Michel Neugarten

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Michel Ferté , Michel Neugarten and Olivier Grouillard's Venturi 600LM at the 1994 Le Mans 24-hour race

Michel Neugarten (born April 11, 1955 in Uccle ) is a former Belgian racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Michel Neugarten began his career in the early 1980s with the Belgian monopostos . After racing in Formula 3000 , he switched to GT and sports car racing in 1990 . The first few years he contested races in the Belgian touring car championship and made his debut in 1993 at the Le Mans 24-hour race . By 2003 he had competed nine times in this 24-hour race . In 1997 he won the GT2 class together with Guy Martinolle and Jean-Claude Lagniez in a Porsche 911 GT2 registered by Haberthur Racing . At the end of the race, Neugarten had to make do with the remaining three gears on the Porsche transmission.

Apart from Le Mans, Neugarten was mainly involved in the FIA GT Championship and the Porsche Supercup .

In the film industry

After his active racing career ended, Neugarten worked in the film industry for many years . He worked as a technical consultant for Luc Besson and coordinated the driving scenes for the films Transporter - The Mission , Transporter 3 and Michel Vaillant . In this role he also worked for John Frankenheimer and his film Ronin .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1994 FranceFrance Société Jacadi Racing Venturi 600LM FranceFrance Michel Ferté FranceFrance Olivier Grouillard failure Engine failure
1996 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Eleven Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Toni Seiler FranceFrance Bruno Ilien failure Gearbox damage
1997 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Eleven Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 FranceFrance Guy Martinolle FranceFrance Jean-Claude Lagniez 9th place and class win
1998 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Eleven Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 FranceFrance David Smadja FranceFrance Jean-Claude Lagniez failure Power transmission
2000 GermanyGermany Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R MoroccoMorocco Max Cohen-Olivar CanadaCanada Tony Burgess Rank 18
2001 FranceFrance Perspective Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R FranceFrance Thierry Perrier United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nigel Smith Rank 9
2002 FranceFrance DAMS Lola B98 / 10 FranceFrance Emmanuel Clérico FranceFrance Philippe Gache not classified
2003 FranceFrance Thierry Perrier Porsche 911 GT3-RS United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ian Khan United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nigel Smith Rank 18

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personal data
SURNAME Neugarten, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Uccle