Philippe Farjon

Philippe Farjon (born February 26, 1936 ) is a former French racing car driver .

Career

Philippe Farjon was involved in sports car races over three decades, especially in the Le Mans 24-hour race . How long this period was is shown by the winners and their vehicles at his and his last Le Mans outing. In his first race he in 1964 on a René Bonnet Aérodjet of René Bonnet denied won Jean Guichet and Nino Vaccarella on a plant - Ferrari 275P . When he last raced in 1990 , John Nielsen , Price Cobb and Martin Brundle won the Jaguar XJR-12 .

Farjon was able to achieve class wins in 1964 and 1989 . At the 1000 km race in Paris in 1972 he retired prematurely after a clutch damage on the Chevron B19 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1964	Société Automobiles René Bonnet	René Bonnet Aérodjet	Serge Lelong		Rank 23 and class win
1967	Philippe Farjon	Porsche 911S	André Wicky		failure	crankshaft
1969	Philippe Farjon	Porsche 911S	Jacques Dechaumel		Rank 14
1972	Christian Poirot	Porsche 908/2	Christian Poirot		not classified
1989	Courage Compétition	Cougar C20B	Jean-Claude Andruet	Shunji Kasuya	14th place and class win
1990	Chereau establishment	Cougar C20B	Jean Messaoudi		failure	accident

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	18th	19th	20th
1964	Automobiles René Bonnet René Bonnet	René Bonnet Djet René Bonnet Aérodjet	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
									43		23	DNF							DNF
1967	Philippe Farjon	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
									DNF
1969	Philippe Farjon	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
										14th
1972	Christian Poirot	Porsche 908	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
											DNF

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissedre: 24 hours of mans . 1923-1992. 2 volumes. Édition d'Art JB Barthelemy, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

• Philippe Farjon at Racing Sports Cars
• Philippe Farjon at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paris 1000 km race in 1972