Jean-Marie Brussin

Jean-Marie Brussin (born January 15, 1924 in La Frette , † June 21, 1958 in Le Mans ) was a French racing driver and industrialist.

Surname

Jean-Marie Brussin is misnamed or confused in many, if not almost all, motorsport publications. He is usually referred to as Jean-Pierre Brousselet. The confusion is due to the pseudonym Mary , which both Brussin and Brousselet used. However, Brousselet already contested his races in the 1930s, for example in 1932 in the Le Mans 24-hour race . The constant mix-up was cleared up by submitting a copy of the original driver's license on an international motorsport website.

Career

Brussin was a French industrialist who owned a company that made synthetic diamonds . He competed in motorsport as a men's driver . He was married and lived with his wife in the Ain department . In the early 1950s, he drove mountain and sports car races in France. His not inconsiderable capital enabled him on the one hand to acquire modern sports cars and on the other hand brought him into contact with other wealthy French drivers with whom he competed in long-distance races. The name Brussin is connected as Mary to the 24-hour race at Le Mans . In 1957 he competed in Le Mans for the first time; In 1955 he was registered; but did not appear for the race. Together with his compatriot Jean Lucas , he achieved third place in the overall ranking, which was admired by experts. In the race he consistently drove the same lap times as his well-known team-mate.

In 1958 he came back to Le Mans; this time as a partner of the Moroccan André Guelfi . In bad weather on Saturday evening, Brussin had just overtaken the American Bruce Kessler's Ferrari 250TR when he lost control of his Jaguar D-Type shortly after the Dunlop bow and crashed into the cordon of the racetrack. He was thrown out of the car. Kessler drove over wreckage and also had an accident. While the American was seriously injured but escaped with his life, Brussin died a little later in a hospital. Guelfi lost a team-mate for the second time at Le Mans in a fatal accident. In 1951 , Jean Larivière had a fatal accident on the fifth lap.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1957	Los Amigos team	Jaguar D-Type	Jean Lucas	Rank 3
1958	Hervé Peignaux	Jaguar D-Type	André Guelfi	failure	Fatal accident in Brussin

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1957	Los Amigos team	Jaguar D-Type	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
							3
1958	Hervé Peignaux	Jaguar D-Type	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
							DNF

Web links

• Jean-Marie Brussin at the Motosport Memorial

Individual evidence

1. ^ Driver license from Jean-Marie Brussin