Olivier Thévenin

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The Ferrari F40 of Olivier Thévenin, Michel Ferté and Carlos Palau (who sits behind the wheel) at the 1995 Le Mans 24 Hours , where the trio finished 12th overall

Olivier Thévenin (born February 25, 1968 in Orléans ) is a former French racing driver .

Career

Monoposto

Olivier Thévenin began his career in the French Formula Renault Turbo Championship , which he finished fifth overall in 1987. A year later he finished this championship behind the overall winner Ludovic Faure , Michel Maisonneuve , Yvan Muller and Olivier Panis with 80 points in fifth. The emergency vehicle was a Martini MK54 . In 1992 he finished third behind Franck Lagorce and Emmanuel Clérico in the French Formula 3 championship and in 1994 switched to GT and sports car racing.

GT and sports cars

At the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s, he regularly competed in the French GT Championship, where he won five races over the course of the year. After a third overall place in 2004 (behind Patrick Bornhauser and the ex quo in second place Bruno Besson and David Hallyday ), he secured the overall victory of this series in 2005.

He competed seven times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans , with his best result in 1995 when he finished twelfth. After the end of the 2010 racing year, he ended his professional career.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1995 FranceFrance Aldix Racing pilot Ferrari F40LM FranceFrance Michel Ferté SpainSpain Carlos Palau Rank 12
1996 FranceFrance Pilot pen racing Ferrari F40LM FranceFrance Michel Ferté FranceFrance Nicolas Leboissetier failure Fire
1997 FranceFrance JB Racing Porsche 911 GT1 GermanyGermany Jürgen von Gartzen FranceFrance Alain Ferté failure Engine failure
1998 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Courage C41 FranceFrance Franck Fréon JapanJapan Yōjirō Terada Rank 16
1999 FranceFrance Riley & Scott Europe Riley & Scott Mk III / 2 South AfricaSouth Africa Gary Formato FranceFrance Philippe Gache failure Engine failure
2002 FranceFrance Luc Alphand Aventures Porsche 996 GT3 RS FranceFrance Christian Lavieille FranceFrance Luc Alphand Rank 24
2003 FranceFrance Scorp Motorsport Communication Chrysler Viper GTS-R FranceFrance Luis Marques FranceFrance Dominique Dupuy failure Engine failure

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ French Formula Renault Turbo Championship 1987
  2. ^ French Formula Renault Turbo Championship 1988
  3. ↑ French GT Championship 2004
  4. ^ French GT Championship 2005
personal data
SURNAME Thévenin, Olivier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Orleans