Marc Gignoux

Marc Gignoux (born October 11, 1914 in Lyon , † October 27, 1991 in Paris ) was a French racing driver .

Career

Marc Gignoux was the son of an industrial chemist and a successful skier before World War II . His ski friends included Émile Allais , James Couttet and Françoise Matussière , who became his wife. During the Second World War he served as an alpine hunter with the Chasseurs alpins .

After the war he started motor sports . He competed in the Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti , the Mille Miglia and the Tour de France for automobiles , which he won in 1952 with his wife as a passenger on a DB 750 . Gignoux always competed for Deutsch & Bonnet and made his debut at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1953 . The result was 19th place overall in DB HBR . A 16th final place followed in 1954 . He made his last appearance in the 12-hour race in Reims in the same year , after which he ended his career.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1953	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	DB HBR	Marc Azéma	Rank 19
1954	Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet	DB HBR	Louis Cornet	Rank 16

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	German & Bonnet	DB HBR	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
				DNF	19th	4th
1954	German & Bonnet	DB HBR	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
					DNF	16

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

• Marc Gignoux at Racing Sports Cars
• About Marc Gignoux (French)
• Family tree of the Gignoux family
• Marc Gignoux at 24-hour en-piste