Jean-Marie Lemerle

Jean-Marie Lemerle (born January 7, 1947 ) is a former French car racing driver and racing team owner.

Career in motorsport

Jean-Marie Lemerle was active as a sports car driver in the 1970s and 1980s . He ran his own small racing team in national races, in the sports car world championship and in the Le Mans 24-hour race . Between 1975 and | In 1983 he competed eight times in Le Mans. His debut race, with his partners Alain Levié and Patrick Daire in the Lola T292 , he finished 22nd overall. He achieved his best placement in 1982 with 12th place

Apart from Le Mans, he mainly took part in races of the sports car world championship races in France. His best result in a final classification was 17th in the 6-hour race in Dijon in 1979 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1975	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Lola T292	Alain Levié	Patrick Daire	Rank 22
1976	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Lola T294	Alain Levié	Patrick Daire	not classified
1977	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Lola T294	Alain Levié	Pierre-François Rousselot	failure	Power transmission
1978	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Lola T294	Alain Levié	Pierre-François Rousselot	failure	Chassis broken
1979	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Lola T298	Alain Levié	Jean-Pierre Malcher	failure	Oil pump
1981	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Lola T298	Alain Levié	Max Cohen-Olivar	failure	Electrics
1982	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Lancia Beta Monte Carlo	Joe Castellano	Max Cohen-Olivar	Rank 12
1983	Edgar Dören	Porsche 930	Alain Yvon	Michael Krankenberg	failure	Gearbox damage

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

• Jean-Marie Lemerle at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 6-hour race of Dijon 1979