José Dolhem

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José Dolhem
José Dolhem in the Surtees TS16 (front) at the 1974 USA Grand Prix
Nation: FranceFrance France
Automobile world championship
First start: 1974 USA Grand Prix
Last start: 1974 USA Grand Prix
Constructors
1974  Team Surtees
statistics
World Cup balance: no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR
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World Cup points : -
Podiums : -
Leadership laps : -
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Louis José Lucien Dolhem (born April 26, 1944 in Paris , † April 16, 1988 in Saint-Étienne ) was a French racing driver and half-brother of Didier Pironi .

Career

José Dolhem began to drive a Lotus Super Seven national race in 1964 . The first attempts remained fragments, the study of technical economics at the Sorbonne in Paris, which he successfully completed in 1969 , had priority .

Dolhem was a textbook example of a 1970s Playboy racing driver. He valued the idea of ​​racing with all its conveniences. Sporting successes remained rare. In 1972 he drove for the Shell Meubles Arnold team with a March 722 the entire season of the Formula 2 European Championship without being able to show any countable results. Only in 1973 did his career get going, which was immediately slowed down by a serious accident. He had a serious accident during the warm-up for the Formula 2 race in Rouen (after finishing third in training) and had to skip the rest of the season.

In 1974 , however, he got a works contract with Team Surtees . He should start again in Formula 2 and in Formula 1 for the team. The contract was made possible by sponsorship from Shell France, which the chronically poorly financed racing team of John Surtees urgently needed. Again there was no success. Dolhem could only qualify for a Grand Prix once. At the US Grand Prix in Watkins Glen , Dolhem started the race from 26th and last place on the grid. On the ninth lap, his Austrian team-mate Helmut Koinigg had a serious accident. When it became known that Koinigg had not survived the accident, the team drew the consequences and Dolhem had to retire on the 25th lap.

In the spring of 1975 he suffered a serious neck injury while skiing, which forced him to take another season off. Surtees terminated the contract and Dolhem did not return to the racing scene until 1976 - again in Formula 2. Despite engagements at Chevron and AGS , the great successes failed to materialize and Dolhem ended his career at the end of the 1979 season.

In April 1988 he died in a plane crash near St. Etienne on the way to an offshore boat race.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1973 FranceFrance Automobiles Charles Pozzi Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 FranceFrance Alain Serpaggi Rank 9
1974 FranceFrance Equipe Gitanes Matra-Simca MS670B FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jaussaud FranceFrance Bob Wollek failure Engine failure
1976 FranceFrance Renault Sport Alpine A442 FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jabouille FranceFrance Patrick Tambay failure Cylinder damage
1978 FranceFrance Equipe Renault Elf Sport Calberson Alpine A442B FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Jabouille FranceFrance Jean Ragnotti FranceFrance Guy Fréquelin failure Engine failure

literature

  • Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who, 3rd Edition . Travel Publishing, London 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8

Web links

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