Pierre Yver
Pierre Yver (born July 23, 1947 ) is a former French racing car driver .
Career
Yver was best known as a sports car driver and in this context his name is closely linked to the 24 Hours of Le Mans . In addition to the endurance race on the Sarthe, the Frenchman competed in all major sports car races between 1978 and 2001. He made his Le Mans debut in 1978 on a Lola T296 as a team partner of Michel Elkoubi and the later Formula 1 driver Philippe Streiff . Hindered by several unscheduled pit stops, the trio crossed the finish line, but were not counted after only 233 laps due to insufficient mileage. In the following years Yver came as a works driver from Jean Rondeaualways to Le Mans. However, he achieved his greatest success at Le Mans not for Rondeau, but for another French racing team owner, Yves Courage . For his team, he drove a Porsche 962C in 1987 together with Jürgen Lässig and Bernard de Dryver in second place in the overall ranking. The German Lässig became his regular co-pilot in the following years until 1992.
In the mid-1990s, Yver switched from the large prototypes to the GT class, where he competed primarily in the French championship until 2001.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1978 | Team Pronuptia | Lola T296 | Michel Elkoubi | Philippe Streiff | not classified | |
1979 | Lambretta SAFD, | Lola T298 | Michel Elkoubi | Max Cohen-Olivar | Rank 21 | |
1980 | Michel Elkoubi Primagaz | Lola T298 | Patrick Perrier | failure | Engine failure | |
1981 | Company Primagaz | Lola T298 | Jacques Heuclin | Michel Dubois | not classified | |
1982 | Primagaz | Rondeau M379 | Lucien Guitteny | Bruno Sotty | Rank 10 | |
1983 | Primagaz | Rondeau M382 | Lucien Guitteny | Bernard de Dryver | Disqualified | |
1984 | Primagaz | Rondeau M382 | Pierre-François Rousselot | Bernard de Dryver | failure | Electrics |
1985 | Primagaz | Rondeau M382 | Pierre-François Rousselot | François Sérvanin | failure | Engine failure |
1986 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Porsche 956 | Hubert Striebig | Max Cohen-Olivar | withdrawn | fatal accident by Jo Gartner |
1987 | Primagaz Compétition | Porsche 962C | Jürgen Lässig | Bernard de Dryver | Rank 2 | |
1988 | Primagaz Compétition | Porsche 962C | Jürgen Lässig | Dudley Wood | Rank 11 | |
1989 | Obermaier Racing | Porsche 962C | Jürgen Lässig | Paul Belmondo | failure | accident |
1990 | Obermaier Racing | Porsche 962C | Jürgen Lässig | Otto Altenbach | Rank 9 | |
1991 | Team Salamin Primagaz | Porsche 962C | Jürgen Lässig | Otto Altenbach | failure | Suspension damage |
1992 | Obermaier Racing GmbH | Porsche 926C | Jürgen Lässig | Otto Altenbach | Rank 10 | |
1993 | Courage Compétition | Courage C30 | Jean-Louis Ricci | Jean-François Yvon | Rank 11 | |
1994 | Société Labre Compétition | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | Jack Leconte | Jean-Luc Chéreau | failure | accident |
1995 | Jean-Claude Miloe | Porsche 911 GT2 Evo | Jack Leconte | Jean-Luc Chéreau | failure | accident |
1996 | Société Chéreau Sports | Porsche 911 GT2 | Jack Leconte | Jean-Luc Chéreau | Rank 22 | |
1997 | Société Viper Team ORECA | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Justin Bell | John Morton | Rank 14 | |
1998 | Société Labre Compétition | Porsche 911 GT2 | Patrice Goueslard | Jean-Luc Chéreau | failure | accident |
1999 | Ets. Chéreau Sports | Porsche 911 GT2 | Patrice Goueslard | Jean-Luc Chéreau | not classified |
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Yver, Pierre |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1947 |