Lucien Guitteny

The Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione with Lucien Guitteny at the 1973 24 Hours of Le Mans was the start

Lucien Guitteny (born June 17, 1944 ) is a former French racing driver .

Career

Lucien Guitteny began his motorsport career in 1970 in Formula France , a French monoposto junior formula . This was followed by two years in the British Formula 3 championship and two seasons in the French Formula Renault championship . After the successes in monopost sports remained modest, the Frenchman finally switched to touring and sports car racing in 1977 .

In 1978 he secured the overall ranking of the French Touring Car Championship in a Ford Capri RS . He competed seven times in the Le Mans 24-hour race between 1973 and 1983. On his debut as a works driver for the North American Racing Team and partner of Bob Grossman , he retired due to a defect in the Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 . His best placement in this endurance race was tenth overall in 1982. Guitteny drove sports car races until the mid-1990s and then retired from racing.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1973	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	Bob Grossman		failure	malfunction
1974	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	Christian Ethuin		Rank 11
1977	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	François Migault		Rank 16
1978	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 365 GT4 / BB	François Migault		Rank 16
1980	JMS Racing Charles Pozzi	Ferrari 512BB	Gérard Bleynie		failure	accident
1982	Primagaz	Rondeau M379	Pierre Yver	Bruno Sotty	Rank 10
1983	Primagaz	Rondeau M382	Pierre Yver	Bernard de Dryver	Disqualified

Web links

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• Lucien Guitteny at Racing Sports Cars