Jean Estager

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Jean Estager (born August 3, 1919 - † April 9, 2002 ) was a French racing car driver .

Career

Jean Estager was active as a rally and circuit racing driver in the 1940s and 1950s. His greatest success in rally sport was the overall victory at the Acropolis Rally in 1957 in a Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Pininfarina and his wife Simone as co-driver.

On the circuit he had his first appearance at the 12-hour race in Paris in 1948 , where he and Viviane Elder finished 28th overall. In 1949 he finished the Coupe du Salon in Montlhéry behind Harry Schell in second overall and was seventh in the same year with Henri Louveau in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . His greatest successes on the circuit were the third overall places at the Grand Prix de Picardie 1954 ( Maserati A6GCS ), the Grand Prix des Frontières 1955 ( Ferrari 750 Monza ) and the Tour de France for automobiles in 1958 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1950 FranceFrance Henri Louveau Delage Type D 6-3 liters FranceFrance Henri Louveau Rank 7
1951 FranceFrance Team Renault Renault 4CV 1063 FranceFrance Jean-Louis Rosier failure accident

literature

  • Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. 2 volumes. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 12-hour race of Paris in 1948
  2. ^ Coupes du Salon 1949
  3. ↑ 1954 Picardy Grand Prix
  4. ^ Grand Prix des Frontières 1955
personal data
SURNAME Estager, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1919
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 2002