Jean Laroche
Jean Laroche (born September 29, 1914 - † May 5, 1967 ) was a French racing car driver .
Career in motorsport
Jean Laroche first appeared as a racing driver in 1951 when he finished 46th in the Tour de France for automobiles in a Renault 4CV . In 1953 he was back on the tour; this time together with Rémy Radix on an Osca MT4 1300 reported by Guglielmo Carraroli . Neither of them could finish the race.
He contested his first Le Mans 24-hour race in 1956 as a works driver for Osca . Again, Radix was his partner; The duo only got four laps, then Radix had an accident. Laroche's best placement at Le Mans was 14th in the 1958 final classification .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1956 | Automobili OSCA | Osca Sport 750 | Rémy Radix | failure | accident |
1957 | Automobili OSCA | Osca Sport 750 | Rémy Radix | Rank 19 | |
1958 | Automobili OSCA | Osca Sport 750 | Rémy Radix | Rank 14 | |
1959 | OSCA Automobili | Osca Sport 750 | André Testut | failure | Gearbox damage |
1960 | Automobiles OSCA | Osca Sport 750 | André Simon | failure | Engine failure |
1961 | Automobili OSCA | Osca Sport 750 | Colin Davis | failure | cooler |
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 |
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1957 | Osca | Osca S750 | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | LEM | KRI | CAR | |||||||||||||||
61 | 19th | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1958 | Automobili OSCA | Osca Sport 750 | BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | ||||||||||||||||
14th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1959 | Automobili OSCA | Osca Sport 750 | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1960 | Automobili OSCA | Osca Sport 750 | BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1961 | Automobili OSCA | Osca Sport 750 | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | PES | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963 | Fiat-Abarth 700 Bialbero | DAY | SEB | SEB | TAR | SPA | MAY | ONLY | CON | ROS | LEM | MON | WIS | TAV | FRE | CCE | RTT | OVI | ONLY | MON | MON | TDF | BRI | |
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1964 | Bourgogne | BMW 1800 Ti | DAY | SEB | TAR | MON | SPA | CON | ONLY | ROS | LEM | REI | FRE | CCE | RTT | SIM | ONLY | MON | TDF | BRI | BRI | PAR | ||
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 .
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Laroche, Jean |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1914 |
DATE OF DEATH | May 5th 1967 |