Pierre de Thoisy
Pierre de Thoisy (born October 5, 1953 ) is a former French automobile racing driver .
Career
Pierre de Thoisy began his motorsport career in 1983 in the French touring car championship and ended the season in 14th place in the overall standings. After a detour to the French Formula 3 championship in 1984, he drove consistently to touring and sports car races .
In 1984 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with an eleventh place in the overall standings. Until 1999 he had competed twelve times in this race. The best place remained the eleventh place in 1984. In 1993 he finished the race in 16th place in the overall standings and thus came second in the GT2 class. He made his last appearance at Le Mans in 1999, as a partner of the former Formula 1 driver Jean-Pierre Jarier and Sébastien Bourdais , who still had his time in the top monoposto class ahead of him. The race ended prematurely for the trio after an engine failure on the Porsche 911 GT2.
In the late 1990s, he also competed in the Renault Spider Europe Cup.
After the end of his active career, de Thoisy worked as managing director and marketing manager at Pescarolo Sport and won the historic Carrera Panamericana seven times between 1997 and 2007 .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1984 | Helmut Gall | BMW M1 | Philippe Dagoreau | Jean-François Yvon | 14th place and class win | |
1985 | Jean-Philippe Grand | Rondeau M482 | Patrick Gonin | Pascal Witmeur | failure | Engine failure |
1986 | Gebhardt Motorsport | Gebhardt JC853 | Stanley Dickens | Jean-François Yvon | failure | accident |
1987 | Brun Motorsport | Porsche 962C | Michel Trollé | Paul Belmondo | failure | accident |
1988 | Spice engineering | Spice SE88C | Ray Bellm | Gordon Spice | Rank 13 and class win | |
1989 | France Prototeam | Spice SE88C | Bernard Thuner | Raymond Touroul | failure | Chassis broken |
1990 | Team Davey | Porsche 962C | Katsunori Iketani | Patrick Trucco | Rank 26 | |
1991 | Alméras Fréres | Porsche 962C | Jacques Alméras | Jean-Marie Alméras | failure | accident |
1993 | Jack Leconte | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | Jesús Pareja | Jack Leconte | Rank 16 | |
1994 | Team Arnature | Mazda RX-7 GTO | Yōjirō Terada | Franck Fréon | Rank 15 | |
1995 | Eleven Haberthur Racing | Porsche 911 GT2 | Charles Margueron | Philippe Siffert | failure | accident |
1999 | Larbre Compétition | Porsche 911 GT2 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Sébastien Bourdais | failure | Engine failure |
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Thoisy, Pierre de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th October 1953 |