Jean-Philippe Grand

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The Mercedes-AMG GT3 from Graff Racing for the Blancpain Endurance Series at the presentation in Paris 2011

Jean-Philippe Grand (born September 25, 1953 in Chinon ) is a former French car racing driver and racing team owner.

Racing career

Jean-Philippe Grand's driving career began in sports car racing in the 1970s. He made his first racing appearance in the Tour de France for automobiles in 1973 with a Porsche Carrera RSR as a team partner of Jean-François Piot . He couldn't finish the race because of a technical defect in the Porsche. His first endurance race was the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1980 . Grand reported a Chevron B36 that he drove with Yves Courage . After an accident, the team had to give up after just six laps. As a result, Grand was almost only involved in the Le Mans race , either with his own entries or for Courage Compétition , Yves Courage's team.

Up until 1991 , Grand was a driver at Le Mans ten times. His best place in the final classification was eleventh place in 1984 , together with Jean-Paul Libert and Pascal Witmeur in the Rondeau M379 . Also in 1986 he reached this position in the final ranking. In addition to the races at Le Mans, he occasionally competed in the Interseries and contested a few selected sports car races . He drove the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring in 1982 , the 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps in 1984 , where he was tenth overall, and the 500 km race at Monza in 1987 , where he was eighth.

Graff Racing

In 1986, Grand founded Graff Racing, a professional racing team. The team was involved in monoposto , GT and sports car racing. In 2008 he sold the team to Pascal Rauturier . Grand remained sporting director until 2013 and withdrew completely from racing at the end of the same year.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1980 FranceFrance Jean-Philippe Grand Chevron B36 FranceFrance Yves Courage failure accident
1981 FranceFrance Jean-Philippe Grand Lola T298 FranceFrance Yves Courage 18th place and class win
1982 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Cougar C01 FranceFrance Yves Courage FranceFrance Michel Dubois failure Gearbox damage
1984 FranceFrance Jean-Philippe Grand Rondeau M379 BelgiumBelgium Jean-Paul Libert BelgiumBelgium Pascal Witmeur Rank 11
1986 FranceFrance Graff Racing Rondeau M482 FranceFrance Jacques Goudchaux FranceFrance Marc Menant Rank 13
1987 FranceFrance Graff Racing Rondeau M482 BelgiumBelgium Gaston Rahier FranceFrance Jacques Terrien Rank 12
1988 FranceFrance Graff Racing Spice SE86C FranceFrance Maurice Guenoun FranceFrance Jacques Terrien failure Engine failure
1989 FranceFrance Graff Racing Spice SE89C FranceFrance Rémy Pochauvin FranceFrance Jean-Luc Roy Rank 19
1990 FranceFrance Graff Racing Spice SE88C FranceFrance Xavier Lapeyre FranceFrance Michel Maisonneuve Rank 23
1991 FranceFrance Graff Racing Spice SE88C FranceFrance Xavier Lapeyre FranceFrance Michel Maisonneuve failure Engine failure

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1982
  2. ^ 1000 km race of Spa-Francorchamps 1984
  3. ^ Monza 500 km race in 1987
  4. ↑ About Graff Racing
personal data
SURNAME Grand, Jean-Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French car racing driver and racing team owner
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Quinone