Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann

Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann (born July 10, 1935 in Bern ) is a former Swiss automobile racing driver .

Racing career

Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann began his career in 1966 as a mountain racing driver . In the early 1970s, he switched to circuit racing and competed in the sports car world championship . His best place in this racing series was fourth overall in the 1979 Pergusa 6 Hours .

He competed four times in the Le Mans 24-hour race . He made his debut in 1973 and achieved his best overall ranking with 17th place in 1975 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1973	Wicky Racing Team	BMW 3.0 CSL	Cox cooker	Walter Brun	failure	Valve damage
1975	Philippe Dagoreau	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Philippe Dagoreau	Thierry Sabine	Rank 17
1976	William Vollery	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	William Vollery	Roger Dorchy	failure	battery
1979	Daniel Brillat	Cheetah G601	Daniel Brillat		failure	Power transmission

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1966	Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann	Marcos 1800 GT	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
													50
1973	Wicky Racing	BMW 3.0 CSL	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
										DNF
1976	William Vollery	Porsche Carrera RSR	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
														14th
1979	Daniel Brillat Ecurie Cedac	Cheetah G601	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
							DNF				DNF	4th				DNF

Web links

• Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann on racingsportscars.com
• Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann on racing-reference.info

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 6-hour race of Pergusa 1979