Jean Guichet

Jean Guichet in the Ferrari 275P2 at the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1965 in the Hatzenbach section

That of Alexander Calder geastaltete BMW Art Car , with Jean Guichet in the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans was the start

Jean Guichet (born August 10, 1927 in Marseille ) is a former French automobile racing driver and winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1964.

Career

Jean Guichet grew up in the south of France. His father was a well-known doctor in Marseille and the young Guichet founded a supplier for the shipping industry in the 1950s. In 1956 he started as a racing driver for the first time with a Ferrari 500 Mondial in a hill climb in Serrières-Annonay. Throughout his career, he drove almost exclusively races with vehicles of the Italian brand. In the 1960s he was a works driver for Scuderia Ferrari in the World Sports Car Championship .

Guichet celebrated his greatest success in 1964 at the 24-hour race of Le Mans , which he won together with Nino Vaccarella in a Ferrari 275P . Guichet competed in all of the major sports car races of his era.

At 1000 km race at the Nurburgring , he finished 1963 with Pierre Noblet and 1964 and 1965 with Mike Parkes as a partner two square. In 1965 Parkes / Guichet drove the 44 laps in a Ferrari 275P2 in 6: 53: 50.2 hours and finished 44.8 seconds behind the winners John Surtees / Ludovico Scarfiotti in the more powerful Ferrari 330P2.

In 1970 he was supposed to compete again in Le Mans with the Ferrari 512S , but a serious test accident prevented this plan. The prototypes became too fast for the then 43-year-old and he ended his career. In 1975 he returned for a race and drove a 3-liter BMW at Le Mans. Guichet, who is a close friend of the Belgian Pierre Noblet (like Guichet a multiple Le Mans starter), is still closely associated with the Ferrari brand.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1956	Automobiles Gordini	Gordini T15S	Robert Manzon		failure	no oil pressure
1957	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T24S	André Guelfi		failure	Engine failure
1960	Abarth & Cie	Fiat-Abarth 850S Bialbero	Paul Condrillier		failure	Clutch damage
1961	Pierre Noblet	Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB	Pierre Noblet		3rd place and class win
1962	Pierre Noblet	Ferrari 250 GTO	Pierre Noblet		Rank 2 and class win
1963	Pierre Noblet	Ferrari 330LMB	Pierre Noblet		failure	Engine failure
1964	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Ferrari 275P	Nino Vaccarella		Overall victory
1965	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Ferrari 330P2	Mike Parkes		failure	Gearbox damage
1966	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Ferrari 330P3	Lorenzo Bandini		failure	Engine failure
1967	Scuderia Filipinetti	Ferrari 412P	Herbert Mueller		failure	Piston damage
1968	Société des Automobiles Alpine	Alpine A220	Jean-Pierre Jabouille		failure	Electrics
1969	Equipe Matra Elf	Matra MS630	Nino Vaccarella		Rank 5
1975	Hervé Poulain	BMW 3.0 CSL	Hervé Poulain	Sam Posey	failure	Constant velocity joint

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1962	Abarth Corse	Fiat-Abarth 850S	Alfonso Thiele	Rank 10 and class win
1964	SEFAC Ferrari	Ferrari 250 GTO / 64	Carlo-Maria Abate	disqualified
1967	Scuderia Ambroeus	Ferrari Dino 206S	Pedro Rodríguez	failure	Motor overheated

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	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1957	Gordini	Ferrari 500 Mondial Gordini T24S	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
					13		DNF
1960	Abarth	Fiat-Abarth 850	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
							DNF
1961	Pierre Noblet	Ferrari 250 GT	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
						3
1962	Abarth Pierre Noblet Jean Guichet	Fiat-Abarth 850 Fiat-Abarth 1000 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Ferrari 250 GT Ferrari 250 GTO	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
					10	3	9		7th	2	4th						4th
1963	Pierre Noblet Jean Guichet	Ferrari 250 GTO Ferrari 330LMB	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
									2			DNF											1
1964	Carroll Shelby International Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia St. Ambroeus Scuderia Filipinetti	Shelby Cobra Ferrari 250 GTO Ferrari 275P Ferrari 250LM	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
			DNF	DNF	DNF		2		2		1								2			DNF
1965	Scuderia Ferrari North American Racing Team	Ferrari 275P2 Ferrari 330P2 Ferrari 365P2	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
							1		DNF		2			DNF	1
1966	Scuderia Ferrari Maranello Concessionaires	Ferrari Dino 206S Ferrari 330P3	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
						2	6th		DNF
1967	North American Racing Team Scuderia Ambroeus Scuderia Filipinetti	Ferrari 412P Ferrari Dino 206S	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
			3	DNF	DNF		DNF		DNF
1968	Porsche Alpine	Porsche 911 Alpine A220	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
						10		26th				DNF
1969	Matra	Matra MS650 Matra MS630	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
						DNF				5	DNF

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .
• Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

Commons : Jean Guichet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jean Guichet at Racing Sports Cars