Jean-Paul Libert

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The WR LM94 driven by Hervé Regout , Jean-François Yvon and Jean-Paul Libert at the 1994 Le Mans 24-hour race

Jean-Paul Libert (born October 14, 1955 in Kigali ) is a former Belgian racing driver and entrepreneur.

Career in motorsport

Jean-Paul Libert was mainly active in touring and sports car racing . He had one of his first international racing appearances at the Daytona 24-hour race in 1980 . As partner of the two Venezuelans Francisco Romero and Ernesto Soto in a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR, the race ended in 13th place overall. In 1981 he drove a Mazda RX-7 from Z & W Enterprises at the races in Daytona , Sebring and Monza in the World Sports Car Championship .

In 1981 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Ferrari 512BB LM from Rennod Rating . Libert competed ten times in the 24-hour race in France. His best placement in the final classification was sixth overall in 1982 , together with Pierre Dieudonné and Carson Baird . In 1985 he won group B class ; he drove a BMW M1 with team partner Edgar Dören and Martin Birrane .

His last race participation was in 2001 in the 24-hour race of Spa-Francorchamps, which he finished 20th in the overall standings.

The entrepreneur

In addition to his career in motorsport, Libert was active as an entrepreneur. He was the founder of DxLus, a company that organized trips and trips for owners of exclusive sports cars. He also built up a sales organization for computer and online games, which among other things introduced the game pirelligpchallange in the USA.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1981 BelgiumBelgium Rennod Racing Ferrari 512BB LM BelgiumBelgium Pierre Dieudonné BelgiumBelgium Jean Xhenceval Rank 9
1982 United StatesUnited States Prancing Horse Farm Racing Ferrari 512BB LM BelgiumBelgium Pierre Dieudonné United StatesUnited States Carson Baird Rank 6
1983 FranceFrance Christian Bussi Rondeau M382 BelgiumBelgium Pascal Witmeur BelgiumBelgium Daniel Herregods Rank 19
1984 FranceFrance Jean-Philippe Grand Rondeau M379 BelgiumBelgium Pascal Witmeur FranceFrance Jean-Philippe Grand Rank 11
1985 GermanyGermany Helmut Gall BMW M1 IrelandIreland Martin Birrane GermanyGermany Edgar Dören 15th place and class win
1986 GermanyGermany MK Motorsport BMW M1 BelgiumBelgium Pascal Witmeur GermanyGermany Michael Krankenberg not classified
1987 BelgiumBelgium Dahm Cars Racing Team Argo JM19 GermanyGermany Peter Fritsch BelgiumBelgium Teddy Pilette failure Engine failure
1993 FranceFrance Team Paduwa Porsche Carrera 2 Cup GermanyGermany Harald Grohs BelgiumBelgium Didier Theys failure Motor overheated
1994 FranceFrance Welter Racing WR LM94 FranceFrance Jean-François Yvon BelgiumBelgium Hervé Regout failure Engine failure
1997 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Courage C36 SwedenSweden Fredrik Ekblom BelgiumBelgium Jean-Louis Ricci Rank 16

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1981 United StatesUnited States Z & W Enterprises Mazda RX-7 United StatesUnited States Pierre Honegger BelgiumBelgium Pierre Dieudonné failure no petrol
1996 United StatesUnited States Wheel Works Racing Courage C41 United StatesUnited States Steve Fossett United StatesUnited States Rick Sutherland failure accident

Web links

Commons : Jean-Paul Libert  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1980 Daytona 24-hour race
  2. ^ 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps 2001
personal data
SURNAME Libert, Jean-Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Kigali