Noël del Bello
Noël del Bello (born December 25, 1942 in Nantua ) is a former French racing driver and racing team owner.
Racing career
Noël del Bello began his career in the 1960s at small racing events for GT vehicles in France. His first major international race was the 6-hour race in Dijon in 1979 , a race of the sports car world championship that year . Del Bello drove a Chevron B36 together with Bernard Verdier and dropped out of the race after finishing 13th (out of 27 starters).
In the same year he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans ; he finished this race in 22nd place overall. He achieved his best result in Le Mans in 1986 with 17th place. His most successful race in the World Sports Car Championship was the 1000 km race in Dijon in 1980 , which he finished fifth. Del Bello was active as a driver until 1991, when he concentrated entirely on his work as a racing team owner.
Racing team owner
Noël del Bello founded a racing team - Noël del Bello Racing - in the 1980s , which entered racing vehicles in GT and sports car races until the 2010s. Among other things, a Sauber C8 , a Reynard 2KQ , GT-Porsche and racing cars from Yves Courage were used.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1979 | Racing Organization Corse | Chevron B36 | Bernard Verdier | Albert Dufrene | Rank 22 | |
1983 | Hubert Striebig | Sthemo SM01 | Hubert Striebig | Jacques Heuclin | failure | Engine failure |
1984 | Hubert Striebig | Sthemo SMC2 | Hubert Striebig | Jacques Heuclin | failure | Gearbox damage |
1985 | Ecurie Blanchet Locatop | Rondeau M379 | Hubert Striebig | Michel Dubois | failure | suspension |
1986 | Lucien Rossiaud | Rondeau M379C | Lucien Rossiaud | Bruno Sotty | Rank 17 | |
1988 | Noël del Bello Racing | Clean C8 | Bernard de Dryver | Bernard Santal | failure | Engine failure |
1989 | Porto Kaleo team | Tiga GC289 | Jean-Claude Justice | Jean-Claude Ferrarin | failure | Engine failure |
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 |
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1979 | Racing organization | Chevron B36 | DAY | SEB | MUG | VALLEY | DIJ | RIV | SIL | ONLY | LEM | BY | DAY | WAT | SPA | BRH | ROA | VAL | ELS |
DNF | 22nd | ||||||||||||||||||
1980 | Société ROC | Lola T298 | DAY | BRH | SEB | MUG | MON | RIV | SIL | ONLY | LEM | DAY | WAT | SPA | MOS | ROA | VAL | DIJ | |
5 | |||||||||||||||||||
1983 | Hubert Striebig | Sthemo SM01 | MON | SIL | ONLY | LEM | SPA | FUJ | KYA | ||||||||||
DNF | |||||||||||||||||||
1984 | Hubert Striebig | Sthemo SMC2 | MON | SIL | LEM | ONLY | BRH | MOS | SPA | IMO | FUJ | KYA | SAN | ||||||
DNF | DNF | ||||||||||||||||||
1985 | Ecurie Blanchet | Rondeau M379 | MUG | MON | SIL | LEM | HOK | MOS | SPA | BRH | FUJ | SEL | |||||||
DNF | DNF | ||||||||||||||||||
1986 | Lucien Rossiaud | Rondeau M379 | MON | SIL | LEM | NOW | BRH | JER | ONLY | SPA | FUJ | ||||||||
17th | DNF | 20th | |||||||||||||||||
1987 | Noël del Bello | Clean C8 | JAR | JER | MON | SIL | LEM | NOW | BRH | ONLY | SPA | FUJ | |||||||
DNF | |||||||||||||||||||
1988 | del Bello Racing | Clean C8 | JER | JAR | MON | SIL | LEM | BRÜ | BRH | ONLY | SPA | FUJ | SAN | ||||||
DNF | DNF | DNF |
Web links
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bello, Noël del |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nantua |