Lionel Robert

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Lionel Robert (born April 20, 1962 ) is a French racing car driver .

Career

Robert began his racing career in the early 1980s and came across various seater -Nachwuchsformeln quickly to sports car racing. In 1986 he made his debut for a British private team at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . In 1990 he became a works driver at Courage Compétition and for a number of years team partner of the former Formula 1 driver Pascal Fabre . In 1990 he also achieved his best placement in Le Mans when he finished seventh overall with Fabre and Michel Trollé . Between 1986 and 1998, Robert competed at Le Mans seven times.

At the beginning of the 2000s, he switched to the French sports car championship and has been racing in the V de V Sports series since 2007 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1986	Richard Cleare Racing	March 85G	Richard Cleare	Jack Newsum	14th place and class win
1990	Courage Compétition	Cougar C24S	Pascal Fabre	Michel Trollé	Rank 7
1991	Courage Compétiton	Cougar C26S	François Migault	Jean-Daniel Raulet	Rank 11
1992	Courage Compétition	Cougar C28	Pascal Fabre	Marco Brand	failure	accident
1993	Courage Compétition	Courage C30	Pascal Fabre	Derek Bell	Rank 10
1994	Courage Compètition	Courage C32LM	Pascal Fabre	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	failure	Engine failure
1998	Didier Bonnet	Debora LMP2	Eduard Sezionale	Pierre Bruneau	failure	Gearbox damage

Web links

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