Jean Mésange

Jean Mésange (born September 30, 1928 - September 15, 1999 ) was a French racing driver .

Career

In 1967, Jean Mésange took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race for the first time. His partner was the later race director of the ACO , Marcel Martin . With an Abarth 1300 , the two French came in 16th place overall and won the class for vehicles up to 1.3 liters.

In 1968, again Marcel Martin was his racing partner, Mésange reached the finish line, but was not counted because the distance was too short. The emergency vehicle this year was a Fiat Dino . Mésange, who also drove a Porsche 910 at the Sarthe, achieved his best result at Le Mans in 1971 when he and his partner Gérard Darton-Merlin finished ninth in the overall standings in a Porsche 911S .

Jean Mésange died in autumn 1999 as a result of a serious car accident.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1967	Ecurie du Maine	Abarth 1300	Marcel Martin	Rank 16
1968	Ecurie Fiat Abarth France	Fiat Dino	Marcel Martin	Rank 16
1969	Robert Buchet	Porsche 910	Jean de Mortemant	failure	Engine failure
1970	Jean Égreteaud	Porsche 911S	Jean Égreteaud	failure	Engine failure
1971	Jean Mésange	Porsche 911S	Gérard Darton-Merlin	Rank 9

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
1963		Peugeot 404	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
																							22nd
1964	Maine	Alpine A108	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
																			DNF
1967	Ecurie du Maine	Abarth 1300	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
									16
1968	Fiat Abarth France	Fiat Dino	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
												16
1969	Robert Buchet	Porsche 910	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
										DNF
1970	Jean Égreteaud	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
										DNF
1971	Jean Mésange	Porsche 911	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
											9

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissedre: 24 hours of mans . 1923-1992. 2 volumes. Édition d'Art JB Barthelemy, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

• Jean Mésange at Racing Sports Cars
• Jean Mésange at 24-hour en-piste