Léon Couliboeuf

Cockpit of a Maserati 200SI ; Couliboeuf contested the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1957 with this racing car model

Léon Couliboeuf (* in La Rochelle ; † 2013 in Bouteville ) was a French racing car driver and industrialist.

Career in motorsport

Couliboeuf did not operate motorsport as a main job, but as a man's driver . His first assignment was in the Tour de France for automobiles in 1954 . In the stage race leading across France, he also dropped out of a Ferrari 500 Mondial prematurely. He finished the tour in 1956 in tenth place overall.

1957 he played together with compatriot José Behra , the 24-hour race at Le Mans . The Maserati 200SI used was in his possession. A leak in the tank prevented a finish. The duo also dropped out at the 1000 km race in Kristianstad .

His last assignment was in the Tour de France for automobiles in 1960 . This time he finished the stage race in 19th place overall.

Entrepreneur

Couliboeuf trained as an electrician . A special French patent on concrete masts , which can be used in many ways as overhead line masts , gave him wealth and financial independence.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1957	Léon Couliboeuf	Maserati 200SI	José Behra	failure	Leak in the tank

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
1957	Léon Couliboeuf José Behra	Maserati 200SI	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
							DNF	DNF

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

• Léon Couliboeuf at Racing Sports Cars
• On the death of Léon Couliboeuf (French)