Nicolas Koob

The Porsche 911S of Guenther Huber , Nicolas Koob and Erwin Kremer before the start of the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans

Nicolas Koob (born July 26, 1930 in Préizerdaul ; † October 22, 2016 ) was a Luxembourg circuit and rally driver who was also an entrepreneur.

Career

Nicolas Koob was born as the son of a bus operator in Bettborn, a district of the Préizerdaul community. After the end of the Second World War , he trained as a mechanic and then worked as a taxi and bus driver.

He came into contact with motorsport late. In 1957 he bought a Triumph TR3 with which he competed in national rallies. He made his first international appearance in 1962 when he was at the start of the 1000 km race on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring . Together with the German Bruno Rente he drove a Porsche 718 GTR , but retired due to a defect. Until the mid-1970s, he mainly competed in long-distance races . He was registered several times in the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race and the Le Mans 24-hour race as driver and team manager of a small racing team. In Spa, his best placement was sixth overall in 1967 and at Le Mans seventh in 1970 , together with Erwin Kremer in a Porsche 911 . In 1990 , at the age of 60, he started again in Spa, but dropped out prematurely.

In the 1970s he was also active as a rally driver. In 1976 and 1977 he came in ninth place in the top ten of the final ranking of the Monte Carlo Rally . In 1970 he was voted Sportsman of the Year in Luxembourg .

In addition to his work as a racing driver, Koob was also an entrepreneur. In 1961 he took over his father's bus company and opened a discotheque in his home town.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1965	Equipe Grand Ducale Luxembourgeoise	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Alan Finkelstein		failure	Engine failure
1970	Écurie Luxembourg	Porsche 911S	Erwin Kremer		Rank 7 and class win
1971	Nicolas Koob	Porsche 911S	Erwin Kremer	Günther Huber	Rank 10
1977	Nicolas Koob	Porsche 934	Willy Braillard	Guillermo Ortega	failure	Cylinder overheated

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
1962	Bruno Runte	Porsche 718	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
									DNF
1963		DKW Junior	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
																							DNF
1965	Nicolas Koob Equipe Grand Ducale	Alfa Romeo TZ	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
										DNF	DNF			DNF
1970	Écurie Luxembourg	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
										7th
1971	Nicolas Koob	Porsche 911	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
											7th

Web links

Commons : Nicolas Koob  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nicolas Koob deceased (French)
2. ↑ List of Athletes of the Year (until 2007) ( Memento from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )