Maurice Trintignant
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| First start: | Monaco Grand Prix 1950 | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1964 Italian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1950–1951 Equipe Gordini • 1952 Ecurie Rosier , Gordini • 1953 Gordini • 1954 Ecurie Rosier, Ferrari • 1955 Ferrari • 1956 Vanwall , Bugatti • 1957 Ferrari • 1958 Rob Walker Racing , Scuderia Centro Sud , BRM • 1959 Rob Walker Racing • 1960 Rob Walker Racing, Scuderia Centro Sud, Aston Martin • 1961 Scuderia Serenissima • 1962 Rob Walker Racing • 1963 Reg Parnell Racing , Scuderia Centro Sud • 1964 Maurice Trintignant | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | World Cup fourth ( 1954 , 1955 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 72.33 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 10 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | 75 over 248,559 km | ||||||||
Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant (born October 30, 1917 in Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes , Dep. Vaucluse , † February 13, 2005 in Nîmes ) was a French racing driver .
Life
Trintignant, the son of a winemaker, had a nearly 30-year racing career that began in the pre-war years and continued into the 1960s.
Trintignant started out as a mechanic for his older brothers. The death of Louis Trintignant as a racing driver in 1933 came as a shock to him, but he started racing himself at the 1938 Grand Prix de Pau on Bugatti and was able to win smaller races as early as 1939.
After the war, he returned to the racetrack in his Bugatti, which he had hidden in a barn, in the Bois de Boulogne race in 1945 . Apparently the car was not stored well, rat excrement ( French "les petoules") in the tank led to his departure and Jean-Pierre Wimille then gave him the nickname "Le Petoulet", which he wore humorously.
More post-war races on Amilcar and Delage followed before he suffered a serious accident at the 1948 Swiss Grand Prix and fell into a coma . Trintignant, who had already been declared dead, returned and competed in races again from 1949.
In the Formula 1 seasons of 1950 and 1951 , he competed unsuccessfully in races with Simca-Gordini , followed by appearances in a private Ferrari . In the seasons 1952 and 1953 the first successes came, two fifth places made Ferrari sit up and take notice and he got a works contract for 1954 and 1955 . At the Monaco Grand Prix in 1955 , he celebrated a great victory, two second places ( Belgium in 1954 and Argentina in 1955 ) are in his track record. He also won the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1954 with José Froilán González .
His trademarks were the blue woolen hat on his head and the cigarette in the corner of his mouth - also in the cockpit.
In 1956 he drove for Vanwall , but when the large pre-war Bugatti team made a comeback in Formula 1 in 1956, Trintignant was released and allowed to compete for his pre-war team. After just one race at the 1956 French Grand Prix - Trintignant had left after an unsuccessful race - Bugatti gave up and the Frenchman returned to Vanwall.
In 1957 he drove sporadically for Ferrari and in 1958 for Rob Walker's Cooper private team, where he celebrated his second Formula 1 success, again in Monaco . Apart from occasional appearances on BRM , Scuderia Centro Sud and Aston Martin , he stayed with Rob Walker until the end of the 1960 season and reached four other podium places in Formula 1 world championship races.
In 1961 he was seen in the Scuderia Serenissima , the next year he returned to Rob Walker, in 1963 he drove two races for Reg Parnell Racing and one for Scuderia Centro Sud. His long career ended at BRM in 1964, and fifth place at the 1964 German Grand Prix was his last successful result. Trintignant holds a record in Formula 1 history that is still valid today; between 1950 and 1964 he competed for 14 different teams.
After a successful racing career with a total of 82 Grand Prix races, he became a wine grower in Vergèze ( Gard department ) and later also mayor of this municipality. One of his wines is still known today as "Le Petoulet".
Maurice Trintignant was the uncle of the actor Jean-Louis Trintignant and the great-uncle of Marie Trintignant , who was also an actress and hit the headlines after her violent death in 2003.
Maurice Trintignant died on February 13, 2005 at the age of 87 in a hospital in Nîmes.
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
Grand Prix victories
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1955: Monaco
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1958: Monaco (Monte Carlo)
general overview
Single results
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 1950 |
Automobiles Gordini
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Simca-Gordini T15S |
Robert Manzon
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failure | Water loss |
| 1951 |
Equipe Gordini
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Gordini T15S |
Jean Behra
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failure | Engine failure |
| 1952 |
Ecurie Rosier
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Ferrari 340 America Spyder |
Louis Rosier
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failure | Clutch damage |
| 1953 |
Automobiles Gordini
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Gordini T16S |
Harry Schell
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| 1954 |
Scuderia Ferrari
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Ferrari 375 Plus |
José Froilán González
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| 1955 |
Scuderia Ferrari
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Ferrari 121LM |
Harry Schell
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failure | Cylinder overheated |
| 1956 |
Scuderia Ferrari
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Ferrari 625LM Spider Touring |
Olivier Gendebien
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Rank 3 | |
| 1957 |
Scuderia Ferrari
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Ferrari 250TR58 |
Olivier Gendebien
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failure | Engine failure |
| 1958 |
David Brown Racing Dept.
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Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 |
Tony Brooks
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failure | Gearbox damage |
| 1959 |
David Brown Racing Dept.
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Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 |
Paul Brother
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| 1960 |
Porsche KG
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Porsche 718/4 |
Hans Herrmann
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failure | ignition |
| 1961 |
Scuderia Serenissima
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Ferrari 250 GT SWB |
Carlo-Maria Abate
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failure | Gearbox damage |
| 1962 |
Maserati France
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Maserati Tipo 151 |
Lucien Bianchi
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failure | suspension |
| 1964 |
Maserati France
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Maserati Tipo 151 |
André Simon
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failure | Electrics |
| 1965 |
Ford France SA
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Ford GT40 Roadster |
Guy Ligier
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failure | Gearbox damage |
Sebring results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 1957 |
Ferrari Factory
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Ferrari 315 Sport |
Peter Collins
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Rank 6 |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
Web links
- Biography in grandprix.com (English)
- Biography in Ferrariownersclub ( Memento from June 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- RACING AS A TASK FOR LIFE / Grand Prix driver, wine-grower and mayor: Maurice Trintignant 1917 - 2005
- Maurice Trintignant. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ kicker special edition 2015
- ↑ After 50 laps Harry Schell gave up his car
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Trintignant, Maurice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trintignant, Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 2005 |
| Place of death | Nîmes |