Pierre Yver

The Porsche 911 Carrera RS (in the background) of Jack Leconte , Jean-Luc Chéreau and Pierre Yver at the 1994 Le Mans 24-hour race

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
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1986	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 956	Hubert Striebig	Max Cohen-Olivar	withdrawn	fatal accident by Jo Gartner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

Web links

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• Pierre Yver at Racing Sports Cars