Jean-Louis Ravenel

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Opel Kadett GT / E , as driven by Jean-Louis Ravenel in rallies in the 1970s

Jean-Louis Ravenel (born March 6, 1943 in Noyen-sur-Sarthe ) is a former French racing driver .

Racing career

Jean-Louis Ravenel and his brother Jacky , born in 1944 , were known as the Ravenel Fréres in France in the 1970s . The two had two other brothers and a sister. Her father ran a company that manufactured wooden parts for chalets . He was also a member of a jazz formation called Sparks , which had nothing to do with the American rock band of the same name .

Jean-Louis Ravenel was considered the more talented of the two brothers and drove in 1968 in the Renault R8 Gordini Cup , a one-make cup for young drivers. After a few more races on the racetrack, he was particularly successful in rallies . He drove for Claude Buchet's team and others in the French and Belgian rally championships, the European rally championships and, thanks to his starts at the Tour de Corse, also in the world rally championship .

He was also active on the circuit. With a few exceptions, he mainly competed in the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race and the Le Mans 24-hour race . At Spa, his best overall result was seventh in 1977 . He competed four times in Le Mans, three times with his brother as a team partner. The best placement was 14th in 1977 . The year before , he achieved a class win in the touring car class .

After the end of his active career, Jean-Louis Ravenel was Managing Director of Auto Sport Loisirs , a luxury vehicle and sports car rental company in Luçon .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1970 FranceFrance Jean-Louis Ravenel Porsche 910 FranceFrance Louis Cosson failure Wheel bearings
1976 FranceFrance Jean-Louis Ravenel BMW 3.0 CSL FranceFrance Jacky Ravenel FranceFrance Jean-Marie Détrin Rank 24 and class win
1977 FranceFrance Jean-Louis Ravenel Porsche 911 Carrera RS FranceFrance Jacky Ravenel FranceFrance Jean-Marie Détrin Rank 14
1978 FranceFrance Ravenel Fréres Porsche 934 FranceFrance Jacky Ravenel FranceFrance Philippe Dagoreau BelgiumBelgium Willy Braillard failure fuel pump

literature

  • Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissedre: 24 hours of mans . 1923-1992. 2 volumes. Édition d'Art JB Barthelemy, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jean-Louis Ravenel at Auto Sport Loisirs
personal data
SURNAME Ravenel, Jean-Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Noyen-sur-Sarthe