Pierre Dumay

The Ford France Ford GT40, with Pierre Dumay and Henri Greder because of an overheated cylinder at 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans failed

Pierre Dumay (born November 21, 1928 in Algiers ) is a former French car racing driver who competed in races under the pseudonym Loustel .

Career in motorsport

Pierre Dumay began motorsport in the 1950s. First he competed in motorcycle races and switched to automobiles in 1955 and from then on competed in sports car races . He had his first successful racing season in 1960. He won the Coupes de Vitesse in Montlhéry , finished fourth overall with Fernand Tavano in the Le Mans 24-hour race and finished second in this year's Tour de France for automobiles with partner Jo Schlesser . He also finished fourth - again with racing partner Tavano - in the 1000 km race in Paris . A Ferrari 250 GT was the emergency vehicle for all missions .

In the following years, Dumay became a successful Le Mans starter. In 1965 there was even the opportunity to take overall victory during the race. The race developed into a duel between two Ferrari 250LMs . One, registered by the North American Racing Team , was driven by Masten Gregory and Jochen Rindt . The second 250LM was reported by Pierre Dumay, who shared the cockpit with Belgian Gustave Gosselin . On Sunday, almost two hours before the end of the race, this 250LM was safely in the lead when Gosselin had a puncture at the end of the Les Hunaudières straight. The tire exploded and destroyed the body on the rear of the car. Gosselin brought the car back to the pits, but the tedious repair work meant that the team lost seven laps and had to be satisfied with the second entanglement.

Dumay's last race was at Le Mans, where he retired prematurely in 1967 after a cylinder failure on the Ford GT40 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1960	Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Fernand Tavano	4th place and class win
1963	Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 GTO	Léon Dernier	Rank 4
1964	Equipe Nationale Belge	Ferrari 250LM	Gérard Langlois van Ophem	Rank 16
1965	Pierre Dumay	Ferrari 250LM	Gustave Gosselin	Rank 2
1966	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 365P2	Jean Blaton	failure	Engine failure
1967	Ford France SA	Ford GT40	Henri Greder	failure	overheated cylinder

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	21st	22nd
1960	Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 GT	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
							4th
1961	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari 250 GT	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
							DNF
1963	Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 GTO	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
												4th
1964	Ecurie Francorchamps Equipe Nationale Belge	Ferrari 250LM Ferrari 250 GTO	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
									DNF		16	9
1965	Ecurie Francorchamps Pierre Dumay	Ferrari 250LM	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
											DNF			2	DNF
1966	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 365P2	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
									DNF
1967	Ford France	Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
									DNF

Web links

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

• Pierre Dumay at the Driver Database
• Pierre Dumay at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ Coupes de Vitesse 1960