Pascal Pessiot

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Pascal Pessiot (born November 14, 1952 ) is a former French racing driver and entrepreneur.

Career in motorsport

Pascal Pessiot competed in monoposto and sports car races in the 1980s . The wealthy Frenchman financed most of his races himself and in this way he did a few races in the French and European Formula 3 championships . Pessiot did not drive to earn a living and was at the start seven times in his career in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . Apart from this race, he only contested one other long-distance race . At 1000 km race at Brands Hatch in 1986 he reached with the Sauber SHS C6 of Roland Bassaler 17th overall.

At Le Mans he was closely associated with Welter Racing for many years and always drove for this team until 1990 . In 1989 , Pessiot was particularly brave. Four hours before the end of the race, the WM P489 caught fire just after the Mulsanne because leaking oil ignited on the hot engine. Pessiot drove the car, from which more and more fire broke out, four kilometers to the Indianapolis curve, because there he could park the car behind the guardrails, where the fire was also immediately put out. His best placement at Le Mans was 12th overall in 1986 .

Entrepreneur

Pessiot was a real estate investor for many years and held a leading position in French gaming. Until May 2011 he was chairman of Societe Francaise de Casinos SA .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1984 FranceFrance WM Secateva WM P83B FranceFrance Jean-Daniel Raulet FranceFrance Michel Pignard failure Motor overheated
1985 FranceFrance World Cup Peugeot WM P83B FranceFrance Patrick Gaillard FranceFrance Dominique Fornage failure Disqualified
1986 FranceFrance WM Secateva WM P83B FranceFrance Roger Dorchy SwitzerlandSwitzerland Claude Haldi Rank 12
1987 FranceFrance WM Secateva WM P86 FranceFrance Jean-Daniel Raulet FranceFrance François Migault failure Engine failure
1988 FranceFrance WM Secateva WM P88 FranceFrance Jean-Daniel Raulet failure Gearbox damage
1989 FranceFrance WM Secateva WM P489 FranceFrance Jean-Daniel Raulet FranceFrance Philippe Gache failure Wagon fire
1990 FranceFrance Courage Compétition Cougar C24S SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bernhard Thuner FranceFrance Alain Iannetta failure Engine failure

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 1986 Brands Hatch 1000km race
  2. ↑ Information about Pascal Pessiot at Reuters
personal data
SURNAME Pessiot, Pascal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1952