at Racing Sports Cars