Philippe Carron

Philippe Carron (born April 6, 1944 in Bagnes ) is a former Swiss racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Philippe Carron was in his career three times for the racing team of his friend André Wicky at the 24-hour race at Le Mans at the start. In 1973 he contested the race together with Wicky and Max Cohen-Olivar in a Porsche 908/2 and finished 21st in the overall standings. In 1974 and 1975 the racing cars used failed prematurely.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1973	André Wicky Racing Team	Porsche 908/2	Max Cohen-Olivar	André Wicky	Rank 21
1974	Wicky Racing Team	De Tomaso Pantera	Max Cohen-Olivar		failure	Gearbox damage
1975	Wicky Racing Team	Porsche 908/2	Max Cohen-Olivar	Joël Brachet	failure	Clutch damage

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
1966	Philippe Carron	Austin Mini	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
													76
1973	Wicky Racing	Porsche 908	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
										21st
1974	Wicky Racing	De Tomaso Pantera	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
							DNF

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

• Philippe Carron at the Driver Database