Marcel Becquart

On a Jowett Jupiter R1 , Marcel Becquart achieved two class wins at the Le Mans 24-hour race

Marcel Becquart (born May 10, 1914 in Annecy ; † February 23, 2010 there ) was a French rally and circuit racing driver .

Racing career

Marcel Becquart was active for many years in his hometown of Annecy as managing director of a company that manufactures watch straps and for a long time he was a member of the mind of the Automobile Club du Mont-Blanc . In this role he founded the Rallye du Mont-Blanc in 1947 .

In the 1950s, Becquart was also active as a driver. His greatest success in rallying was the overall victory at the Monte Carlo Rally in 1950 on a Hotchkiss 686 GS. In the following years he repeatedly achieved good results at the Monte Carlo Rally . In 1955 he finished seventh, in 1956 eighth and in 1958 sixth.

On the racetrack, he almost exclusively competed in the Le Mans 24-hour race . In 1951 and 1952 he celebrated class wins on a Jowett Jupiter R1 . His best place in the overall classification was tenth in 1955 , with partner Maurice Gatsonides in the works Frazer-Nash Le Mans Coupe .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1951	Marcel Becquart	Jowett Jupiter R1	Gordon Wilkins	Rank 21 and class win
1952	Marcel Becquart	Jowett Jupiter R1	Gordon Wilkins	Rank 13 and class win
1953	Donald Healey Motor Company	Austin-Healey 100	Gordon Wilkins	Rank 14
1954	Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd.	Frazer Nash Le Mans Coupe	Maurice Gatsonides	Rank 11
1955	Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd.	Frazer Nash Sebring	Richard Stoop	Rank 10
1960	Standard triumph	Triumph TR4S	Keith Ballisat	not classified
1961	Standard Triumph Motor Company	Triumph TR4S	Mike Rothschild	Rank 15

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	Donald Healey Motor Company	Austin-Healey 100	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
					14th
1954	Frazer Nash	Frazer Nash Le Mans	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
						11
1955	Frazer Nash	Frazer Nash Sebring	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
						10
1960	Standard Motor Company	Triumph TR4S	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
							DNF
1961	Standard Motor Company	Triumph TR4S	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
						15th

Web links

• Marcel Becquart at the Driver Database
• Marcel Becquart at Racing Sports Cars
• Marcel Becquart at EWRC Results

Individual evidence

1. ^ Monte Carlo Rally 1950