Mathieu Hezemans
Mathieu "Thieu" Hezemans (born June 21, 1915 in Eindhoven , † February 4, 1985 ) was a Dutch racing driver and entrepreneur.
family
Mathieu Hezemans he was the first racing driver from the Dutch Hezemans family. His son Antoine , called Toine, was a successful GT and sports car driver in the 1970s. This was European Touring Car Champion in 1970 and 1973 , won the Targa Florio in 1971 and, among other things, twice the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring and once the Daytona 24-hour race . His grandchildren Mike and Loris Hezemans also took up the profession of professional racing driver.
Career in motorsport
Mathieu Hezemans ran a car dealership in his hometown of Eindhoven and was one of the first Dutch importers of the Porsche brand . He was active as a driver in the 1950s. Has competed several times in the 1000 km race on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring . In 1953 he was fifteenth overall and in 1956 26th in the final classification. 1956 he went together with Carel Godin de Beaufort one of Wolfgang Seidel reported Porsche 550/4 Spyder at the 24-hour race at Le Mans , fell after a suspension defect but prematurely.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1956 | Wolfgang Seidel | Porsche 550/4 Spyder | Carel Godin de Beaufort | failure | suspension |
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 |
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1953 | NAV | Porsche 356 | SEB | MIM | LEM | SPA | ONLY | RTT | CAP | |||||||||||||||
15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1956 |
Gotfrid Köchert Mathieu Hezemans |
Porsche 550 | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | KRI | |||||||||||||||||
24 | DNF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1957 | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Porsche 356 | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | LEM | KRI | CAR | |||||||||||||||
43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1958 | Mathieu Hezemans | Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV | BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | ||||||||||||||||
DNF |
literature
- Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hezemans, Mathieu |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hezemans, Thieu (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch racing driver and entrepreneur |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1915 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Eindhoven , Netherlands |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th February 1985 |