Jean-Marie Dumazer

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Jean-Marie Dumazer ( February 17, 1929 - February 21, 2019 ) was a French racing driver and motorsport official.

Racing career

In the 1950s, Jean-Marie Dumazer worked as a driver for the racing team of the small French car manufacturer Vernet et Pairard , which was founded in 1950 by Just-Émile Vernet and Jean Pairard . After finishing twelfth in the Tour de France for automobiles in 1953 on a Renault 4CV , he only drove vehicles from Vernet et Pairard.

He had his best racing season in 1956, when he was fourteenth in the Le Mans 24-hour race and sixteenth in the Paris 1000 km race .

Motorsport official

After the end of his active career, Dumazer worked for many years in various functions in motorsport and the automotive industry. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was company spokesman at Elf Aquitaine .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1956 FranceFrance Just-Émile Vernet VP 166R FranceFrance Lucien Campion Rank 14
1957 FranceFrance Automobilies VP VP 166R FranceFrance Bernard Consten failure accident
1958 FranceFrance Just-Émile Vernet VP FranceFrance Robert Dutoit failure Gearbox damage

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th
1957 Vernet et Pairard VP 166R ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM SwedenSweden KRI VenezuelaVenezuela CAR
DNF
1958 Just-Émile Vernet VP ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT
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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Jean-Marie Dumazer
  2. ↑ 1000 km Paris race in 1956
  3. ^ The connection between Dumazer as an ELF spokesman and the beginning of Alain Prost's career
personal data
SURNAME Dumazer, Jean-Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French automobile racing driver and motorsport official
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1929
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 2019