Pierre Chancel

Pierre Chancel (born May 24, 1920 in Paris , † March 31, 2000 in Salers ) was a French racing driver .

Career

Pierre Chancel and his brother Robert started motorsport shortly after the Second World War . Pierre Chancel wrote motorsport history when he drove a 744 cm³ Panhard on the steep curve race track of Montlhéry in December 1954 at 210.880 km / h.

Chancel worked as a mechanic, drove motorcycle races and made his debut at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1950 . His first partner was his compatriot Raymond Gaillard , with whom he shared the steering of a Callista Panhard. In total, Pierre Chancel competed at Le Mans nine times.

He celebrated his greatest success in this endurance race in 1953. With his brother Robert as a partner, he drove a Panhard X88 . This small racing car with a displacement of only 611 cm³ had excellent driving characteristics, which resulted from an extremely aerodynamic body. The brothers finished 21st overall with a Panhard and won the Coupe Biennal and the index ranking.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1950	Raymond Gaillard	Callista Ran	Raymond Gaillard	Rank 28
1951	Raymond Gaillard	Panhard X84	Raymond Gaillard	Rank 26
1952	Raymond Gaillard	Panhard X84 Sport	Raymond Gaillard	Rank 16
1953	Automobiles Panhard & Levassor	Panhard X88	Robert Chancel	Rank 21 and class win
1954	Automobiles Panhard & Levassor	Monopoles X88	Robert Chancel	failure	Engine failure
1955	Automobiles Panhard & Levassor	Panhard VM5	Robert Chancel	failure	Defect in the fuel system
1956	Automobiles Panhard	Panhard Monopole X88	André Beaulieux	failure	accident
1957	Equipe Monopole Course	Monopole X89 Coupe	Pierre Hemard	Rank 18
1959	Automobiles German & Bonnet	DB HBR4	Gérard Laureau	failure	Engine failure

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	Panhard & Levassor	Panhard X88	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
					21st
1954	Panhard & Levassor	Monopoles X88	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
						DNF
1955	Panhard & Levassor Pierre Chancel	Panhard VM5 Panhard X88	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
						DNF	DNF
1956	Pierre Chancel	Panhard Dyna	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
					DNF
1957	Pierre Chancel Monopoly	Panhard Dyna Monopole X89	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
					DNF		18th
1959	German & Bonnet	DB HBR4	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
						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 .