Louis Pons

Racing version of the Renault 4CV

Marie Emilé Louis Pons (born October 18, 1914 in Paris , † July 30, 1980 ) was a French racing driver .

Racing career

Louis Pons was a close friend of Jean Rédélé , the founder of Alpine , with whom he was a works driver at Renault in the 1950s . He started four times in the 24-hour races of Le Mans , where he was 25th overall in 1950 in a Renault 4CV .

Twice, in 1952 and 1954 , he and Rédélé won the racing class for touring cars up to 0.7 liters in the Mille Miglia . The emergency vehicle here was also a Renault 4CV.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1950	Jacques Lecat	Renault 4CV	Jacques Lecat	Rank 25
1951	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	DB tank	Michel Aunaud	Rank 28
1952	Renault	Renault 4CV	Paul Moser	failure	accident
1953	RNU Renault	Renault 4CV	Jean Rédélé	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1955	Directed by Renault Co.	Renault 1063	Jean Rédélé	failure	accident

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	Renault	Renault 4CV	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
				151	DNF
1954		Renault 4CV	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
					66
1955	Renault	Renault 4CV Alpine A106	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
				DNF	108
1956		Renault Dauphine	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
					DNF

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

• Information on Louis Pons
• Louis Pons at Racing Sports Cars