Pierre Dieudonné

The Ford Sierra RS 5000 with which Steve Soper and Pierre Dieudonné competed in touring car races in 1986

Pierre Dieudonné (born March 24, 1947 in Brussels ) is a former Belgian racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Pierre Dieudonné was best known as a touring and sports car racing driver. However, he began his career in monoposto sports . He entered the British Formula 3 Championship in 1975 via Formula Super Vee . In 1975 he finished this racing series in ninth place in the overall standings. With little experience in a closed racing car, he achieved a surprising success in 1976. He won four races with team partner Jean Xhenceval and was European Touring Car Champion at the end of the season .

Despite this success, Dieudonné tried to gain a foothold in Formula 3 over the next few years . After a few unsatisfactory attempts, he continued to drive successful touring car races and entered the sports car world championship in 1981 as a Mazda works driver . He won the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race twice, in 1974 and 1981 .

At the 24 Hours of Le Mans , his best finish was sixth overall in 1982 . Dieudonné won a total of 20 touring car races and was on the podium of the top three 52 times in touring and sports car races.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1977	Luigi Racing	BMW 3.0 CSL	Jean Xhenceval	Spartaco Dini	Rank 8 and class win
1980	Charles Pozzi Racing	Ferrari 512BB	Jean Xhenceval	Hervé Regout	Rank 10
1981	Rennod Racing	Ferrari 512BB LM	Jean Xhenceval	Jean-Paul Libert	Rank 9
1982	Prancing Horse Farm Racing	Ferrari 512BB LM	Carson Baird	Jean-Paul Libert	Rank 6
1984	Mazdaspeed	Mazda 727C	Takashi Yorino	Yōjirō Terada	Rank 20
1986	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Mazda 757	Dave Kennedy	Mark Galvin	failure	Gearbox damage
1987	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Mazda 757	Dave Kennedy	Mark Galvin	Rank 7 and class win
1988	Mazdaspeed	Mazda 757	Dave Kennedy	Yōjirō Terada	15th place and class win
1989	Mazdaspeed	Mazda 767B	Dave Kennedy	Chris Hodgetts	Rank 7
1990	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Mazda 787	Dave Kennedy	Stefan Johansson	failure	Leak in the oil tank
1991	Mazdaspeed	Mazda 787	Takashi Yorino	Yōjirō Terada	Rank 8

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1981	Z & W Enterprises	Mazda RX-7	Pierre Honegger	Jean-Paul Libert	failure	no petrol

Web links

Commons : Pierre Dieudonné  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pierre Dieudonné at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps 1974
2. ↑ Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in 1981