Jean Ragnotti
Jean "Jeannot" Ragnotti (born August 29, 1945 in Pernes-les-Fontaines near Carpentras ) is a former French rally and circuit racing driver .
Career
Jean Ragnotti began rallying in the late 1960s. His first racing car was a Renault R8 Gordini . In 1970 he finished second overall in the French Rally Championship and made a name for himself for the first time. Over the years, the French established himself as an all-round driver. After a few years in monoposto racing - in 1975 he was runner-up in the European Formula Renault Championship - he returned to rallying in 1976 and also began to regularly drive sports car races. He proved his versatility in 1977 by winning the French Rallycross Championship, which he had dominated with a Renault Alpine A310 V6 .
In 1975 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , where he finished fourth in the overall standings in 1977 and 1978. However, he celebrated his greatest successes in the 1980s in the World Rally Championship . As a Renault factory driver, he won three world championship races. In 1981 he secured the overall ranking of the prestigious Monte Carlo Rally on a Renault 5 Turbo . In 1982 and 1985, Ragnotti won the Tour de Corse . In 1985 he won the so-called R5 Maxi Turbo , one of the most powerful rally cars of the time. In 1984 and 1985 he won the overall ranking of the Tour de France for automobiles with the R5 Turbo .
Until the end of his career, in the mid-1990s, Ragnotti kept switching between circuit racing and rally slopes. In 1989 he was touring car champion in his home country and in 1994 he celebrated his seventh French rally championship.
A racing car was also named after Jean Ragnotti: the Clio Renault Sport 2.0L Jean Ragnotti .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1975 | Philippe Mettetal | Tecma PHM755 | Michel Lateste | failure | ignition | ||
1977 | Inaltera | Inaltera LM77 | Jean Rondeau | 4th place and class win | |||
1978 | Ecurie Calberson | Alpine A442A | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | José Dolhem | Guy Fréquelin | Rank 4 | |
1979 | VSD Canon Jean Rondeau | Rondeau M379 | Bernard Darniche | Rank 5 | |||
1980 | Jean Rondeau ITT Le Point | Rondeau M379B | Henri Pescarolo | failure | overheated cylinder | ||
1981 | Calberson Jean Rondeau | Rondeau M379 | Jean-Louis Lafosse | failure | fatal accident in Lafosse | ||
1982 | Jean Rondeau Automobiles | Rondeau M382 | Jean Rondeau | Henri Pescarolo | failure | Engine failure |
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 .
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ragnotti, Jean |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ragnotti, Jeannot (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1945 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pernes-les-Fontaines near Carpentras |