Lucien Pailler

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Lucien Pailler (born March 25, 1912 in La Trimouille ; † unknown) was a French racing driver .

Racing career

Lucien Pailler ran a car workshop for the French car brand Panhard in his hometown and was active as a racing driver in the 1950s. In addition to his appearances in national sports car races, he also competed twice in the Le Mans 24-hour race . In both 1954 and 1956 he had to give up prematurely due to accidents. In 1954 he had an accident on a Panhard X88 at an early stage of the race. The mission ended fatally in 1956. After driving five laps, his teammate Louis Héry had a serious accident in the Panhard X86 in Maison Blanche and died of his injuries in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1954 FranceFrance Automobiles Panhard et Levassor Panhard X88 FranceFrance Jacques Dewez failure accident
1956 FranceFrance Louis Héry Panhard X86 FranceFrance Louis Héry failure accident

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
1954 Panhard & Levassor Panhard X88 ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT MexicoMexico CAP
DNF

literature

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

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personal data
SURNAME Pailler, Lucien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH La Trimouille
DATE OF DEATH 20th century