Patrick Bourdais

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Nicolas Minassian , Olivier Couvreur and Patrick Bourdais' Alpa LM in the Esses at the 1994 Le Mans 24-hour race

Patrick Bourdais (born September 16, 1954 in L'Hermitage ) is a former French racing driver and the father of Sébastien Bourdais .

Career in motorsport

Patrick Bourdais' career is closely linked to a race; the Le Mans 24 hour race . Between 1993 and 2006 he took part in the 24-hour race in western France nine times . He made his debut in 1993 on a Sauber SHS C6 registered by Roland Bassaler . The mission ended prematurely after an accident. The last time he raced, he drove a Porsche 911 GT3-RSR in 2006 , which was reported by Noël del Bello . This time, too, the race ended prematurely after an accident with a team mate. His best finish in the final standings was the 20th place in 1996 in the Porsche 911 GT2 of Larbre Compétition .

Apart from Le Mans, he celebrated successes in the French Renault 5 and Renault Clio Cup . In 1987 he was third overall in the Renault 5 Turbo Cup, and in 1991 he was overall winner in the Renault Clio Cup.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1993 FranceFrance Roland Bassaler Clean SHS C6 FranceFrance Roland Bassaler FranceFrance Jean-Louis Capette failure accident
1994 FranceFrance Roland Bassaler Alpa LM FranceFrance Nicolas Minassian FranceFrance Olivier Couvreur failure suspension
1995 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Agusta Racing Team Callaway Corvette SuperNatural ItalyItaly Almo Coppelli DenmarkDenmark Thorkild Thyrring failure accident
1996 FranceFrance Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 GermanyGermany André Ahrlé FranceFrance Patrice Goueslard Rank 20
1997 FranceFrance Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 United StatesUnited States Peter Kitchak BrazilBrazil André Lara Resende failure Gearbox damage
2003 JapanJapan T2M motorsport Porsche 996 GT3 RS BelgiumBelgium Vanina Ickx FranceFrance Roland Bervillé Rank 27
2004 United StatesUnited States Panoz Motor Sports Panoz Elan GTR1 FranceFrance Jean-Luc Blanchemain FranceFrance Roland Bervillé failure Clutch damage
2005 United StatesUnited States Panoz Motor Sports Panoz Esperante GT-LM United StatesUnited States Bryan Sellers United KingdomUnited Kingdom Marino Franchitti failure malfunction
2006 FranceFrance Noël del Bello Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR United KingdomUnited Kingdom Adam Sharpe BelgiumBelgium Tom Cloet failure accident

Web links

Commons : Patrick Bourdais  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Renault-5-Turbo-Cup-1987
  2. ^ Renault Clio Cup 1991
personal data
SURNAME Bourdais, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH L'Hermitage