Louis Pons

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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 FranceFrance Jacques Lecat Renault 4CV FranceFrance Jacques Lecat Rank 25
1951 FranceFrance Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet DB tank FranceFrance Michel Aunaud Rank 28
1952 FranceFrance Renault Renault 4CV FranceFrance Paul Moser failure accident
1953 FranceFrance RNU Renault Renault 4CV FranceFrance Jean Rédélé failure Engine failure

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1955 FranceFrance Directed by Renault Co. Renault 1063 FranceFrance 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 United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT MexicoMexico CAP
151 DNF
1954 Renault 4CV ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT MexicoMexico CAP
66
1955 Renault Renault 4CV
Alpine A106
ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT ItalyItaly TAR
DNF 108
1956 Renault Dauphine ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM GermanyGermany ONLY SwedenSweden 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 .

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