Jean Hemard

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Jean Hémard ( July 4, 1917 - July 2, 1982 ) was a French racing driver .

Racing career

In the 1950s, the brothers Jean and Pierre Hémard owned the French racing car manufacturer Monopole , which produced racing vehicles with a small engine displacement and Panhard technology. Jean Hémard was also active as a racing driver and competed a few times in the Le Mans 24-hour race . Three times, in 1950 , 1951 and 1952 , he achieved class victories with the self-made racing cars.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1949 FranceFrance Monopole Poissy Monopolies FranceFrance Raymond Lienard failure Engine failure
1950 FranceFranceEts. Monopolies Monopole X84 tank FranceFrance Jean de Montrémy Rank 22 and class win
1951 FranceFranceEts. Monopolies Monopoles X84 FranceFrance Jean de Montrémy Rank 25 and class win
1952 FranceFranceEts. Monopolies Monopoles X84 FranceFrance Eugène Dussous 14th place and class win
1953 FranceFrance Automobiles Panhard et Levassor Panhard X85 FranceFrance Jean de Montrémy not classified

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th
1953 Panhard & Levassor Panhard X85 United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT MexicoMexico CAP
DNF

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 .

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